Calhoun Community College Libraries

Distance Education

A Guide to Online Library Resources and Services
offered to Distance Learning Students

General

Username and Password for accessing Online Databases from Home.
How to Access AVL Online Databases from Home If Your Internet Provider is AOL, Prodigy, MSN or CompuServe
Frequently Asked Questions about Brewer Library and the LRC
Library and LRC Hours plus a semester by semester calendar (closings, holidays, etc. current semester, plus upcoming semester)
Brewer Library Policies
Huntsville LRC Policies
Information on Library of Congress classification system used by Brewer Library and LRC for cataloging and classifying materials
Library and LRC ADA accommodations
Students may submit questions of a general nature about the Library and the LRC to the reference librarian using the email address reference@calhoun.edu.
Students may submit questions of a general nature relating to circulation of materials via an email address to circulation at circ@calhoun.edu.
An eBook Demo is available on the NetLibrary web site. This demo shows you how to create a NetLibrary account and log in to the account, how to search for an eBook, use an eBook, and check out an eBook.

Services

Reference help is available on the web. You can use the form at EBSCOhost Ask A Librarian link or email the Reference Desk. In both cases, a Calhoun Community College Reference Librarian will reply to your request during normal operating hours.

Username and Password for accessing Online Databases from Home.

Resources

Library Catalog (includes books, eBooks, etc. held in Brewer Library and Huntsville LRC.)
Online Encyclopedias via the AVL and the Virtual Reference Desk.
Online Journals/Magazines/Newspapers - Thousands are available with full-text and all are accessible from home. The Calhoun Library is the only community college library in Alabama that offers remote access by authentication of the user. The distance learning student does not have to come to the Library or LRC to register. He/she has a Username and Password for remote access by virtue of registering for classes at Calhoun.
Username and Password for accessing Online Databases from Home.
How to Access AVL Online Databases from Home If Your Internet Provider is AOL, Prodigy, MSN or CompuServe
Virtual Reference Desk offers dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, handbooks, and other reference materials over the web.
Instructional Handouts to Library and LRC Resources
Over 53,000 full-text, eBooks can be accessed from the NetLibrary web site. Before access can be gained, the student must create a NetLibrary account using a Calhoun networked computer—Decatur or Huntsville campuses—in order for NetLibrary to recognize the IP address of the computer. If you live out of state and cannot come to a Calhoun campus to create the account, you can email the head librarian at lmb@calhoun.edu. Once the account is created, you can login to NetLibrary and access the eBooks from any location.