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Welcome to Randolph Community College Library!

• When using our online catalog (iLink) to place a hold on books, you will need your barcode number from your student ID/library card. See instructions for how to place a hold on books in iLink.


• If you need to obtain a library card and are unable to visit our campus, send your request to library@randolph.edu. Please include your current mailing address and telephone number. We will mail your card.


• Passwords are required for all for online databases. Passwords change annually and may be obtained in one of several ways:
  • Login to Campus Cruiser and locate password on Library Services page
• In person at the library (must show current student ID)
• By calling 336.633.0204
• Request by email library@randolph.edu (Please include full name and date of birth for verification of student status)
• From your online instructor
  
  
• Special arrangements for the checkout of RCC library books to be shipped to you via U.S. mail may be made by contacting us at library@randolph.edu. This service is limited to distance education students living outside Randolph County.  Our library also has agreements with the Archdale Public Library and with other community colleges in North Carolina to provide resources to our students.

ASK a Librarian (library@randolph.edu) or call 336.633.0204

iLink
Search the online Library catalog of RCC and 46 other NC Community Colleges for books, audiovisuals, and more.

Online Databases
Search for articles from magazines, journals and newspapers; plus eBooks, poetry, maps, literary criticism, legal briefs, and more. 

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Enter off-campus password in BOTH user ID and password fields)
Comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 620 journals and full text for 218 books/monographs; includes searchable Cited References, Research Instruments, and Evidence-Based Care Sheets. CLICK HERE to view tutorial (runtime 6 mins; Click Here to download the free Flash Player)

Credo Reference (Enter off-campus password in Library Card Number field)
Online reference collection featuring full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. It’s a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire Internet, your results come from a comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits. CLICK Here for Search Tips.

Criminal Justice Periodicals
Comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. The database includes abstract and indexing for 240 titles, with more than 80 available in full-text. CLICK HERE to view tutorial.

GreenFile (no password required)
Scholarly, government, and general-interest information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Literature Resource Center
Provides access to "biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline; covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.” Click Here to view tutorial.

NC LIVE
Searchable, electronic collections of popular magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles, electronic books, historical materials, maps, and much more - covering a wide range of topics. Click Here to view the Searching NC LIVE Tutorial or HERE for tutorials on how to use specific databases.

North Carolina Periodicals Index (no password required)
Provides selective bibliographic access to a broad range of periodicals published in North Carolina, most of which are not available electronically or indexed through commercial databases. A free service provided by the "Verona Joyner Langford North Carolina Collection" at East Carolina University.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
An electronic database that provides a complete, one-stop source of information on social issues; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Click Here to view tutorial.

Salem Health: Magill's Medical Guide 4th Revised edition, 2008 (Select Remote Access Login and enter off-campus password)
Searchable, up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research. Articles include key terms and definitions in sidebars, links to related subjects, complete bibliographies, illustrations and graphs, and more.

Salem History (Select Remote Access Login and enter off-campus password)
Full content from the print versions of the critically acclaimed The Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties in America and Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives.

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What is the difference between scholarly journals and popular magazines?

• A scholarly periodical (sometimes referred to as peer-reviewed journal or a refereed journal) publishes the results of original and significant research in a particular discipline. For most academic papers, scholarly articles are excellent and preferred sources for supporting your arguments. Examples of scholarly journals:
  • Dermatology Nursing
  • Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
  • The Southern Literary Journal
  • The Western Journal of Medicine
• A popular periodical (a magazine, newsmagazine, or newspaper) publishes shorter pieces, news items, descriptions or summaries of research findings (but not the original research papers themselves), and/or information of interest to non-specialists or the general public. Examples of popular periodicals:
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Glamour
  • Newsweek
  • U.S. News & World Report
    

How do I cite journal articles?
Use these Citation Style Samples approved by the RCC English Department:

Samples of APA Style
Samples of MLA Style

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Evaluating Websites, Online Citation & Writing Tools

Citation Styles Online (using MLA, APA, Chicago, & CBE to cite online information) 

Evaluating Websites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources  

Guide to Grammar and Style– maintained by Jack Lynch, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. 

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary  

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)– offers online writing, research, and MLA and APA style help 

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