Library

Library INFORMATION

• 256.352.8260 
• Email: library@3706a.com

• M-Th: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  F: 7:30 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
  Sat: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• *If you plan to visit the library and are traveling a long distance, please phone to verify the library's hours. Hours may differ on holidays and when the college is closed. Contact the library for any closings and schedule changes. We also post the monthly schedule on the library's Facebook page.

• Genealogy Location: Library Basement

• Genealogy Staff Hours

  M-Th: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  F: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

• Genealogy Email: genealogy@3706a.com

LIBRARY RESOURCES

When the college reopens, WSCC Library staff will issue laptops to all laptop applicants. No appointment will be required. We plan to issue these laptops as quickly as possible until all applicants have a laptop. The library will contact the applicants by phone with instructions.

• About the Library
• Ask the Library
• New Database Description Flyers
• Genealogy
• Laptop Loans
• Testing Rooms
• Library Policy and Procedure Manual

Books and E-books

• WSCC Library Catalog Search
• Overdrive
• How to use the Libby App
• E-Book Central
• EBSCO eBooks

AVL Search Resources

• Alabama Virtual Library Login
  The Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) temporarily has added several extra databases, information, and resources during this time, which are marked with a red asterisk.

• Applied Technology and STEM Fields
• Argumentative and Literary Analysis Paper
• College and University
• Health Science Fields

Online DATABASEs

• Academic Complete
• Academic Core
• Academic Search Complete
• Academic Video Online (AVON)
• Access World News Research Collection
• Add-On Content
• Advanced Technologies & Aerospace
• Ancestry Library
• A to Z Maps Online
• A to Z International Business
• A to Z World Culture
• A to Z Food America
• A to Z The USA
• A to Z World Food
• Art History
• Black Life In America
• Career & Technical Education
• CINAHL
• College Complete
• Contemporary Issues & Controversies
• Credo Reference
• Digital Theatre+
• E-Book Central
• eBook Community College Collection
• eBook Nursing Collection
• EBSCO eBooks
• Entrepreneurship
• Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
• Films On Demand: Master Career & Technical Education 
• Fold3
• Gale Products
• Global Road Warrior
• Google Scholar
• Health Reference Center
• HeritageHub
• Hispanic Life in America
• Infobase
• Issues & Controversies
• Mometrix
• Newsbank
• Newspaper Archives
• Niche Academy
• Nursing and Allied Health Premium
• Overdrive
• PrepStep
• ProQuest
• Salem Press
• ScienceDirect
• Science Online
• Tech-Talk
• 10 Million Names
• Today's Science
• United States History
• Upswing
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics/Occupational Outlook Handbook, O*NET

Database Trials

• Nursing Forensics

Open Educational Resources

Students

ENG 101, English

Callings, by Dave Isay Audio Callings, by Dave Isay eBook

CHM 111 and CHM 112, Chemistry: Atoms First, 2e by OpenStax.

Openstax.org Chemistry

CHM 104, The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Open Library Textbook Chemistry

ART 100, Art Appreciation

Galileo Textbook, Intro to Art

Biology - BIO 103, BIO 104, BIO 201, BIO 202, BIO 220

Science With Susanna

LGT 110, Warehouse Operations

Overview of Warehouse Operations

PHY 112, PHY 115, PHY 201 Physics

Openstax.org Physics Khan Academy Resources

Common Read

Fall 2024 - The Noticer 

The Noticer eBook link The Noticer Audio Book

Faculty

MIT Resources OER Commons Merlot Openstax.org Open Library Galileo Open Textbook Library Orange Grove Saylor Academy WISC Online WAC Repository Open Resources Library Oasis Mason OER Metafinder DPLA Project Gutenburg Lumen NSCC Libraries Pressbooks

Starter Kit

IA Starter Kit

Textbooks

OpenStax LibreText BCcampusOpenEd EdTech Books Open Textbook Library American Institute of Mathematics OpenTextBookStore Washington 45

Open Books

Cornell Open DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books Gutenberg JSTOR Open Access Books OAPEN Project MUSE Open Access

Videos and Images

Digital Public Library of America Khan Academy Open Culture Smithsonian Open Access TED-ed

Learning Materials

Cool4ED CORA: Community of Online Research Assignments Galileo Open Learning Materials MERLOT MIT OpenCourseWare Open Yale Courses UNC Greensboro OER by Subject