Library
Overview
The Folsom Lake College library curriculum teaches vital research skills that enable students to achieve success in their college classes, careers, and day-to-day lives. Students will gain “research survival skills” to cope with the information-rich environment in which we live. They will develop the ability to access information from a broad range of resources and to evaluate this information and its sources. Course study will include information from print, online subscription databases, and the internet.
FLC Librarians also offer non-credit library instruction sessions demonstrating the use of library resources and the internet. Please stop by the reference desk to pick up a helpful handout, obtain individual assistance, or for more information.
Career Options
- Historian
- Librarian (elementary through university, public and private)
Some career options may require more than two years of college study.
Highlights
- Identify library services
- Construct and implement effective search strategies
- Recognize that there are a variety of types of formats of potential sources of information
- Select the most appropriate search systems for accessing the needed information
- Retrieve information online or in person using a variety of methods
- Division Dean Francis Fletcher
- Department Chair Megan Ozeran
- Phone (916) 608-6613
- Email fletchf@flc.losrios.edu
Library (LIBR) Courses
LIBR 318 Library Research and Information Literacy
- Units:1
- Hours:18 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:Local GE L7B
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2026
This course provides students with the information literacy skills necessary to conduct research. Students will learn about the research process, including developing search strategies, finding relevant sources, and critically evaluating information. The skills acquired in this course are applicable to academic research, on-the-job research, and lifelong learning.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- develop strategies for identifying, exploring, and refining a research topic,
- effectively search for different types of information using a wide variety of research tools,
- evaluate sources for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, point of view or bias, and accessibility,
- use information ethically by giving credit to the original ideas of others and avoiding plagiarism.
LIBR 499 Experimental Offering in Library
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2026
This is the experimental courses description.
Faculty
Library Resources
The Folsom Lake College Library provides students with access to books, periodicals, media, and online resources.