The library is a learning resource center which includes the periodical room, two conference rooms, a computer lab, and equipment for viewing video cassettes.
See Library Links below for Internet Resources.
Library and Open Computer Lab Hours
| Library Hours (Spring 2010) |
Monday-Thursday 7:30am to 8:00pm
Friday 7:30am to 3:00pm
Saturday - Closed |
Computer Lab Hours
(Spring 2010) |
Monday-Thursday 7:30am to 8:00pm
Friday 7:30am to 3:00pm
Saturday - Closed |
Library Links (Campus Access Only)
AtoZMapsOnline.com : Is the world's largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month. Created by World Trade Press for use by academic institutions, public and private libraries, businesses, NGOs, and government agencies that need immediate access to accurate, up-to-date maps.
CQ Researcher: Your complete source on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
CQ's Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government: Presidency, Congress, Supreme Court, Constitution, elections, resources, illustrations, government links.
CQ's California Political Almanac: A guide to California politics, indispensable overviews and essays on all the major players and events influencing the state's branches of government. Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
EBSCOhost: A powerful search and retrieval system providing easy access to hundreds of full text magazines, journals, and other sources. Other databases available include: Business Source Premier, Student Research Center and Book Index with Reviews. Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
Encyclopedia Britannica: EB Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
Gale Group: Biography Resource Center, Literature Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center & the Science Resource Center: Online version of the popular Opposing Viewpoints series is available. Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites, full text magazine, and newspaper articles are included. Science Resource Center offers full text journals, multimedia, reference books & links to select WEB sites that focus exclusively on science topics.
. Newest database is the
History Resource Center: World. Bringing together a broad collection of full-text World brings
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a broad collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents
and scholarly analysis.
Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
Grolier Encyclopedia Americana: a general reference encyclopedia covering all academic topics & la Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre a general Spanish-language encyclopedia covering all academic topics. Also has Aula, a section designed explicitly for beginning students of Spanish. Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
Grove Dictionary of Art: Full on-line art dictionary containing fully searchable text, thousands of image links and constant updates. Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
NetLibrary E-books: E-books are now available for use through the Reedley College Library. These e-books are available on the web from NetLibrary. They can be accessed from any computer on campus as well as remotely from home when you set up a user name and password from a campus computer. A handout is also available at the library.
ProQuest: General research databases that are divided into fifteen-subject area and five national newspapers. Six different ways to search with 2000 full text periodicals and journals.
Reference Suite@Facts.com: The World Almanac® and Book of Facts, also includes Issues and Controversies On File, Today's Science On File, Facts On File World News Digest. Visit the Reedley College Library for access from home.
SIRS RESEARCHER:SIRS Recearcher is a highly acclaimed reference source containing thousands of full- text articles- many accompanied by charts, maps, photos, and illustrations, exploring current abd enduring topics.