Malcolm X College Library Online Services

Faculty Resources

The MXC Library supports your teaching needs and promotes student learning through robust physical and digital collections, instruction support, reference services and research assistance. 

Faculty Services

• Reserve Instruction using this FORM, or contact Tamara Townsend at ttownsend48@ccc.edu
• Have a question about textbooks? Please contact Fumilayo Tyehimba-Rufai at frufai@ccc.edu
• Want to search for OER? Use our Guide to OER to get started. Contact Tamara Townsend at ttownsend48@ccc.edu for OER Support.

LibGuides can be customized for a particular research assignment or as a guide for your course. Browse our CCC Library Research Guides for examples.

Contact Tamara Townsend at ttownsend48@ccc.edu if you would like to request a guide for your course.

The goal of Information literacy instruction is to heighten critical thinking skills. Students will:​

• Determine what information is or is not relevant​

• Separate fact from opinion​

• Recognize the ways evidence might be limited ​

• Select the strongest supporting data​

Why work with a librarian? Librarians can:​

• Provide direct in-person instruction​

• Collaborate with instructors to design research assignments that make the best use of CCC resources

Read more about Information Literacy

• Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education