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How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine, and Crafts
Native American awareness
Check out the library's collection of resources about Native Americans, including:
Bookbags on sale
Proceeds benefit Friends of the PCC Libraries.







Pay your bill online
Securely pay your library fines and other college bills in MyPCC.
Click on "Pay Your Bill" on the College Business tab.

Email alerts of new items
Want to know when the library gets new materials on your favorite topic?


Remember my barcode
Tired of typing in your barcode for e-reserves and online articles? Log in to My Library Record first and the catalog will remember you. Don't forget to log out! Learn more

Get a barcode
Your PCC ID card + a barcode sticker = Your library card

Search Summit
Get materials from 30 Oregon and Washington libraries delivered to you in three days. Our new membership in the Orbis Cascade Alliance gives us access to 22 million titles in the Summit catalog.

How does Summit work?


Practice tests online
Learning Express Library has full-length practice tests for many standardized tests, including the GED, TOEFL, ASE automotive certification, and GRE.


Now hiring
See student jobs available in the library



Reference books online
Search Gale Virtual Reference Library's encyclopedias, almanacs, and other research e-books.

Great for biology, nursing, history, and more.
List of titles



Libros en Español
Hay 1700 libros en Español en nuestra colleción.
Mire a los títulos










New books
Updated monthly.
  * History
  * Literature
  * Art
  * Other subjects



Brown v. Board of Education
Find out more about the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to overturn "separate but equal"






Starving artists exhibit

Tuesday, May 25 4-7 p.m.
PAC Lobby $5

Original art for sale, a reading by best-selling author Jennifer Lauck, wine, and hors d'oeuvres.
Find out more



Elections resources
Are you an informed voter?





TILT: The Information Literacy Tutorial
Search tips, finding articles online, evaluating web pages, avoiding plagiarism, and more!
Try TILT


Wireless network access
Bring your laptop or check out one of ours.

How to connect






Bits & Bytes
Faculty and staff technology training in 30-minute bites.
View all workshops





Black History Month
Library materials about:

Bring in your coffee!
Drinks are now allowed in the libraries in closed containers.





Safari technical e-books
Read full text online. Titles include:

Search for all e-books


3-day movie checkout
We have almost 500 feature films on video and DVD available for checkout.



Web site changes

We've launched a new web site. Lost? Try the web site map. Contact the webmaster with questions.
Date: September 2003

Enliven your life @ your library
Celebrate National Library Week April 6-12, 2003. Daily book title trivia and living tips.

Register! Educate! Vote!
ASPCC launches its Register! Educate! Vote! campaign. Voters' Guide is also online.
Date: October 1 - November 5, 2002

Read a banned book
Why was Little Red Riding Hood banned? Celebrate Banned Books Week September 21-28, 2002.

 

Constitution day picture
PCC Celebrates
Constitution Day
Sept 17, 1787 
Constitution FAQ
Celebrating books that have created changes in American public policy, cultural attitude, or common
understanding.

 

 

1st annual Library prize The PCC Libraries awards eight $100 prizes for outstanding student research papers.
1st annual prize winners




We have over 170 books for new readers. Also, check out the Eyewitness book collection.

 

Enter to win
The Friends of the PCC Libraries is sponsoring free tickets for students to attend cultural events. Details

 

Good for you? New Medicare law


February is...
Black History month


Resources:

African American history
Other library resources
Cascade African film festival



2nd annual Library prize
$300 prizes awarded for outstanding student essays.
Details
2nd annual prize winners


Netflix anyone?
Faculty can now choose from 55,000 DVDs to show in their classes.
Find a title at Netflix then book it through the library.


resource of the month

Resource of the month
Medline Plus (Robin Shapiro - RC Librarian)


American Memory

Featured Resource

This Library of Congress web site provides a digital record of American history and creativity.


banned books

Banned Books

Banned books list
Why were these books banned?


u.s. flag

Celebrating our Constitution

* Link and Learn
* Test your Constitution I.Q.
* Books that changed America


textbooks


Hunting for textbook savings?
We have some suggestions.

latino graduate


Featured resource
Latino Graduate
Includes: College admission, FAFSA support, scholarships, career transitions, streaming videos and useful information.


library prize


3rd annual
Library prize

The PCC Libraries will award four $300 prizes for class projects which demonstrate exemplary use of library resources.

PCC Library on your Google Home page

Learn how to add the PCC Library Google Gadget to your own google home page, as well as how to add a library search to your browser's search box.


library prize winners


Library Prize 2007


The PCC Libraries announces the winners from the 2007 Library Prize contest. Each winner received $300 for work demonstrating excellence in research, writing and use of library resources. Read essays


patron review image

Community Reviews

The library now offers the option to submit a review for any item in our catalog. Have fun and help others learn about our collection. Details
Microsoft Office 2007

Office 2007

Need questions answered about Microsoft Office 2007? Get help from the e-book collection and the Microsoft Office 2007 Survival Guide (created by PCC staff).


library prize


4th Annual
Library prize

The PCC Libraries will award four $300 prizes for class projects which demonstrate exemplary use of library resources.

JSTOR
JSTOR
Find full text articles from 600 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, from their earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago.