The staffs at Collin College libraries want to extend a warm welcome to all students, faculty and staff.  During the summer, the libraries implemented several changes to better serve you.

Among them:

•  All 80+ and growing library databases, full text eJournal collections, and eBooks are now available from off-campus locations.  This means those previous “accessible only on campus” databases such as JSTOR, Project Muse, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Oxford English Dictionary are now fully accessible off-campus. This service will allow users to access electronic library resources remotely 24/7. 

•  For faculty who are logging into the library’s scholarly databases, full-text eJournal collections, and eBooks from off-campus locations, you will be prompted for your Collin network login, which is usually also the username and password you use to access Groupwise email. If you need assistance with your login, please contact the Help Desk by phone (972.548.6555) or e-mail (helpdesk@ccccd.edu).

•  For students who are logging into the library’s scholarly databases, full-text eJournal collections, and eBooks from off-campus locations, you will be prompted for the same username and password that you use to login to your Cougarmail accounts. You can locate your Cougarmail username at http://username.ccccd.edu/username/.

•  Faculty members will need a library barcode number to place items on course reserve for students. The library barcode is located on a sticker affixed to the back of your Faculty/Staff ID card. If your Faculty/Staff ID card does not have a library barcode, please bring it to the check-out desk at your campus library to complete the registration process.

•   Faculty members who teach online often provide links to the library’s catalog and digital resources from their web pages and WebCT. Please check these links before the beginning of the semester, as some URLs have changed.  The library catalog’s new URL is http://ccccdlib.plano.gov/.  If the links on your web site are broken, please contact the library’s Distance Learning and Digital Resources Librarian, John Leonard (phone 972.377.1027, e-mail jleonard@ccccd.edu) for assistance.

•  The Spring Creek Campus library will send overdue notices to Groupwise e-mail accounts.

Some library services and procedures have not changed.

•  All library services can be accessed from the library’s website (www.ccccd.edu/cs/lrc/lrc.html). This includes the ability to “Ask a Librarian”, request an interlibrary loan item, and arrange for library instruction for your class(es) or yourself. The library’s catalog, databases, eJournals, and eBooks are also linked to this web site. The library’s website is available from the college home page (www.ccccd.edu) by choosing “Quick Links”, then “Library.”

•  Procedures for placing items on electronic reserves (eReserves) are unchanged. eReserves are a great resource for faculty members’ to put up powerpoint presentations and notes for students to access 24/7. 

•  A Student or Faculty/Staff ID with a library barcode must be presented when checking out library materials.

We look forward to serving you.  Stop by any campus library if you have questions or contact your campus library (www.ccccd.edu/cs/lrc/directory.html) .

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