Get Started With Research

Getting help has never been easier. Your MJC librarians are here to help.

Our tutors and Learning Center staff are also available to help you with your assignments remotely. 

All you need to do is email or call to schedule an appointment.

Because same-day appointments are not available, please plan ahead when you schedule your appointment. 

For Math or Science appointments email: 

Miguel Trejo (trejom@yosemite.edu) or 

Daniel Garcia (garciad@yosemite.edu)

You can also call us at (209) 575-6676

 For Writing Center appointments email:

Jakki Jordan (jordanj@yosemite.edu),

Sara Kottinger (kottingers@yosemite.edu), or

Natasha Sligar (sligarn@yosemite.edu)

You can also call us at (209) 575-6346

Unfortunately, Drop-In Math Tutoring Is unavailable during the COVID-19 emergency, but they'll be back as soon as the campus is open we're operational again.

NetTutor​

NetTutor is an online tutoring platform available to all Modesto Junior College students.

You'll find NetTutor in the course navigation menu of your Canvas courses. (Note: If you don't see it in one course, check another one or ask your teacher).

The subjects include Accounting, Administration of Justice, Anatomy and Physiology, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Child Development, Communications and Speech, Computer Science and IT, Economics, English Literature, Finance, French, FYE & College Student Success, Geology, German, History, Italian, Logic, Math (Algebra, Basic Math, Pre-Calculus and above, Statistics, Probability, and Math in Spanish), Music, Nursing and Health, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, and Writing.

You can meet with a live tutor online, drop off a paper and get feedback from a writing tutor, or drop off a question. 

Connecting:

To connect to article databases or eBooks from off campus, once you click on the name of the database you will be prompted to log in with your MJC ID Number (your student # without the W or your employee #) and your six-digit birth date.

Troubleshooting:

• If you have trouble connecting to one of our databases, first make sure you have Cookies enabled on your Web browser.
• If you have problems connecting to databases that you could previously, make sure you have cleared your Cookies, History, and Temporary Internet Files.