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Faculty Guide to Erwin Library: Basic Help for Students

Online help with the Student Guide

The Student Guide to Erwin Library is available to your students from the library website at any time, from anywhere.

This is a great resource to point your students toward for answers to questions about how to use library databases to find journal articles or streaming videos, locate both print and electronic books, and answer other research-related questions, such as how to cite resources properly.

Library Card

Have Students get a Library Card! 

At the Circulation Desk:

  • Have your WCC I.D. Card (with a current semester sticker)
  • Fill out a short Registration Form
  • Place your new library barcode sticker on your WCC I.D.

Online:

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

Information Literacy Sessions

Give Students a head start on their Research Projects!

Use the online Information Literacy Session Reservation form.

Help librarians tailor the sesson to each class's needs using this form:

  • Browse button - to attach a copy of a paper or project student assignment, so Erwin Reference Librarians can customize the session content for your class.
  • Areas of Special Interest to Class field - to enter special instructions for class coverage, such as "Permalinks" and "Peer-Reviewed articles"
  • Off-site sessions - option easily arranged if your class is either equipped for presentations or you arrange to use a college laptop cart (librarians can advise on how to do this)
  • Instructor-led group study - option to use the Library Literacy Lab for an in-library class study session with Reference staff on call
  • Always feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss the session further or try something new for your class.

Library Services and Resources

What's In the Library for my Students?

Books - Over 34,000 of them, to check out and enjoy, many featured on new, themed book exhibits each month

Computers  - WCC Username login (the same one you use to sign in to WCCMail or Moodle)

  • The Erwin Library website to search article, streaming video and e-book databases
  • MS Office 2013 software
  • Moodle Course Pages
  • Webadvisor
  • Google email
  • As well as many other electroniic and internet resources

Headphones - Watch streaming videos or DVDs.  

Laser printing - Just fifteen cents per page.

Wireless printing - Send your print job from any location at any time, from any laptop or mobile device (using the free App), then pay for and pick up your print job in the library.

Wireless access - Lots of study carrels with outlets too.

Charging stations - Phones, laptops and other mobile devices.

Fax service - Send at $1.00 per page..

Scans - Created to save to a flash drive.

Reference Help - Point of need assistance while a student is at the computer, in a study group, or searching the stacks.

How Do They Access These Resources?

  • Visit - WLC Third Floor, Mon.-Thurs. 7:45 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Fri. 7:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
  • Email -Use the Ask a Librarian form on the Erwin Library homepage.
  • Telephone - (919) 739-6890 for the Reference Desk.
  • Online -  If outside Erwin Library a studnet uses his/her library barcode number to login.

What else?  Try the  All Library Users page