Make an appointment with a CCC librarian.
CCC Library's catalog is a great place to start your research.
This is because a library catalog is a "metasearch" - meaning it searches for information across a lot of different places. It looks for library books, articles, and videos, and content in academic databases, and open-access online sources.
It is more effective to search CCC Library's catalog when you:
Search almost everything CCC Library has to offer to you - items in CCC Library, Summit partner libraries, and most article databases. Then refine your search results to identify the best information resources.
Reserve a print book for yourself before you come to the library. In library language, this is called placing a "hold" on a book. Doing this ensures the book is available for you. To place a hold:
You will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up. You can retrieve it at the Circulation Services Desk.
Call numbers are like street addresses for items in a library. Each line of a call number has meaning.
Call numbers are written horizontally in our library catalog, but are written vertically on the spines of physical books. Vertical call numbers are what you see on our bookshelves.
Example: Body dysmorphia - RC569.5.B64
How to read a vertical call number:
Read the numbers in the third line as decimal numbers. Smaller decimal numbers are shelved before larger decimal numbers (so RC569.5.B545 is shelved before RC569.5.B64).
Find the call number range on the end of the stacks. Each general call number will have topic-specific material available in that immediate area. We invite you to browse those sections of CCC Library.