The Daley College Library (LRC) offers students print and non-print resources needed to support their classroom assignments and personal studies. Librarians and staff are available to assist with research and questions about library materials and to provide individual orientations to the library. Visit the Library in Room 2118 of Daley College. We can brighten your college experience. Find out more about our philosophy, mission, and goals.
We request that all circulation desk activities be concluded fifteen minutes prior to closing each day.
The circulating collection consists of books that can be checked out by library users for a specific period of time, or borrowing period. The length of the borrowing period may vary according to your borrowing status. For an explanation see policies and procedures.
The reference collection consists of books that do not ever circulate. They remain in the library at all times Like the circulating collection they are classified according to the LC (Library of Congress) system. The type of items to be found in the reference collection include: dictionaries, encyclopedias, subject specific encyclopedias, atlases, and almanacs.
Reserve holdings are a special type of circulating book. A reserve item has been designated as a reserve by either a librarian, or a faculty member. A faculty member may place certain items on reserve as supporting materials for a particular course. They have shorter circulating periods that range from two hours to seven days. The two hour reserves must be used within the library itself. Seven day reserves have been selected by the library staff. For the most part these are a series of books that support the curriculum such as the Opposing Viewpoints series.
Not all library holdings appear in the catalog. To find periodicals you must use and index. Print indexes can be found on the index table located behind the refernce desk. Online indexes and databases are also available for use.
When on campus, search the Daley OPAC and locate Daley College holdings electronically on the catalog.
When off campus, search the Daley OPAC and locate Daley College holdings electronically on the catalog. When off campus all CCC holdings will be searched by default. To search Daley's holdings select Daley College in the drop down menu.
To find out about the Physical Catalog.
To find out about Library of Congress subject headings.
To locate books in other libraries see Chicago Public Library site or Illinet for libraries in Illinois.
The Daley College Library subscribes to over 200 current periodicals and newspapers. For a list of our periodical holdings. It is necessary to use the right tool to locate articles that have appeared in periodicals. This tool is called an index. Indexes are available in different formats, print and on-line.
If you want to locate articles about a particular topic in periodicals (newspapers, magazines or Journals) it is necessary to use an index. An Index will provide a citation, which will give you the author and title of an article, and information about the source of the article. The name of the periodical, volume number, date, and pages will be given. Some indexes provide additional information: an abstract which is a brief description of the article. Daley College provides numerous indexes in different formats (print, CD-ROM, and on-line databases) to assist users.
Print indexes include The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, The Reader's Guide with Abstracts, The Humanities Index, The Social Sciences Index, CINAHL, The Short Story Index, and Book Review Digest. Online subscription database indexes are accessible via the library's Internet terminals. PROQUEST, FIRST SEARCH, EBSCO, and WILSON WEB provide citations, citations, abstracts, as well as full text articles. INFOTRAC in CD-ROM format at one stand alone station provides citations, citations with abstracts, and some full text as a back up unit to the online databases. These diverse sources of full text articles include articles from periodicals that are not included in Daley's own collection, and provide users with additional resources. Search for articles using the online Periodical Indexes and Subscription Databases.
Over 800 videotapes and thousands of slides are available for access in the media center located in the rear of the library on the south wall. Facilities are available for watching and previewing videos.
Mr. Robert Yacoub is the director of Media Services. He can be reached at:
838-7671
Media Services can also be reached at:
838-7672
Also located in the rear of the library are thirty computer terminals for NOVANET, that provide individual tutoring assistance for specific classes. Novanet was formerly known as Plato. The number for Novanet is: 838-7673. Signup information is available from Alan in room 2408 or via email at alnovanet@netscape.net.
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