SDCC Library: One Book One San Diego: 2012 Sky of Red Poppies

Sky of Red Poppies by Zohreh Ghahremani

The Circulating Collection is on the third floor. Circulating means you can check out the books.

Use the search box to find print and electronic books. (You are searching all three SDCCD libraries, not just City.)

Can't find it here? Try another library.

San Diego Public Library cardholders can borrow from their branches and some local universities (Interlibrary Loan).
San Diego COUNTY Public Library cardholders can borrow from their branches, local universities and state-wide via The Circuit and via Link+ (Requesting library materials).
Both the city and the county public library systems offer free library cards for California residents,

Here are some suggested databases (article collections) that you can search using keywords or terms for your topic.

If you are off-campus, you will need to type in your CSID number and last name.

Literature Resource Center (Gale) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Biographical information, overviews, & literary criticism on writers and playwrights. Includes Contemporary Authors and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Full text.
Gale e-Books This link opens in a new window
Good for biographical information
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
For short videos
Captioning
Captioning available *except* for non-English-language videos and videos without dialogue; recently-added videos may take up to 3 weeks to get captioned.
Public Performance Rights (to show outside the classroom)
"Permitted Uses of the Web Platform: The Web Platform is licensed solely to Licensee and Authorized Users for classroom teaching, research, presentations, and educational non-commercial multimedia projects for use in educational institutions, provided no admission or other fees are charged for public viewing. Licensee and Authorized Users may stream, display, publicly perform, or exhibit the Video Titles asynchronously on a single computer or network, course management system, or password-protected Web Platform. Licensee and Authorized Users may electronically save, organize, and share Video Titles or parts thereof with other Authorized Users using tools provided with the Web Platform. Licensee may create and distribute transcripts." Click for Terms of Service

In general, search using one or two nouns, combined by AND or OR.
Do more than one search, using different words that cover the same concept.
If you find too much information, take out a word. If you don't find enough, add one.
Use an asterisk (*) to search for variations on a word. For example, searching for student* will bring up records on student and students.
For more information, see Develop a topic

These are only a few examples of terms found in the library catalog:

When searching article databases, in general, use more specific terms.