Information for Faculty: How We Can Help You and Your Students

• Reference 
  • Ask a Librarian - In addition to providing in-person reference during library hours, we also provide real-time chat reference.
  • Research Appointments - For those who would like one on one research help from a librarian.  Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to use this service.
• Information Literacy Instruction
• MCC librarian-created self-guided plagiarism tutorial with assessment and certificate of completion

• Reference sources, books, e-books : numerous sources in print and online
• Magazines: a small print collection of magazines that circulate for 1 week, with many more available full-text through Flipster.
• Supplies
  • Graphing calculators for students
  • Some limited office supplies - staplers, scissors, hole-punch, pencil sharpeners, tape, paperclips
  • Free headphones for students to take
• Popular Reading
  • Collection of popular fiction and non-fiction e-books
  • Collection of popular e-magazines
  • Collection of print Fiction, Graphic Novels, Spanish Collection, and Children's books
• Reserves
  • Items with limited circulation in special demand for certain courses/projects
    • Faculty may place items on reserve at the circulation desk
    • Faculty are responsible for adhering to any copyright restrictions or obtaining permission for materials they place on reserve
  • Textbooks: one room use only copy of many of the textbooks used for MCC courses. Check at the library circulation desk to see if we have a copy of the textbook(s) used for your course. If you have an extra copy of the textbook(s) used for your course, please consider putting it on reserve at the library circulation desk to be used by your students.
• Interlibrary Loan
  • Materials not held in the MCC Library can be obtained through interlibrary loan. It takes 2 weeks on average to receive items.  Requests may be placed at the circulation desk or in some cases through the MCC Library Catalog if you are logged in to your MCC Library account with your library card number and select all I-share libraries when searching.
• Research Guides
  • MCC Librarian-created guides for each subject area taught at MCC. The guides serve as a resource for finding materials such as books, online databases for articles, and websites in a particular subject matter.  Feel free to recommend resources for the subject guide related to your courses by emailing the reference desk at ask@mchenry.libanswers.com. 
• Citation Guides
  • APA Citations
  • MLA Citations
  • Chicago Style Citations
• Information Literacy Tutorial: a guided tour through the research process
• Online Databases: 100+ databases for searching journals, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, videos, and eBooks. Many include full-text information. These are available off-campus too if you sign in with your myMCC username and password. If you would like to learn more about the databases related to your courses and how to use them, please set up an appointment with a reference librarian by phone: (815) 455-8762 or email: ask@mchenry.libanswers.com.
• Printers, Scanner, Copier: Printing, scanning, and copying is free in the library. Our printers are black and white only. Copies can be made in both color and black and white. 
• Quiet and Group Study Spaces: variety of seating and areas to meet all needs
• Computers: 60+ computers available. Student log in with their MCC username and password. 

Check out these research guides the librarians have put together to help you and your students: