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1. How do I find a magazine or journal article?
2. How do I find a newspaper article?
3. How do I find a book?
4. How do I find a video?
5. How do I tell if you have a particular magazine or journal?
6. I have to do a research paper.  Where should I look?
7. What do I need to check out a book or video?
8. How long can I check out this book or video ?

How do I find a magazine or journal article?

You have several places you can look for a magazine or journal article here at the SCC Library.  First, look in Gale Databases.

If you need an article in the industrial or engineering area, you might also want to look under Career & Technical Education.  

If you need an article on current issues, you might want to look under SIRS or Issues and Controversies.

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How do I find a newspaper article?

Look in Gale Database Custom Newspapers. 

SIRS and Issues and Controversies also contain newspaper articles.

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How do I find a book?

Look in UNICORN, the library catalog.  You can search by subject, author or title.  

Also, try eBooks, a database of full-text books online.

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How do I find a videotape?

Look in UNICORN, the library catalog.  Select Power Search. Enter your search term and then limit your search to videos by selecting the drop down menu labeled "type." 

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How do I tell if you have a particular magazine? 

Look in UNICORN, the library catalog.  You can search by the title of the magazine. 

If you're using Gale Databases to find articles, the little magazine icon that you can click on lets you know if we own a particular magazine or journal.  

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What do I need to check out a book or video?

You'll need your SCC ID. Community Patrons will need a picture ID .  For more details, click here.

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How long can I check out this book or video?

Normally, students and community loan patrons can keep books for 2 weeks.  Faculty & staff can keep them for a semester.  Videos can be kept by students for 3 days; for faculty & staff, 2 weeks. For more details, click here.

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I have to do a research paper.  Where should I look?

First, look in UNICORN, the library catalog, to see if we have any books.  You can search by subject, author or title.  

Second, look in Gale Databases, to find magazine or journal articles.  

You might also want to search the Internet.  

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