Home
- Cover
Acknowledgements
Campus Contact Phone Information
Campus Web Page Information
Chapter 2: Internet Survival
Skills
Connecting from Home
Connecting On Campus
Web Browsers- Internet Explorer
Web Browsers-Netscape
Email
Cut & Paste
Netiquette
Bookmark A Favorite Website
Shasta College LRC Online!
Search Engines
Downloading & Plug Ins
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Additional Resources
Glossary of Terms
Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc...
Shasta College Learning Resource Center – Online!
The holdings and resources of the Shasta College Learning Resource Center are available to online students. A library card is required to borrow books and DVDs from the bricks and mortar library. A library card is also essential for access to the Online databases and ebooks (described below).
To obtain your library card:
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If you take classes at the main campus, stop by the Circulation Desk to apply for a card.
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If you take classes at an Extended Education site, visit your site's secretary.
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If you are enrolled solely for online courses, complete this application and your card will be sent to you via snail mail http://library.shastacollege.edu/cardapp.html
The LRC collects many resources with the online student in mind:
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Magazine and Newspaper Articles
Over 4 million magazine and newspaper articles are available via the library's Articles & Databases link (http://library.shastacollege.edu/databases.html). The library currently subscribes to over 50 full text, online databases. http://library.shastacollege.edu/alphalist.html Coverage ranges from general current events (EBSCO Masterfile Premier and Proquest National Newspapers) to the controversial (Opposing Viewpoints) to the subject specific (OVID Nursing). When you locate an article, options are provided to print , email , or download that article. Reminder: when logging in from off campus, click on the and have your library card handy.
- Online eBooks
24/7 access to 15,000 (and growing!) texts from the NetLibrary e-books collection. http://library.shastacollege.edu/ebooksaccess.html Titles are selected to support the Shasta College curriculum. When searching the library catalog, online ebooks are easily identified by the phrase [electronic resource] after the book's title, the suffix [eb] after the book's call number.
- Books
More than 80,000 books , DVDs, and videos are housed at the LRC collection at the main Redding campus. You can search the LRC's holdings online via the Library Catalog, accessible from the LRC’s main page at http://library.shastacollege.edu . If you locate a book to borrow, place a request to have it checked out to you and sent to the closest Extended Ed. site for retrieval. You can even renew your books online provided that you have your library card.
Reference Desk Assistance
There is always a librarian available to assist you by telephone (530) 225-4975) during hours when the Library is open. For
after hours assistance, contact Ask a Librarian
at
http://library.shastacollege.edu/ask.htm .
You should receive a response within
one business day.
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The LRC will offer several 50-minute library instruction "drop-in" workshops each semester. Topics will include:
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Introduction to the library: services and resources, highlighting the online catalog and online eBooks.o Selecting the right database, effective searching, and citing online articles
o Selecting, evaluating, and citing Internet sites,
o New resources
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
ILL is a service provided to you for acquiring materials not owned by the Shasta College Library. Typically there is no cost for this service, however it often takes up to two weeks to receive your requested items. You can request materials via ILL by completing an ILL Request Form, available at
http://library.shastacollege.edu/ill.html
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Extended Ed Student Services
o A full list of LRC services available for Extended Education students in online courses is available at: http://library.shastacollege.edu/extendeded.html