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Faculty Guide to Erwin Library: Erwin Library Basics: Faculty

Library Resources and Services

Where is the Clyde A. Erwin, Jr. Library?

  • On the third floor of the Wayne Learning Center Building at Wayne Community College (WCC)
  • On the World Wide Web 

What Are the Library's Resources?

  • Print books
  • Ebooks
  • Online scholarly journals, periodicals, newspapers
  • Streaming videos

What Are the Library's Services?

  • Personal Reference Assistance in person, by appointment, by phone, or by email
  • Information Literacy Sessions by request, in the library or your classroom
  • Interlibrary Loan for books and articles
  • Outside Book Return for after-hours return of checked-out materials

How Do I Access These Resources and Services?

  • Visit - WLC Third Floor, Mon.-Thurs. 7:45 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Fri. 7:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
  • Email -Use the Ask a Librarian form.
  • Telephone - (919) 739-6891 for the Reference Desk.
  • Online - If outside Erwin Library, use your library barcode number to log in.

Welcome!

Welcome to the "Faculty Guide to Erwin Library" resources and services! Here you will find information to help you:

  • Use the Erwin Library website

  • Find and link to a streaming video

  • Search for Scholarly journal articles, and guide your students in identifying what is scholarly.

  • Create Reading Lists in your Moodle class page using the WCC Single Search Curriculum Builder tool.

  • Guide your students in appropriate documentation of resources using various citation styles.

  • Request interlibrary loan materials

  • Locate more research help for your students

  • Request information literacy instruction

  • Receive email confirmations that your students have received Erwin Library barcode numbers

Interlibrary Loan Requests

Can't Find It?  We'll Try Another Library for You!

The Erwin Library can always send a request to another library anywhere in the world to request an Interlibrary Loan for you when:

  • A book you need is not in the library
  • A journal article is not found in library databases 

Place your request in person at the Erwin Circulation Desk or submit an online request using one of the Interlibrary Loan links on the library’s webpage. The links are also provided below.

Library Cards

How Do I Get My Library Card?

At the Circulation Desk:

Online:

  • Have your WCC Employee #
  • Fill out the online Library Card Application form
  • Receive your new library barcode number in an email
  • Get the barcode sticker in the mail and place it on your WCC I.D.

What Can I Do With My Library Card?

  • Check out books, DVDs & headphones in the library
  • Log in remotely to all library databases with your barcode number