Tulsa City County Library Resources

Did you know that anyone living, working or going to school in Tulsa County is eligible for a Tulsa City-County Library card? TCCL provides a whole bunch of resources that may be helpful to you for school, work or leisure:

• Nearly 1.75 million cataloged holdings, including books, DVDs and CDs, which can be delivered to the branch closest to you for pick-up
• Downloadable ebooks and audiobooks from OverDrive
• Electronic reference databases like the American Indian Experience and Auto Repair Reference Center
• Other research databases like Access Business News and Index to Current Urban Documents
• Test preparation materials and software tutorials from Learning Express, and foreign language learning help from Mango Languages
• Lots more! Check out their full list of databases here: http://tulsalibrary.org/research/onlinedatabases.asp

Looking for a good book to read this summer? Not only do they have an amazing fiction collection, they have special resources to help you find that perfect book:

• NoveList
• Your Next Great Read
• Various book blogs and book lists

When Blackboard is acting funny or something else has caused your access to the LRC's electronic resources to malfunction, head over to TCCL's website for access to Issues and Controversies, Literature Criticism Online and many EbscoHost databases like Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier.  You will need to sign up for a card before you can use their resources; for more information, see individual branch hours and card FAQs.

Note: Because of TCC's firewall, some of TCCL's databases may not be accessible on campus. If there is one you'd like to use but can't, please let us know. As always, you can call us, chat online with us, email us, or stop by any of our four locations.

TCC's Online Writing Lab

At the beginning of last semester, the campus Writing Centers debuted the Online Writing Lab, a place where students can go to get help with English mechanics, like grammar and punctuation, and all the steps of the writing process, including research, drafting, revising, and documentation.

One of the highlights of the OWL are the tutorials; check out the tutorial on diction, for example, to learn more about when to use Standard American English, and when to use colloquial or informal English. There are examples of good word choices for different situations, quizzes to test your understanding, and videos and images to illustrate concepts.

There are also handouts and presentations on common questions and problems, plus links to high-quality outside sources that can help you. And, the Writing Centers plan on adding even more content over the next few semesters, so be sure to check back regularly to see what they can do for you!

LRC YouTube Tutorials

For those of you that are having trouble navigating the wealth of information at your TCC LRC, we have some excellent, short tutorials available via YouTube. Some of the most recent include:

• Search the Catalog
• What are Scholarly Articles?
• Avoid Plagiarism at TCC
• Set Google Scholar to TCC LRC Databases
• How to Find Peer Reviewed Articles
• LRC Webpage Navigation
• TCC: Accessing Journals by Title