Online
Library Resources and Services

Resources

• Persistent Links to Articles from Library Databases
  You can link to full-text articles from PC Library databases to create dynamic reading lists for your students. This feature is available on or off campus. Instructions
• Persistent Links to E-books from Ebrary
  Ebrary is a collection of ebooks, electronic versions of printed books on all different topics. You can create links to ebrary content to accompany a specific course. This feature is available on or off campus. Instructions
• Student Off-Campus Access to PC Electronic Library Resources
  A student uses the 13-digit library card number on the back of their PC Student ID, along with a 4-digit PIN, to access library resources from off-campus. The PIN is usually the last 4 digits of the student's phone number. An online student might not have a current Student ID. So each semester, the Library creates a temporary ID number that these students can use. Contact Michelle Dyer-Hurdon (602-285-7823) or Linda Frakes (602-285-7480) for the current ID number, which you may share with your students.

Services

• Ask a Librarian
  Ask a Librarian is a collaborative 24/7 virtual reference service of MCCCD. Librarians from all 10 colleges are available online, in real time, to help with any information or research need. You may add a link to Ask a Librarian in your online course.
• Invite a Librarian to Join a Discussion
  LTD can add a PC librarian to your online class as a Teaching Assistant. Librarians can then join in on discussions when your students begin working on class assignments that utilize library resources and/or research papers.
• Customized Research Guides
  PC librarians can help design a “custom” research guide of links to library resources that are selected and organized based on the specific needs of your  course.

For more information, contact Michelle Dyer-Hurdon (michelle.dyer-hurdon@pcmail.maricopa.edu) at 602-285-7823.