ACCC Library

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EBSCO Host	Kansas Library Catalog
Oxford Reference Online	Net Library
Encylopedia Britannica	Facts on File
American National Biography	Blue Skyways
Classical Music Library
(more information on these databases below)

To order a book or place a hold on a book, Email us!

The mission of our library is to provide students, faculty, and staff of ACCC, plus the residents of the surrounding area, the highest quality information services possible.

E-mail us: accclib@allencc.edu

Phone us: 620-365-5116 x208

Fax us: 620-365-3284

Please contact us to request material, place a hold on a book, or to get answers to any question you might have.

Library information
The library is centrally located in the main building on campus. The book collection of approximately 32,000 volumes is in open stacks, and can be accessed in the library or via the Internet using our Follett Online Catalog. Current periodicals are displayed in the main reading area, and back hardcopy and microfilm issues are available by inquiring at the desk.
Seating is available for 150, and includes tables, study booths, study carrels, couches, armchairs, and workstation stools and seats. There are ten Internet/Microsoft Office workstations, four of which are also OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) workstations. A copy machine, microform reader, typewriter (yes, we still need these to fill out forms that are not online now and then), and VCR/TV unit are also available for public use.
The library is available for the use of the students, faculty, and staff of ACCC. We also would like to welcome anyone from the community (Southeast Kansas), of any age, who wishes to use our library. Community library users have the same privileges as our students do.
Policies

Books and audio-visual materials can be checked out for 21 days. (Faculty and staff - check with library for checkout periods)

Periodicals and reference materials are due at the end of the next open day.

Fines - 10¢ a day; maximum of $25.00.

Outreach, distance ed, and community persons who may find it inconvenient to come to our library, but need information:

We are committed to serve you, just as we serve our on-campus students and those who can easily come to campus. Our library catalog, and many of our databases, are online. Please contact us and let us know when you find items that you need.
We accept requests by telephone (620-365-5116 x208), fax (620-365-3284), E-mail accclib@allencc.edu, or any other way you can get it to us. We will provide the material by any means you wish. It is easiest and cheapest for us to send books via the U.S. postal service (with a return label). We are open to other options. We can send periodicals via the USPS, fax, or E-mail (you keep the copies). We wish to provide service to you, even if you are far enough away that it is inconvenient to come to us.

Databases

Click on an image icon to access the specified database. Note: Our database vendors require that we limit use of our databases to students, staff, and residents of our service area and surrounding areas. If you wish to use any database below that require user ID's, passwords, etc., we ask that you email, fax, write, or call us and give us your student ID number, staff information, address, or reason you wish to use our databases. We will gladly provide you with the information to access these databases. We apologize for the inconvenience.

American National Biography It is available on-campus only.

Blue Skyways is a State of Kansas information database. It is available on or off-campus, and contains the following library databases, plus many other public websites.
Note: a Kansas Library Card, available from us or your local public library, will enable you to access all these sites.

Kansas Union Catalog: (see Library Catalog) State-wide library material available via interlibrary loan.

FirstSearch: (see KanFind Databases) Contact us for authorization information. Databases include: ABI Inform (business & management), ArticleFirst, ECO (scholarly journal articles), ERIC (education), GPO (US government), MEDLINE (medical), PapersFirst (conference paper index), PerAbs (general and academic journals), Proceedings (worldwide conference proceedings), UnionList (OCLC members list of periodicals), WilsonSelectPlus (articles in science, humanities, education, and business), WorldAlmanac, WorldCat (catalog of library holdings worldwide).

Infotrac Web: (see KanFind Databases) On campus: no password needed. Off-campus: contact us for authorization information. Databases include: National Newspaper Index, Informe (Spanish), Health Reference Center Academic, Expanded Academic ASAP (arts, humanities, social sciences, science and technology), Computer Database, business & Company ASAP, Business & Company Resource Center, and Health & Wellness Resource Center.

SIRS Discoverer: (see KanFind Databases) Database primarily for children. Accessible through Kansas Library Card.

KLNB NetLibrary Collection: (see Kansas Library Card) Accessible only with a Kansas Library Card. Many good academic titles. 7,265 titles. Publication date range: 25% 2000-2003, 45% 1995-1999, 30% pre-1995.

Britannica Online: (available on-campus only) Contents: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Internet Guide, Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus.

Classical Music Library (available on-campus only) Music listening database.
EBSCO Academic Search Elite Contact us for authorization information. Academic Search Elite provides full text for nearly 1,850 publications, including more than 1,200 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,250 journals in the collection (March 2003 statistics). Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985. It is available on- or off-campus.

Facts on File Contact us for authorization information. Current events, history, and a lot more.

NetLibrary Ready Reference Collection: (on-campus only) This group of E-books are owned by ACCC. This is a completely different set than that found in Blue Skyways above. Contains over 400 CliffsNotes. Around 3,600 titles. Publication range: approximately the same as the State collection above.

Oxford Reference Online (available on-campus only)

Hours - During the academic year

Sunday: 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Monday thru Thursday: 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Friday: 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Hours - During breaks and summer

Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

E-mail us:	accclib@allencc.edu
Phone us:	620-365-5116 x208
Fax us:	620-365-3284

	Books and audio-visual materials can be checked out for 21 days. (Faculty and staff - check with library for checkout periods)
	Periodicals and reference materials are due at the end of the next open day.
	Fines - 10¢ a day; maximum of $25.00.
	Outreach, distance ed, and community persons who may find it inconvenient to come to our library, but need information:
		We are committed to serve you, just as we serve our on-campus students and those who can easily come to campus. Our library catalog, and many of our databases, are online. Please contact us and let us know when you find items that you need. We accept requests by telephone (620-365-5116 x208), fax (620-365-3284), E-mail accclib@allencc.edu, or any other way you can get it to us. We will provide the material by any means you wish. It is easiest and cheapest for us to send books via the U.S. postal service (with a return label). We are open to other options. We can send periodicals via the USPS, fax, or E-mail (you keep the copies). We wish to provide service to you, even if you are far enough away that it is inconvenient to come to us.

Sunday:	6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Monday thru Thursday:	8:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Friday:	8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.