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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:
- 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 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.
Credo Reference – 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. (To log in, enter off-campus password in < Library Card Number > field)
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.”
Loislaw
Offers a wide range of legal content and supporting materials, including: up-to-date cases, statutes, rules and regulations, and other primary law for all 50 states and federal jurisdictions; extensive public records for individuals and corporations; and “Law Links” for locating web-based legal resources.
Note: Username and Password required from library staff both on and off campus. It is highly recommended that you review the “Expert Search Tips” section before beginning your research.
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.
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.
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
Evaluating Websites, Online Citation & Writing Tools
APA Style Guide for Citing Electronic Resources
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
Citation Style Guides
Use these Citation Style Samples approved by the RCC English Department:
Samples of APA Style
Samples of MLA Style
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Last Update
5/27/08