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Books, Videos & CDs
Selected Books in our library for your class.
Use these library catalogs to find materials in our library and in other libraries:
MCLN Catalog – for books, videos, and CDs in our library and in other MCLN (Mountain College Library Network) colleges.
Borrow books yourself with a Cooperative Borrower card available at the Reference Desk.
NetLibrary and other WWC E-Books – for online collection of over 50,000 electronic titles.
WNCLN (Western North Carolina Library Network) Catalog – for books at UNC-A's library.
You may borrow UNC-A books yourself with a Cooperative Borrower card available at the Reference Desk.
Asheville Buncombe Library System Catalog – for books and videos in the local public libraries which you may borrow yourself
with a public library card available at Pack Library or any branch libraries.
WorldCat – for books in libraries worldwide, often available through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests.
Articles & Databases
Try these interdisciplinary, full-text databases with access to over 5,000 full-text journal titles and articles on most subjects:
Academic Search Premier
MasterFILE Premier
ProQuest Research Library
JSTOR--The Scholarly Journal Archive – complete backfiles of key journals in many subject areas.
Try some of these specialized databases to find articles:
BioOne – full-text articles from biological, ecological and environmental sciences research journals.
Britannica Online – encyclopedia for general research.
CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher – research on current and controversial issues.
Earthscape: An Online Resource on the Global Environment – interdisciplinary coverage.
New York Times – the leading national newspaper, with full coverage from 1995 - present.
Social Sciences Index – covers sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, and more.
Wilson Select – indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals in science and social sciences.
Magazines & Journals
Use WWC Periodical Holdings (aka Journal Finder) to see if your article is available here (paper, electronic, or microform); check the journal title and issue date of the article.
Use ILL (Interlibrary Loan) to request articles from other libraries if not available in our library but be sure to allow time for delivery.
Web Sites
Selected Web Sites – for your class.
Web Resources – library's collection arranged by subject such as Environment.
Search the Net – search engines such as Google or Google Scholar to find your own web sites.
Painless Library Research is a great refresher on using library resources and more!
If you have any questions or suggestions for other books or web sites, email, call (x3062), or stop by my office on the main level of the library.
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