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Library Hours

Mon-Thurs: 8:00am-7:00pm 

Friday: 8:00am-2:30pm

Sat & Sun: Closed

 

We will be closed on November 11 in honor of Veterans Day

Hours vary during holidays and breaks.

Useful links and Library Guides (LibGuides)

* The Research Companion has short videos about narrowing a topic, avoiding plagiarism, doing citations, and other writing topics.  It also contains the Revision Aid, which allows you to upload a paper and highlights certain problems in your writing.  Click on Use Information for the Revision Aid.  (For spelling and basic grammar issues, use spellcheck in Word instead.)

Our Mission

Our Mission:  The purpose of the Learning Resources Center (Library) is to support the Philosophy, Mission, and Goals of Martin Community College and to enhance the teaching/learning process through provision of adequate, current resource collections in formats consistent with prevailing technologies; provision of access to the collections of other libraries; provision of instruction in the use of resources to enable patrons to function in an information-driven society; and promotion of life-long learning opportunities.

Popular links

Popular links:

Health and Medicine (Gale): Health and Medicine
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine contains up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions.

Business Insights (Gale): Business
With over 460,000 company profiles, including 2,000 with deep links to related content and statistical data, Gale Business Insights: Global provides daily updates to keep up with the ever-changing corporate landscape. Includes: Profiles of every U.N. recognized country including 90+ Economist Intelligence Unit reports; SWOT reports (quarterly updates), GlobalData industry research reports; Plunkett industry reports; market share and business rankings; company histories and chronologies; global company, country, and business topic overviews with quick links; full-text articles; case studies; business executive video interviews; interactive LiveCharts; and more.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale): Opposing Viewpoints
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Opposing Viewpoints is a rich resource for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more.

Literature Resource Center (Gale): Literature Resource CenterGale Literature Resource Center provides researchers with unbounding literary resources to support their own literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented. The database features primary works in a variety of genres, up-to-date analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews that encourage interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills.

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Search just the Martin Library shelves using the

 Library Catalog

(you can also expand your search to other community college libraries)

New Books

Library Collections, Archives (History Room) and Services

The Martin Community College Library serves the student body, faculty, and staff of the college and the citizens of Martin and Bertie counties. Public access computers are available for library visitors. 

The collection in the library include over 15,000 books and audiovisual items, primarily audio books and DVDs. Special collections include:

  • Microfilm copies of the local newspaper, The Enterprise (1901-present), as well as microfilm copies of census and court records for Martin County and adjoining counties.  The paper is also digitized through 1954 (missing 1916, 1920 and a few issues from 1954) and accessible on our Local History Room web page.
  • Local History Room, including the Easter Rogerson Mizell Family Genealogy Collection
  • The College Archives

Online sources include databases:

  • NC LIVE, which provides online access to complete articles from thousands of newspapers, journals, and magazines, several collections of ebooks, audiobooks that can be downloaded to your smart phone or tablet, and images and videos.
  • Gale databases, a collection of databases covering a variety of subjects and containing journal articles, newspaper and magazine articles, ebooks and more.
  • Credo Reference, a collection of electronic specialized encyclopedias and other reference books
 

 

Book Club

Next Book Club held on

Wednesday, November 19

See you at noon in the Library

WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!

Halloween display

The Book Club is held in the History/Archives Room @ the library in Building 2 on campus.

We are open to the public!

Please feel free to join 

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Archives tour below:

 

Get Help from the Library

  • Visit us in Building 2 during library hours
  • Call us during library hours at: 252-789-0238
  • E-mail us at: library@martincc.edu (We try to respond within 2 hours when the library is open.)

Student Study Rooms

seven abstract cartoon figures seated around a tableNeed a quiet place to study or meet for a group project?  Our study rooms in the library are equipped with a computer, internet access and Microsoft Office, with printing capability. 

Assistive Devices in the Library

Please see the Admissions department, this department works with students regarding assistive devices e.g.

  • JAWS screen reader software 
  • Zoomtext Text Reader.

Homework

Contact the library

Call us during library hours at: 252-789-0238