Library Catalog  -- Resources to locate: BOOKS
L.I.N.C.C. [Library Information Network for Community Colleges]
The M. M. Bennett Library of St. Petersburg College has a library catalog that allows students to search for various print, reference, or electronic books, periodicals, CDs, DVDs, videos, and audio-visual kits. Students can search this database by author, title, or keywords. Use the quick search library catalog feature located in the box below or visit this website: http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/        (Click link to view or enter search below)

Search Library Catalog Subject Author Title Keyword     Limit to: Print Books E-books Audio/Visual

To obtain additional resources using research databases view the following:

The library offers various library instructions each semester. This webpage was developed specifically for Mr. Mullholand's classes.

Resources to locate: JOURNAL and MAGAZINE ARTICLES (click on the title link to search the database ).

LIBRARY PATHFINDERS (these resources below are designed to guide you through the use of various electronic databases).

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOHost)
Use to find full-text magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, some peer-reviewed journals, about numerous topics, issues, and academic information dating back as far as 1975. pdf handout

America's Newspapers - Florida's Newspapers (Newsbank)
Looking for statewide or national newspapers? Find full-text newspaper articles on people of local, national, and international interest in this database. Current or archived newspapers available. pdf handout

Biography Resource Center (Gale)
Wanting information about a person's life? This database will provide you with biographical full-text articles from reference books and periodicals (journals and magazines). pdf handout

Netlibrary (E-books)
Want to read an entire book online? This database provides the reader with a wide collection of e-books.

LIBRARY VIDEOS -- Click on http://www.spcollege.edu/central/viewlets/videoTOC.html

The library orientation videos has a Table of Contents  (see topics below - click on titles to view)

          - SPC Library Catalog
        - Call Numbers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
        - Library Catalog Quick Help                                                                                                                       

        - Database tutorial (Transcript in .PDF )
     - Library Online
     - Academic Search Premier
     - Interlibrary Loans                                     

        - Ask a Librarian                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

               CINAHLAD database using Advance Searching

http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/CINAHLAdvancedSearching.html

CITATIONS (click on a link below to make citations easier)

• Noodletools.com
• Landmark Project pdf handout
• EasyBib

NOTE: SPC Library MLA and APA examples (compare your formats with these examples)

Click on web page URL: www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/path/citing.htm

Resources to view MLA and APA: EXAMPLE CITATIONS (click on the link to view)

APA format (American Psychological Association)
MLA format (Modern Language Association)

NEED TO BORROW BOOKS from another library campus? Just visit our Inter-Library Loan Web page at:

http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/services/ill.htm

Need more help?

http://www.askalibrarian.org/ask/vrl_intro.asp?library=FLCC2400

Your communication options are:

Chat now with a librarian at St Petersburg College.
(Please note that, in most cases, you will be communicating with a librarian who does not work at your local library and does not have access to your personal library card records.)

We are available via live chat:

Sun. through Thurs. 10 a.m. to Midnight E.S.T.
Fri. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. E.S.T.
Holiday Hours
Questions are answered in the order received. At times, we receive an unusually high number of questions. We will respond to your question as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience! E-mail assistance is available 24/7.

or

Email a librarian at St Petersburg College.
To send a question, ask information about your library account, or other local assistance.

Web page creator: Antoinette Caraway 06/18/2008
Email this academic librarian at mailto:elliott.tracy@spcollege.edu or caraway.antoinette@spcollege.edu