Orange County Register Now Available Online

Orange Coast College now provides students, staff, and faculty with electronic access to the Orange County Register! Get the complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Check it out now (off campus access requires login).

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-2000) Now Available Online

Search American newspapers from 1690 to the end of the 20th century with this new addition to Orange Coast College Library's database collection! Find news articles covering topics in government, politics, social issues, culture, literature discoveries, inventions and more from hundreds of primary sources.

Search using either the timeline or topic search to easily find news and eyewitness accounts and pro/con articles of events, issues and daily life in the colonies or during the Revolutionary War, westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression, Vietnam War, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, globalization and other eras.

Also included are illustrations, advertisements, classifieds, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, stories about historic people and other articles exactly as they appeared in print. Check it out now (off campus access requires login)!

Mystery Science Fiction Theater in the Library, Sat Apr 7

OCC Library and the Friends of the Library are inviting students and faculty to watch some selected films from our newest digital streaming film collection, Kanopy. Join us in the Library this Saturday for

Mystery Science Fiction Theater

If you are attending Coast Con, please visit the Library, Room 112, 12-3pm, for an afternoon of films!

12:00 Vintage Tomorrows

Steampunk started as a subgenre of science fiction fascinated with steam-powered machinery and alternative histories frequently set in Victorian England. VINTAGE TOMORROWS examines steampunk's transformation from those sci-fi beginnings into a global cultural movement that influences art, fashion, design and music.

1:30 Science Fiction in the 21st Century

Science Fiction has developed from having highly similar plots, audiences, and even authors, into a diverse field with international appreciation and ownership. Tour novels and stories featuring characters of all shapes and colors, written by authors of varying ethnicities, nationalities, and genders. Learn how they were received at the time of publication, and see the impact they had on later writers.

2:00 White Scripts and Black Supermen

"Provides a wonderful point of entry, invariably prompting wonderful conversations inside the classroom and beyond. The film pushes us beyond simply recounting this undocumented history but simultaneously complicating the many issues that define this history." - David J. Leonard, Washington State University

• Learn about Orange Coast College Library's digital film collections
• Learn how to build your own playlists and share with other students

New Single Sign On for Off Campus Database Access

As the school implements its new Single Sign On for all services, you can use it now to access our journal and ebook databases from off campus!

The older method is currently active as well. You can get the full instructions here.