San Diego City College Library

RETURNING BOOKS CHECKED OUT BEFORE COVID CAMPUS CLOSURE:

Update 9/21/20: Books checked out before the COVID-19 campus closure in March are now due Oct 15th. They will no longer be renewed, so please return them: You can do so anytime via the book-drop slot next to the Library's front entrance door OR come to the Library in-person on Mondays between 11am-1pm.

NEW DOORSIDE PICKUP SERVICE:

See our Borrowing/Loans page for more information on how to check out print books with our new service. 

Library resources available online:

• Live Chat 24/7 has librarians available online for research assistance anytime. Research help is always available on LibChat, but City librarians will also be online at these times during the semester:
  • Monday and Tuesday from 8 am - 2 pm
  • Wednesday and Thursday from 12 pm - 6 pm
• Research appointments Need help with research for a paper or project? Book a 30 minute individual or small group Zoom appointment with a Librarian. 
• See also our research guides, including:
  • Research Step-by-Step
  • Library Research Process Tutorial
  • Using e-Books
• E-book collections use SDCCD Books+ and 
  • do limit your results list by Available Online but do not limit to City College since that seems to eliminate books to which you have access;
  • OR go to A-Z Databases page and click dropdown for Filter by Type > ebooks.
• A-Z Databases for a list of all available online collections, including articles, ebooks, Flipster digital magazines, and videos.
• Video collections for streaming video you can watch on your computer/device.

Need a laptop or wifi device? Click links below for more information:

• NEW: Book Scanning: SDCC faculty can request to have up to 20% of a book from the Library’s collection scanned and emailed to them. Scans for class distribution must be placed on a platform that restricts access to a single class (i.e. Canvas).  See request form for further information and instructions. https://forms.gle/SmzPyFhRmyvdKEJ3A

• CityOnlineMentor Tumblr Blog of online resources by SDCC Online Mentor Aileen Gum
• Nationwide list of teaching through disruption resources
• CVC-OEI Online Instruction and Services Resources
• Gale Teaching Resources during COVID-19
• Internet Archive

Help within Canvas
Once you have logged into Canvas, click the Help icon in the left column of the screen to open up a large menu of help options.

Support by phone
Instructure 24/7 phone support for City, Mesa, Miramar, and Continuing Education is available through the following numbers:

• Students: 1 (844) 612-7421
• Faculty: 1 (844) 612-7422

Online Canvas how-to guides
Instructure also provides hundreds of how-to guides for Canvas. If you are wondering how a certain feature works, or would just like simple instructions on how to use a certain area of Canvas, the guides are a great place to start!

• Canvas guide for students
• Canvas guide for faculty

• See the Guide: free and open (no permission required) resources on a variety of topic areas: https://library.sdcity.edu/oer
• The Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library: https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/
• OpenStax ideas for moving your course online with OpenStax. Includes tips for embedding ebooks as well as highlights course cartridges for Canvas and online homework tools (Rover and OpenStax Tutor). https://openstax.org/general/online-resources?utm_source=Pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=April_2020_Newsletter 

NOTE to faculty: please be aware that even if you are using OER or other free materials in your course you still need to inform the Bookstore what you are using, and in a timely manner. The information will be used in the course schedule so students can make informed decisions about classes, and will be used by DSPS to make accommodations for students who need them.