Welcome to the Wayne Community College Library Library

Welcome to the Wayne Community College Library

Library Hours Monday – Thursday 7: 45 am - 9: 00 pm Friday 7: 45 am – 4: 00 pm

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Where’s the rest room?

Reserves Ø Selected by instructor Ø Kept at main desk Ø Limited circulation

Reserve Types v Room Use v Overnight v 3 Day Checkout

AV Materials May Be Used § In the library § In the Academic Skills Center § In a classroom

More than 300 magazines and journals

Ask for these at the circulation desk

Genealogy

Novels and short stories

Easy Books For Kids

Big Books

Reference

Reference books may be • Almanacs • Atlases • Dictionaries • Encyclopedias

Books you can check out

The automated catalog Your index to all the books and audiovisuals in the library

Search Everything computer looks at: §Authors §Titles §Subject headings §Notes

The call number is an address for an item.

LB 2343. 32 T 95 2001

LC Dewey LB 371. 302 2343. 32 Com T 95 1998 2001

A General Works M Music B Philosophy, Religion N Art C-F History P Language G Geography, Sports Q Science H Social Sciences S J Political Science T Technology K Law U Military Science L Education V Naval Science Agriculture Z Library Science

Anatomy of a Call Number LB First line—letters 2343. 32 Second line--numbers

T 95 Third line—letter & number The number is a decimal

21 -Day Check Out Fiction Oversized Juvenile General Collection

Book Drop

Fines • 21 -day books – 10 cents per day • 3 -day reserve – 25 cents per day • Overnight reserve – 10 cents per hour

Aardvarks to Zucchini

NEWS WEATHER

E-MAIL ADDRESSES PHONE NUMBERS FINANCIAL INFORMATION

RELIGION HEALTH & MEDICAL INFORMATION

MUSEUMS & OTHER PLACES LIBRARIES & REFERENCE RESOURCES

SHOPPING JOB SEARCH

July 2002 At least 2 billion pages

http: //www. yahoo. com http: //www. google. com

http: //www. nclive. org

Boolean Operators • AND --cats AND dogs • OR --cats OR dogs • NOT --dogs NOT hounds

• Quotation marks –“poodle dogs” • Parentheses –training AND (dogs or cats) • Asterisk –teach*

Advantages of NC LIVE >Articles from more than 3000 publications >More reliable than Web pages

Interlibrary Loan - one library borrows an item from another library for a patron to use

Interlibrary Loan Costs 8 Books - none 8 Photocopies - may have charges

From home you can FCheck the WCC library catalog FUse NC Live FAccess links from the library web page

The library’s purpose is to help students and other patrons find the information they need when they need it.