LOCATION: What's Available
Print
Resources available throughout the 3 Campus Libraries
Books: The 3 RCCD libraries' Main
Stack collections contains over 100,000 books covering
a wide range of academic subjects.
Reference Sources:
The Reference Collection contains encyclopedias,
almanacs, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, indexes,
statistical sources and more. (LIBRARY USE ONLY)
Journals: Current issues of journals or scholarly publications
are available. Journals are scholarly publications written for a specialized
audience; for instance JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association,
is written for the medical profession.
Magazines: Current issues of popular magazines
are available. Popular magazines are written to inform or entertain
the general public; People, Time, Sports Illustrated, Glamour
and Ebony are examples.
Newspapers: The 3 RCCD libraries subscribe
to local, regional, national and international newspapers.
Electronic Resources
available through LAMP
Online Catalog: Use
RCCD online library catalog to search for books, eBooks,
multi-media, course material on reserve (textbooks, handouts)
and streaming media available from the 3 RCCD libraries.
Electronic Resources: Both general and subject-specialized
databases may be searched to locate information about
a topic in journals, magazines, newspapers, and other
databases
through the LAMP system.
World Wide Web: LAMP provides access
to the World Wide Web - View
Internet Resources.
Media Resources
available in the LLRC
Videorecordings/DVDs: Videorecordings/DVDs
covering a wide range of subjects are available for viewing
in
the library. Videos/DVDs are "Library Use Only" and
are not available for check out by students or community
borrowers. Faculty may check out videos/DVDs for 7 days
for instructional use.
Audio Recordings: Audio recordings are
available in cassette and CD format. Audio cassettes
of foreign language class material can be duplicated
for students who wish to listen to the material outside
of the Language Lab. Due to copyright restrictions, only
2 audio cassettes per student/per day can be duplicated.
Blank audio cassettes must be supplied by students (material
cannot
be duplicated in CD format). Faculty may check out audio
CDs for 7 days for instructional use. Audio recordings
that accompany books in the Main Stacks collection are
subject to the same loan period as the books to which
they are attached.
Computer Software: Computer software
is available in CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and floppy disk format.
Software that does not require installation onto a
hard drive is available for use in the library. Software
is "Library Use Only" and is not available
for check out by students or community borrowers. Faculty
may check out software for 7 days for instructional
use. Software that accompanies books in the Main Stacks
collection is subject to the same loan period as the
books to which they are attached.
Microfilm: Older issues of newspapers,
journals and magazines are a few of the items kept in
this space saving forma (at all 3 campus libraries).
Microfilm is available for use in the library, and cannot
be checked out.
Computer Resources
available through LAMP
Adaptive Technology Computers: Computers
with Adaptive Technology Software are available to accommodate
our patrons
with special needs.
Computers: Computers
are available to RCCD students, faculty and
library community borrowers. Computers include access
to the Internet, library research tools,
and Microsoft Office™ applications including Word™,
Excel™, Powerpoint™ and Publisher™.
Computers are
equipped with CD-ROM, DVD, and floppy disk drives, and
are enabled to print and save/download. A current library
card account
is necessary to use the
computers.
Computer use is subject to adherence with the Internet
Procedure.