Finding Articles a guide for distance learners

Accessing MCC Libraries Article Databases from Home

• In order to search the Library's article databases from home, students, faculty and staff must follow the instructions for connecting to EZproxy posted on either the Access to Library Databases from Home or Find Articles & Other Information web pages.

• To sign on to EZproxy, students must use the same username and password combination required to access their MCC Student E-mail Account. All students registered for SLN classes at Monroe Community College automatically receive an MCC Student E-mail Account. MCC students can learn more about their Student E-mail Account by visiting the MCC Students page and and clicking on the "Lookup My Account" and "Common Questions" links in the "Find your account" drop down menu on the the page.

• Faculty and Staff who would like to search the Library's article databases from off campus, should sign on to EZproxy with the same username and password combination used for logging on to their computer at MCC.

•   The Accessing Article Databases & Other Electronic Resources Through the MCC Libraries Web Site online tutorial shows you how to sign-in to EZproxy and how to locate your MCC Student E-mail Username and Password.

  Note: You will need the Adobe Flash Player in order to view this tutorial from your computer. If you do not have the Flash Player plug-in installed on your computer you can download it from the Adobe website.
  

• If the article you need is not available full-text through any of MCC Libraries online databases follow the steps listed below:
  • First search the MCC Library Catalog to make sure we own in our print or microfilm collection, the title of the magazine, journal, or newspaper the article appears in.

  • If MCC Libraries own the publication the article appears in, you can request a copy of the article be sent to you through our Document Delivery Service.

  • If MCC Libraries do not own the publication the article appears in, you can request a copy of the article through our Interlibrary Loan Service.

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College Student Resource Center

The College Student Resource Center provides library and computer services for students of the campuses of Monroe Community College, and the Genesee Valley branch of Empire State College.

The College Student Resource Center is located in the Bausch and Lomb Building of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County at 115 South Avenue. To learn more about the College Student Resource Center call (585) 428-8170.

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Document Delivery Service Policies for Distance Learners

For distance learning students taking courses exclusively off campus through the SUNY Learning Network, MCC Libraries will forward a copy of an article via
e-mail to your MCC Student E-mail Account provided the following two conditions are met:

1.) The article is not available full-text through any of the Library's online databases.

2.) The title of the journal, magazine or newspaper the article appears in is available from the Library's periodicals collection. To verify whether a journal or magazine title is owned by MCC Libraries, search the MCC Library Catalog.

• Distance Learning students can request up to 5 magazine, journal, and newspaper articles per day from our Document Delivery Service. If copies of articles are requested that are already available through one of the Library's online databases, instructions will be sent on how to retrieve the articles online.

• Distance Learning students must first complete the Distance Learner Library Registration Form before any requests for Document Delivery of Articles can be processed.

• Once you have received confirmation of your registration for Library services, you can then submit your request using our Distance Learner Document Delivery of Articles Request Form.

• To view articles sent to your MCC Student E-mail Account, you will need to have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. It can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.

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Interlibrary Loan Service Policies for Distance Learners

Interlibrary Loan is a service where libraries share materials with other libraries around the country. If the article you need is not available full-text through any of the Library's online databases, and we do not own in our print and microfilm collection the title of the magazine or journal the article appears in, you can submit a request through Interlibrary Loan and we will try to obtain a copy of the article for you from another library.

• Distance Learning students can request up to 5 journal and magazine articles per day from our Interlibrary Loan Service.

• Distance Learning students must first complete the Distance Learner Library Registration Form before any requests for Interlibrary Loan of Journal & Magazine Articles can be processed.

• Once you receive confirmation of your registration for Library services, you must then go to the Interlibrary Loan web page and select the "Login to ILLiad" link to submit your requests for articles.

• Requests are processed in the order they are received. If the material is available locally (Monroe County area), it generally takes 3 to 5 days. However, if the material is available only outside the Monroe County area, it may take up to 2 weeks to arrive.

• Due to time constraints and borrowing restrictions, MCC Libraries will not order books (Interlibrary Loan) from other libraries for distance learning students who are strictly off campus. For more information on how to locate books on your topic visit the Finding & Borrowing Books: a guide for distance learners web page.

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Who to Contact for Help

If you are unable to find articles on your topic, please contact MCC Libraries Reference/Distance Learning Librarian, Pam Czaja at (585) 292-2308 or by
e-mail at pczaja@monroecc.edu for assistance.

P. Czaja, Revised 4/2009, http://www.monroecc.edu/go/library