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Students, Faculty, and Staff: Use your Middlesex email address and password to access databases and ebooks from off-campus.

 

Visit the "Getting Books and Articles from Other Libraries" page for information on getting articles, books & DVDs that we don't have here.

• Due to COVID-19, currently only students, faculty, or staff may enter the Library and the IRC Learning Center lab and/or use the Library's computers, databases, and other e-resources
• Alumni may obtain an Alumni card that can be used to borrow books & DVDs.  They cannot access e-resources from off-campus.  
• Community users who have a library card in good standing from an LMxAC library may borrow books from other LMxAC libraries and request Middlesex College books to be picked up at their home library using the Hold feature on the catalog. Community users may not use library databases from off-campus.

The link to course readings for English and Reading classes is available from the green "Search & Find" section of the Library homepage.  If you are off campus, you will need your Middlesex email username and password (the same credentials you use for Canvas) to access most of the readings.

 

Journal articles may be located by searching our online databases. Links to online databases are available on the Databases page and Tips for Searching.

Library staff at the Questions desk in the library of the Edison campus are available to help with finding articles most of the time the library is open: Ask a Librarian for help, or schedule a one-on-one appointment to sit down with a librarian.

The Library provides a number of resource books on Microsoft Office. Please check the library catalog.

Librarians have created a Citation guide  for standard styles, including MLA style, APA style, and Chicago/Turabian style. For further help with citations you may also go to the Purdue OWL.

The Library has a  citation guide for standard styles, including MLA and APA. For further help with citations you may also go to Purdue OWL.

See our Borrowing Policies page. 

You may use your MCC Library card to borrow books and other materials from other libraries.

As an MCC student, faculty, or staff member, you will use your Middlesex email userid and password to log in to the MCC Wifi.

Connect to the WiFi named MCC

then login with the part of your Middlesex email address before the @  -- so if your email is jennyj567@my.middlesexcc.edu, you'd put in jennyj567

and the password you use with your Middlesex email (and Canvas)

Instructions are here:

https://mcc.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1970/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=114326

If you suddenly cannot access one or more of the library's pages (or other web pages at MCC), the first thing you should do is clear your browser cache. This removes old saved files and images from previous uses of the site(s) which may be interfering with your browser's ability to display the pages.

Instructions for clearing your browser cache vary depending on what brand and version of Internet browser you are using. (Not sure which browser you are using? Try visiting WhatIsMyBrowser.com.)

  If you use Chrome (instructions from support.google.com)

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More .
3. Click More tools  Clear browsing data.
4. At the top, choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
5. Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files," check the boxes.
6. Click Clear data.

Note: clearing your cookies will also log you out of any website you are currently logged into, including the MyMCC services, Canvas, Gmail, Facebook, etc. on the computer.

If you use Mozilla Firefox:

Instructions from: https://support.mozilla.org/gu-IN/kb/how-clear-firefox-cache

In Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer is no longer recommended):

Instructions from support.microsoft.com

1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, point to Safety, and then select Delete browsing history.
2. Choose the types of data or files you want to remove from your PC, and then select Delete.

 In Microsoft Edge,

(Instructions from support.microsoft.com)

1. Select Settings and more >  Settings  > Privacy and services .
2. Under Clear browsing data, select Choose what to clear.
3. Choose a time range from the Time range drop-down menu.
4. Choose the types of data you want to clear (see the table below for descriptions). For example, you may want to remove browsing history and cookies but keep passwords and form fill data.
5. Select Clear now.

In Apple Safari,

(instructions from support.apple.com )

Search by course on the bookstore site to see which textbooks are assigned for your classes. You may also check Library Textbooks on Reserve page to see if your textbooks are on Reserve.

If you have a library card in good standing from an LMxAC library you may borrow books, but not DVDs.   You cannot access e-resources from off-campus.  Please call the Circulation Desk at (732) 906-2561 to check if you are eligible. 

Alumni may obtain an Alumni card that can be used to borrow books & DVDs; alumni cannot access e-resources from off-campus. 

Will I be able to study in the library? Where can I use a computer lab?

• The Library building, including study space and its computer labs, is currently open to Middlesex College students, faculty and staff. The general public is also welcome to visit the library. The Library's Learning Center lab in IRC 241 is also available for computing, printing, and studying.

• The lower level of the library is available for individual quiet study, and study rooms are available for groups of 2-8 students: More information about available study spaces.

How can I use ebooks from the library?

• Use the Library Catalog’s ebooks function to find books on your topic. Then click on the Electronic Access link in the record for the book, and sign in with your NetID email and password. 

My online class is scheduled to meet with a librarian online on a certain date. What will happen? 

Bookstore phone: 732-906-2539

To contact the bookstore electronically, use this form.:

Bookstore Hours:
Mon -Thu 8am - 4pm
Fri/Sat /Sun CLOSED

The Campus Directory also lists fax, phone numbers and email addresses for the Bookstore & the Bookstore Manager.

CHANGEME is the default Library PIN.  It is suggested that you change it.

Use the Library Catalog to search for books, eBooks, and DVDs.  (From the Library homepage, in the "Search and Find" box, click on "Books & DVDs" to access the Catalog.)

DVDs cannot be renewed. Library books may be renewed for one three-week period in person, by phone, or through our Library Catalog unless another patron has requested to use it by placing a hold on it.  

To renew books, select Renew Books from the "Borrow and Request" section of the library homepage.  For further details, see the How to Renew guide.

A primary source is a first-person or eyewitness account, such as an interview in a newspaper, or an autobiography.  See our Primary vs. Secondary Source page for more help.