»Rinker Campus Library Research Assistance

Our Rinker Campus Library Services team is here to assist and support you throughout your research journey. 

Research Help

Library Instruction

Librarians are available to provide course-based library research instruction sessions for your students. Several areas may be covered during an instruction session, depending on the needs of faculty and students. Examples include:

  • Finding sources for a particular assignment
  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Critical Appraisal and how to evaluate the authority and credibility of sources
  • Understanding stages of the research process and the publication types
  • Searching databases effectively and developing search strategies
  • Understanding the processes of scholarly communication

Individual Research Consultations

The Health Sciences Librarians are available to faculty, staff, and students for individual appointments. Please contact a Health Sciences Librarian to schedule an appointment. Please refer your students to the librarians if they would benefit from guidance in finding relevant research materials.

Library Workshops

Workshops held by Health Sciences Librarians are available to all Rinker Campus students, faculty, and staff. Workshops cover areas including research topics, citation management, data management, and overviews of health-related databases. Click below to register for upcoming workshops.

Health Sciences Librarians

Our Health Sciences Librarians are available to help with the research needs of the Rinker Campus community.
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Ivan Portillo

Director of Rinker Campus Library Services
(714) 532-7710
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Rachel Maggio

Health Science Librarian
(714) 532-7720

LRDS


The Library Research & Data Services (LRDS) team is here to help with questions related to data management and sharing, data sets, open access publishing, geographic information sets, data visualization, and text and data mining.

You can reach the LRDS team by emailing LRDS@chapman.edu.