About OCC Libraries

Below is an overview of OCC Libraries' major resources and services. These comprise both traditional and electronic modes. (You will find the same links on our home page.) For library highlights, see "Focus On" lower left of this page.

RESOURCES

Library Catalog
What can you buy from the library catalog? Nothing; it's all free. The library catalog, a Web-based, searchable database, describes everything owned by all five OCC libraries, including books, videos, CDs, magazines, journals, and newspapers. And you can learn whether they're checked out or not, renew books online, and more. The catalog also contains links to carefully selected Web sites and electronic books.

Articles / Databases
Millions of full-text articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers are available online, plus citations to millions more in print form. Also, we link you to great reference sources such as the Gale Literary Databases and World Almanac. Most of these databases are available off campus to OCC students.

Subjects A - Z
Don't know where to start? Navigate your subject with a one-stop subject guide. Our guides are based on OCC's curriculum and point you to appropriate electronic databases and the best Internet sources, including subject directories, Web pages for professional associations, textbook sites for your classes, ebooks, etc. Also included are suggested subject headings for searching the library catalog, recommended reference books, and call numbers in case you just want to go to the shelves and browse.

Internet Search
This page provides links not only to the popular search engines but also to scholarly and professional subject directories. Want to get right to the really good stuff, the kinds of Web sites that your professor will approve? Try a subject directory. Also linked from this page are Internet introductions and evaluations, and guidance, with examples, on citing Internet sources in your papers.

SERVICES

Ask a Librarian

Need help with your research but can't get to the library? You now have multiple options.

Call.

Go online for live chat.

Send us email.

We can get you basic facts, let you know if something you need is in the library, and help you locate the resources you need for your college assignments.

For Online Classes
Are you in an online course that requires little or no on-campus time? We offer special services just for you that allow you to take care of library business via email. You can:

request a library card (we'll email you the number and then follow up with the card in the mail)
ask a librarian
OCC Distance Learning - Actually, this is not the libraries'; it's the entire college's. But we thought you'd like to have a link to your Blackboard or Educator distance-learning software.

Classes, Tutorials
Today's world of information is complex and varied. Publishers continue to produce their wares copiously in traditional print form, while electronic databases and web sites multiply. How to make sense of all this? Your OCC libraries are here to help. Take advantage of our student success seminars, tutorials, and faculty workshops. Don't let the cyber-bus leave without you!

For Faculty
OCC Library staff are here to assist faculty in the educational enterprise. Our library catalog is online via the web, and we've made remote access to research databases easily available. We offer orientations for your classes and one-on-one assistance. We are happy to place items on reserve for you, to borrow items from other libraries, and to purchase the materials you need to support the curriculum. Bring your class to the library; we'll be pleased to see you.