1. HCC CENTRAL LIBRARY ORIENTATION
Elizabeth C. Coiman-Lopez, BAT, MS.
Adjunct Instructor
Continuing Education Department
Houston Community College System

2. LIBRARY INFORMATION HCC CENTRAL:
Librarian: Leonard Cazares and Sawn Anderson
LHSB Bldg. 3rd floor, 1300 B Hollman, Houston, TX
Hours: M-Th: 7:30 am – 9:00pm
Frid: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Sat: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
CLOSED SUNDAYS
HCC Picture ID / Library Card. $15 to replace it.
Home page:
DO NOT: eat, drink, smoke, sleep, loud music, loud cell phone, talking on the phone. EXIT THE LIBRARY TO ANSWER YOUR PHONE
Oldest and largest HCC Library in the system.
About 83,000 books, 100 databases, and Netbooks (small computers)
LIBRARY CATALOGUE: use computers in front of Reference Desk. Librarians will be happy to assist you.
LIBRARY INFORMATION

3. CIRCULATION AND REFERENCE DESKS
Phone:
Librarians desk, 2 librarians at a time.
Help from Librarians on anything
Schedule Study Rooms: 3rd floor 2 – 4 students, 4th floor 2-10 students.
“Library staff exist to make your life easier,” HCC Librarian Shawn Anderson
CIRCULATION DESK:
Phone:
Check-out Textbooks, Videos and DVD’s to use in the Library. (are behind desk)
RENEW: Up to 2 more weeks (2 renewals).
Renew in person, online, by phone, on the day due or before due day.
OVERDUE: will result in loss of borrowing privileges and a “hold” on REGISTRATION and transcripts. Do not ignore overdue s.
The library wants their books back NOT YOUR MONEY so no late fees.
CIRCULATION AND REFERENCE DESKS

4. CHECKING- OUT Check-out 10 books, CD, Netbooks (2 weeks), 2 renewals
DVD, up to 1 week: Some can be checked out others need to watch at DVD room
DVD (1 week), Two extensions
Reference books and magazines: only for Library use
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: only for Library use (3rd floor)
Bilingual Dictionaries on 4th floor can be taken home
CHECKING- OUT

5. EQUIPMENT TO USE COPIER: $.10 cents B/W; $.50 color copies
Coins or dollar bills, credit/debit card
Printing Account: add $ to your account so you can print
SCANNER: Free
COMPUTER LAB: Free to use, 3rd floor. (no checking in), no time limit. (HPL 1 hour)
DESKS: in the “first come, first serve” basis (study carrels)
Video/DVD Room: for 2-4 people
Study Rooms: 3rd floor 2 – 4 students, 4th floor 2-10 students.
EQUIPMENT TO USE

6. BOOK SHELVES Theme of the Month shelf New Books shelf ESL books shelf
Paper back shelves
DVD shelves
Books and Magazines for sale shelves (cheap)
Reference Books shelves 3rd floor
Magazines or Periodical shelves 4th floor
Books shelves on both floors, including oversize books (can be check-out)
Organized by subjects and CALL NUMBERS: A-L 3rd floor and M-Z 4th floor.
After viewing books and magazines, leave them on tables or book carts. DO NOT PLACE THEM BACK ON THE SHELVES.
BOOK SHELVES

7. MAGAZINES OR PERIODICAL REFERENCE
Periodicals because they are changing periodically, every month, every week, etc. like magazines, newspapers. (only for reference)
Library subscribes to about 81 different periodicals
EXAMPLES:
Bloomberg Business: latest business information
GQ: leisure and entertainment
Art in America: art
Poder Hispanic: business
PC World or Mack World: computers
Newspapers: at Circulation Desk
Ceramics Monthly: trade journal about ceramics right now.
Nursing: Professional Journal
Academic Journals, Scholarly Journals, Research Journals, (junior or senior classes) written by scholars (experts in the field), with new information. GOOD FOR RESEARCH.
MAGAZINES OR PERIODICAL REFERENCE

8. STUDENT’S LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Looking for members
GPA 3.2 or above
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LIBRARY:
Reference Magazines: put magazines on shelves and take shelves from center and add bean bags
Add more sitting around the Library by placing bean bags
Add more electrical outlets so students can plug in their cell phones and computers to recharge cell phones.
STUDENT’S LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

9. BROWSING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Hccs.edu website, use student ID card (you can access
HCC library from home)
Click on LIBRARIES
Click on SEARCH & FIND
Click on ENCORE ( like Google)
Use a Broad Topic to search or
Click on ADVANCED SEARCH with a more narrow topic
Click on FORMAT to look for:
YEAR 2010 to or
Location: HCC campuses
If in another Library, you can request it (3 days)
Open a Data Base
Advanced search
Title
Full text
article to yourself (right hand corner)
BROWSING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE

10. BROWSING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Hccs.edu website
Click on SHELF, to look for a book in the library
CALL # HT : tells what type of book
ABSTRACT: is a summary
PDF full text: is the COMPLETE ARTICLE
ELECTRONIC BOOKS: E-Books. There are over 200,000
E-Books: booksshouldbefree.com (Public Domain, FREE)
Library Home: ICON to browse
back.
BROWSING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE

11. HCCS Database vs. GOOGLE Database
HCC is not FREE. $400,000 buys database (100), GOOGLE is free.
HCC reliable information, GOOGLE, Wikipedia, You Tube, not the best source.
HCC will give you the authors, sources and background to make a research. GOOGLE does not.
Professors might say, “you are not allowed to use Google or Wikipedia”
HCCS Database vs. GOOGLE Database

12. FORMAT: E-BOOK, click the book
Hccs.edu website
BOOKS: Find E-Books
TYPE of book: ____________
ALL HCC (find)
ENCORE: type the TOPIC
FORMAT: E-BOOK, click the book
Hcc EBSCOhost (open to see the chapter) E-Book Collection
If someone is using or reading the book, you cannot read it.
You can print some pages, up to 60 pages or
Turn it into PDF file and put it in your own flash drive
E-BOOKS

13. FIND ARTICLES FOR RESEARCH
Journals – Article tab
Find Database, by subject
Multi-subject Databases – ABC order
Academic Search Complete: do not write questions, sentences
Limit your Results – Check the Full Text Box
Publication Date____
Abstract (summary of the article). After reading it, you can click PDF for Full Text
It won’t save: it, print it, flash drive.
FIND ARTICLES FOR RESEARCH

14. hccs.edu website DVD’S POLICY: VIDEOS AND DVD’S VIDEOS: LIBRARIES
Click SEARCH & FIND
Click MULTI- SUBJECT
(THIRD) Click on Alexander Street Video
DVD’S
POLICY:
Some DVD’S can be check-out (Disney)
Others have to be watched in DVD room at the Library.
VIDEOS AND DVD’S

15. CHECKING-OUT POLICY RENEWAL: Click on Libraries: Login - Renew
PENALTY:
If you do not bring back what you checked-out, you will receive up to 2 S from the Library letting you know it is LATE.
After 30 DAYS, if you ignore the 2 S, you will have a HOLD in your account:
YOU CANNOT REGISTER FOR NEW CLASSES AT HCC
You do not pay an overdue fine, BUT THE LIBRARY WANTS THEIR BOOKS BACK.
RENEWAL:
Click on Libraries: Login - Renew
Renew books online: ONLY TWICE is allowed
48 to 72 hours before is due or on that due day,
NO AFTER.
CHECKING-OUT POLICY