Getting Started Using the Library: Home

Welcome to OCC Library! 

Whether this is your first time using the library or you have used the library before and need a refresher, this guide is a great place to start! 

Learn you way around the library homepage to find:

• Books, articles, videos, textbooks
• Subject research guides (including Market research)
• Citation guide for MLA, APA, and Chicago
• Databases A-Z
• How to get individual or class research Instruction
• and a variety of other library resources and services

Special place in the library include:

• Circulation/Technical support desk
  • This is where you check books in and out
  • Check out chrome-books and chargers
  • Ask printing questions
• Reference desk
  • Librarians are here to help you find find resources
  • Librarians can assist with research assignments
• Rooms for group study
  • Reserve these at the circulation desk
• Places for quiet individual study (first and second floors)
• Reference books area (dictionaries and encyclopedia for in-library use)
• Paperback books (contemporary fiction)
• Lecture rooms for Library instruction sessions
• Computer lab
  • Computers are available for student use
  • Printing is available
• Zoom area 
  • Quiet conversation is allowed here

See the other boxes on this page and the tabs at the top of the page for more information. When in doubt, ask one of the OCC Librarians!  We are here to help you! 

Library Hours