Learning Resource Center

The Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago

  • Hours & Contact

    7 to 7 Monday-Thursday
    7 to 4 Friday
    11 to 3 Saturday
    Closed Sunday

    Email us!
    312-873-2069

  • Find Books

    Search the CHIC online catalog to find books in the library.

    Click to recommend a book

  • Find Articles & eBooks

    CECybrary is the place to go for magazine articles, newspaper articles, digitized books, and more. Log in with your Portal username and password. Need help? Ask!

    New York Times username:chiclibrary password: library

    Chicago Tribune username: library@chicnet.org password: chiclibrary

  • Skill Labs

    Skill labs are an opportunity to practice and improve specific skills under the guidance of a chef.

    Fridays in Kitchen 3. Morning, mid-day, and evening.

    Click here to register for culinary skill labs.

    Click here to register for baking & pastry skill labs.

  • Student Resource Services

    Did you know that, as a CHIC student, you have access to expert help and information 24 hours a day? SRS can help with any issue that interferes with your life and your success.

    Call 1-866-640-4777 or log on www.studentlifetools.com. username: CHIC610 password: flourish

    These services are free and 100% confidential.

Research and Writing Help

Need some help with a project, citing sources, or research in general?

Visit the CHIC Librarian’s Notebook to access the following guides:

CHIC Library – Basic Research Strategy    
CHIC Library – Chef Profile and Industry Profile Papers    
CHIC Library – Creating the Works Cited Page    
CHIC Library – Menu Design Tools    
CHIC Library – The Outline    
CHIC Tutoring – Culinary Conversions    
CHIC Tutoring – Fraction Reference Sheet    
CHIC Tutoring – Solving a Fraction Problem in Steps    
CHIC Tutoring – Temperatures    

Need some help with your works cited page?

Research & Citation Center on CECybrary

MLA Powerpoint from CECybrary

MLA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue University

Need some help with Microsoft Office?

These tutorials cover the basics. They are free, online tutorials based on pictures.