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Library Information Hours; Staff; Library policies; New titles; Library newsletter.
Library Catalogs UCC Libraries catalog;
Links to other NJ libraries.
Databases: Articles Alphabetic list; Descriptions; Remote access instructions.
Subject Resources Online resources by academic area, selected by library faculty.
Web Search Search engines and directories.
Ask a Librarian Request research assistance; Ask a reference question.
Online Forms Interlibrary loans; Faculty reciprocal borrowing; Library instruction; Book/materials recommendations.
Library Instruction Interactive tutorials; User guides; Citation guides.

Library Instruction

 The Library Instruction page links you to a number user guides, especially the presentations page at http://www.ucc.edu/library/presntns.htm

Evaluating Internet Resources 5 criteria for evaluation of Web resources
Using the Library Catalog Conceptual guide to using the library catalog
Welcome to the library Student guide to library resources, services and policies

You might want to start with Welcome to the Library,  Using the Library Catalog,  and Evaluating Internet Resources if you are unclear about what to do.

The Interactive Tutorials Page at http://www.ucc.edu/library/intertutor.htm provides a number of instructional guides on how to do searches.

                    Interactive Tutorials

Keyword Searching Conceptual guide to keyword searching
Keyword Phrases Conceptual guide to phrase searching
Simple Boolean Boolean AND, OR
Advanced Boolean Boolean NOT, nested searches
Test Yourself Pretest, Self-registration required
Test Yourself Alternate pretest, no self-registration

There is even a neat little test you can take on your own to see whether you are somewhat information literate  Check it out at: http://faculty.ucc.edu/library/pretest.htm


Resources by Subject Area

The following links were prepared by the UCC librarians and are found on their subject resources page at http://www.ucc.edu/library/subres.htm 

American Sign Language/Deafness/
Hard of Hearing Resources
Economics News
Art History Education Nursing
Associations Engineering Physical Therapy
Biology ESL/TESL Physics
Business Geography Political Science & Public Policy
Careers and Employment Government Psychology
Chemistry Health and Medicine Sociology
Computer Science History Writing Term Papers and Bibliographies, Citing On-line Sources
Copyright Languages  
Criminal Justice Literature  

Obviously the links dealing with geography, government, history, criminal justice, economics, and art history are of special interest for my courses.