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Check out our brand new online catalog! New features include the ability to search for books and articles from EBSCO Academic Search Complete at the same time, as well as being able to limit your search by item type (DVDs, print books, e-books, etc.) Recent additions to the collection are highlighted on the main page as well. Need assistance with the new catalog? Call 410-287-1005 or email library@cecil.edu

Use the online catalog to locate print books, electronic books, DVDs, and select journal articles. You can search by keyword ("all fields"), title, author, or subject. You can also renew your materials, put materials on hold and search for materials placed on Reserve for your classes. Electronic books are available to read online, take notes, and print pages.

National Emergency Library

Available through June 30, 2020, the Internet Archive is allowing unlimited users to access its collection of 1.4 million digitized books. Simply create a free account to be able to “borrow” up to 10 titles at a time for 14 days each. To learn more about the National Emergency Library, please visit http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/

VitalSource e-Textbooks

Available through May 25, 2020, VitalSource has teamed up with multiple textbook publishers to offer some 55,000 textbooks online for free. Simply create a free account - NOTE: you have to use your Cecil email address as it is only available to college and university affiliates. Patrons are allowed to “borrow” up to 7 titles. To learn more about VitalSource, please visit https://get.vitalsource.com/vitalsource-helps

RedShelf e-Textbooks

Available through May 25, 2020, RedShelf has teamed up with multiple textbook publishers to offer e-textbooks for free. As with VitalSource above, you must use your Cecil email address to create a free account as it is only available to college and university affiliates. Patrons can ‘borrow’ up to 7 titles. To learn more about RedShelf, please visit https://www.about.redshelf.com/redshelfresponds

Need help? Check out this short video: How to Find Books and E-Books

Search for Articles

Databases

Journal, magazine and newspaper articles can be located using the databases. The library subscribes to a variety of databases that cover a wide range of subjects. In addition to the traditional databases, the library also subscribes to e-references that contain reports, encyclopedia articles, articles from other reference books, videos, maps, images, paintings, and standardized test preparation materials.

Need help? Check out numerous video tutorials on searching in the databases.

Research Guidance

Subject Guides

Covering everything from Biology to Western History, these subject guides pull together only the best resources for each specific course. Take the guesswork out of research and find everything from the best books, to the best databases to search, to citation help for each one of your classes!

Tutorials

Need help with your research? Consult these short tutorials, which are videos and self-paced modules, to help answer the most common questions about using the library's resources.

Have a suggestion for a new tutorial, or a question that hasn't been answered? Contact the librarians at librarystaff@cecil.edu.