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Library Hours

Spring Semester 2021

Monday-Thursday 8:00am - 6:00pm

Friday 8:00-4:00pm

All visitors must sign in. The sign-in sheet is just inside the entrance doors. Face coverings are mandatory. Social distancing and all CDC Covid19 guidelines must be observed.
Librarians are available and ready to assist with research or technical questions. Stop by the library or contact us by Email: library@bc3.edu or use the library's Chat service or Ask/Request/Schedule options in the menu bar above.

New Trial Databases at BC3 Library

Black Lives in America

Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day
Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications

America's Historical Newspapers

America's Historical Newspapers makes it easy for students to search and browse hundreds of U.S. newspapers published from 1690 through the 20th Century, including titles from all 50 present states. This fascinating content instantly makes history more real and relevant, giving students a better understanding of not only the past, but its lingering impact on present-day issues and events, as well.

Access World News Research Collection

Includes current and archived news content from more than 12,700 sources spanning 200+ countries and territories across the following regions.

Curbside Pickup Available

CURBSIDE PICKUP AND LIBRARY BOOK RETURNS

The Library will provide a curbside pickup service to make books and other library materials available to patrons. Books must be from the BC3 Library's collection and noted as being “Available” in the BC3 Library Catalog. To use this service, complete the Curbside Pickup form.

We will contact you to schedule a pickup date and time. Pickup times will be between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday. At this time, curbside pickup is only available at the Main Campus location. The pickup location is the driveway between the Succop Theater and the Business and Allied Health Building. See map and directions.

BOOK PICK-UP:

Call the Library when you arrive at: 724 284 8511.
Stay in your vehicle, pop the trunk. We will drop the books into your trunk.

BOOK RETURNS:

Arrange a return time by calling us at: 724 284 8511.
Call us when you’ve arrived. We will place a bin out for you to drop books into.

Search Box Central

Search the BC3 Library Catalog

Use it to find books, ebooks, DVDs in the library's collection

or browse our e-book collections: Ebook Central (Proquest) and Ebook Collection (EBSCO)

"British Columbians benefit from increased access to French resources in libraries" by BC Gov Photos is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Reference databases are

A great place to start your research
Provide definitions, introductory information, facts, vocabulary/keywords, names
Preferred over Wikipedia by your instructors
Include citations for your bibliography!
Collection of encyclopedias, reference databases, issue topic databases

Reference Databases

Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides Topic Pages, which offer background information on a particular topic that can give you an easy starting point and pathways for further research; Access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks covering every major subject from Accounting to Art History and Shakespeare to Einstein; and Mind Maps that visually show relationships between topics and keywords.
Salem Press
Provides full-text online access to a range of reference works published by Salem Press in the areas of health, history, literature, and science
Gale Virtual Reference Library
This is currently a collection of four online reference resources: Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness, Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Posthumanism: The Future of Homo Sapiens, and the St. James Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture.
Today's Science
Bridges the gap between the science learned in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today. Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 15-year back-file, Today’s Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

Issue Topic Databases

CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides award winning in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. The reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students.
Issues and Controversies
Explore current issues and events with in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. Topic pages feature the latest related news coverage from Reuters® as well as a variety of helpful background information, from the key pro/con arguments to chronologies of related events to primary documents. Updated weekly.

ProCon.org - web source that focuses on the pros and cons of controversial issues.

Find articles in EBSCOhost's General Databases (Academic Premier and MasterFile Premier).

Or search the library's Subject Databases

Business Source Premier
CINAHL
CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,928 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981.
GreenFILE
Health Source - Consumer Edition
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
Literary Reference Center Plus
Collection of literary criticism and primary literary sources.
Military & Government Collection
Newsbank
Full text articles from over 800 U.S. newspapers including local newspapers like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Butler Eagle.
OVID Nursing Collection
Professional Development Collection
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
PubMed
Database of medical journals.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Vocational and Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Westlaw
Database of legal journals and primary sources that include statutes (laws) and court cases.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes scholarly literature across an array of disciplines including peer-reviewed academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations. Some of the resources are freely available full-text, others you will need to request using the library's Article or Book Request Forms.

Tutorials

Open Resources during Covid 19 Pandemic

Resource freely available during COVID 19

Many publishers have opened up their online resources, making them freely available during the COVID 19 Pandemic. The following are sources that are temporarily available.

American Association of Publisher's compiled list of resources publishers have made available: https://publishers.org/aap-news/covid-19-response/

Ancestry expands collection with National Archives access: Start Exploring

Duke University Press

Course syllabi and free access to readings: https://www.dukeupress.edu/Explore-Subjects/Syllabi

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge Core reference and textbooks: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/collections/cambridge-histories

Project Muse

Free resources during COVID 19. https://about.muse.jhu.edu/resources/freeresourcescovid19/#covid19resources
Open Access content https://about.muse.jhu.edu/muse/open-access-overview/

JSTOR

Description of available resources: https://about.jstor.org/covid19/

Library Journal

Full online access go to LibraryJournal.com
Email: access@libraryjournal.com Password: LJfullaccess1
Digitized editions of magazine archive: click on "Access Digitized Edition" in the upper left-hand corner or click on Bookshelf in the upper left corner

Home Internet Provider Information

Clarion University has shared this webpage with Broadband Resources and Internet Speed Test Websites.

Resources on COVID 19

The Complete Guide to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, is a federal program for people such as independent contractors or self-employed workers who are unable to work as a direct result of COVID-19 and are not eligible for regular state unemployment benefits.

Copyright Clearance Center links to freely available academic resources on COVID 19, useful for study and teaching in different subject areas including health, medicine and chemistry. https://www.copyright.com/coronavirus-covid-19/

STM compilation of COVID 19 related research articles and chapters https://www.stm-assoc.org/about-the-industry/coronavirus-2019-ncov/

Wiley articles and book chapters freely available on COVID 19 https://novel-coronavirus.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

BC3 Library: Home

Library Hours

Library Hours

Spring Semester 2021

New Trial Databases at BC3 Library

Black Lives in America

America's Historical Newspapers

Access World News Research Collection

Curbside Pickup Available

CURBSIDE PICKUP AND LIBRARY BOOK RETURNS

BOOK PICK-UP:

BOOK RETURNS:

Search Box Central

Search the BC3 Library Catalog

Reference Databases

Issue Topic Databases

Find articles in EBSCOhost's General Databases (Academic Premier and MasterFile Premier).

Or search the library's Subject Databases

Tutorials

Featured Content

Films on Demand: Business and Economics Video Collection

Open Resources during Covid 19 Pandemic

Resource freely available during COVID 19

Home Internet Provider Information

Resources on COVID 19

Ask Us

Your Friendly Library Staff

Laurie Eytel, Circulation Secretary, x8246

Brooke Draper, Acquisitions Secretary, x8293

Jennifer Greenwald, Librarian

Jean Shumway, Librarian, x8296

Martin Miller, Dean of Library Services, x8210