Using the Library

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Getting Started

Be sure to get your student ID  Links to an external site.card Links to an external site. from Hawk Central as soon as possible! 

Student i.d. cards are preferred to verify identity when borrowing items from the Library. However, you can use any photo i.d. including your driver's license.

Your CBC student email and password are used to login to our databases off campus:  yourname@students.columbiabasin.edu // YourPassword

Visit the library’s homepage for more information and for links to our resources and services.

 

Borrowing from the Library

You can borrow many things from the Library! Some of our most popular items include:

  • Laptops
  • Print Books (Academic books, books for fun, children's books, etc.)
    • eBooks are available from our website. Fun fact: Only 20% of what we own is available physically; we have way more available online!
  • USB Flash Drives
  • Calculators
  • Cameras
  • Course Reserves (Textbooks)

 

Finding Resources

 

Our search box (also know as ‘OneSearch’) will help you find books, articles and many other types of resources across multiple databases. This is the best place to start your academic research!

We also provide direct links to our most-used databases and the full list of our online resources.

Library website with the OneSearch box circled in red.

Using the Databases

The OneSearch is the best place to start when you're looking for academic sources because it compiles almost all of our resources into one place.

If you're looking for a specific database or type of resource, you can also take a look at our full list of Databases, located on our homepage. This list is alphabetical by default, but can also be sorted by the Subject covered by the database, or by Type of information the database has.

 

A red arrow points toward the Database button on the library's website. Library databases listed A-Z. The subject dropdown menu is open.

 

This is helpful if you are only interested in one area or one kind of resource. For example, if your assignment specifically requires you to look at historic newspapers, you can sort by Type and limit to "Newspapers and Magazines."

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