Collin College Library

Library

For Faculty

Search the Library Catalog
Books, DVDs, and more

eBooks: Electronic Books
Over 30,000 books are online

Find Articles
Use the databases to locate journal articles,
reference resources, and primary sources

Find a Specific Journal
Find out if we have access to a particular
journal or see what journals are available
in a subject category.

Reserves
Post readings and notes online or make
them available for students in the library.

Interlibrary Loan
Online interlibrary loan forms for books
or journal articles.

Other Libraries
Links to other area libraries.

Library Instruction Sessions
Sign up for an information literacy class. Bring your students to the library or we will come to your classroom.

Library Liaison Program
Your liaison librarian can order books and media for your classes or your academic research.

TexShare Card
Allows you to check out books from participating academic libraries.

Ask a Librarian
Brief questions answered online.

Research Guides
Compiled by our librarians. A one-stop, getting started guide to research in a discipline.

Faculty in Print
A growing list of faculty scholarship and creativity. To add your work, contact Rod Coltman.

Intellectual Property
A short video to stimulate student discussion (Accessible on campus with Windows MediaPlayer version 10 or lower)

Reserves

The libraries offer course reserve collections at each Library. Materials can either be in physical or electronic based format (EReserves).

Reserve material may include: instructor created materials, public domain documents, material owned by the Library (excluding media) or materials owned by the instructor. Examples include chapters from books, articles from periodicals or newspapers, short stories, short essays, charts, graphs, diagrams, drawings, cartoons, pictures or any print material for which permission of the copyright holder can be documented.

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Interlibrary Loan

A loan or copy of material not owned by CCCCD libraries may be requested through the Interlibrary Loan service. CCCCD faculty, staff, and students must have a valid CCCCD library card to request interlibrary loan services. The libraries are unable to accept requests from community members. Check the library's catalog and list of periodical holdings to be sure we do not own the item before making your request. Allow 14 days for processing interlibrary loan requests. Although you may submit as many requests at one time as you wish, only five will be processed per day per person.

Interlibrary Loan Forms

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Library Instruction Sessions

The professional staff of the Library encourage faculty to request assistance for information and/or presentations that will enable students to achieve better results in their coursework-based assignments and projects.

Brief in-library use orientation to the collection, available services, and its automated features – a quick introduction to the what, where, and how of the library’s resources. This orientation requires approximately 30 minutes.
An in-depth in-library use orientation to the collection, available services, and its automated features, concentrating on how information comes packaged and the pertinent access techniques used to retrieve it most efficiently. This presentation may be tailored to concentrate on the library’s on-line databases and search techniques. This orientation requires approximately 1 hour or longer, depending on the depth of the database instruction desired.
Subject resource instruction tailored to specific course objectives. This presentation provides an introduction to the library resources that support specific course objectives, recommendations on selection and use, and tips on strategies for supplementing standard information access techniques. Depending on the field and depth of presentation desired, these presentations require 45 minutes to 1 hour.

In order to provide better service tailored to each course setting, we are requesting faculty members to submit their orientation requests with as much lead time as possible; one week in advance of the desired instruction date is preferred. The Library Orientation Request Forms may be obtained at the reference desk in the Library on each campus.

You can also schedule your orientation or subject resource class online. A librarian will e-mail you a confirmation within 48 hours. If the event is needed in less than 48 hours, please contact a librarian directly.

Subject liaison librarians look forward to working with faculty to meet the academic needs of the student. For additional information please contact the reference desk at each campus.

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