Fall Booksale is Tuesday!

Great Used Books at Incredible Prices! The Friends of the Library will host their Fall Book Sale on Tuesday, October 26th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the library.

Friends of the Library members are invited to a special pre-sale starting 9:00 a.m. before the event is open to the public. Anyone may join the Friends of the Library prior to the book sale to take advantage of the one hour "pre-sale" exclusive for Friends members.

A variety of books will be available from bestsellers, romance, and mysteries to science, art, history and computers. Most books sell for $1. The sale will culminate with a "dollar-a-bag" sale starting at 2:00 p.m.

Metered parking will be available in Lot E (take Merrimac Way to the southwest corner of campus). Please call (714) 432-0202 x21058 for further details. Free parking permits will be available for FOTL members.

FOTL Event Tomorrow night

The Friends of the Library will be presenting "The Big One: Are We Next?" on Oct. 21 at 7:30pm in the library. Orange Coast College's resident earthquake expert, Associate Professor Erik Bender, Ph.D., will talk about the chances of a 7.8 or higher quake rocking Southern California and what to expect if it does, as well as other dangers lurking beneath us. For more information, please go to our FOTL web site.

Upcoming event: The Big One: Are We Next?

The Friends of the Library will be presenting "The Big One: Are We Next?" on Oct. 21 at 7:30pm in the library. Orange Coast College's resident earthquake expert, Associate Professor Erik Bender, Ph.D., will talk about the chances of a 7.8 or higher quake rocking Southern California and what to expect if it does, as well as other dangers lurking beneath us. For more information, please go to our FOTL web site.

Britannica Online Fixed

Britannica Online can now be accessed off-campus through MyOCC. Thank you for your patience.

Britannica Online

Britannica Online is not available from off campus until further notice. We are experiencing technical difficulties and hope to get it back up soon. You can still use Britannica from any campus computer. We apologize for the inconvenience.

LexisNexis fixed

LexisNexis can now be accessed off-campus through MyOCC. Thank you for your patience.

Library workshops start this week!

The library will be holding several workshops this week. Students will learn how to:

• Use Advanced Research Techniques!
• Identify Scholarly Journals!
• Use Electronic Resources/Databases Effectively!
• Search the Web In Ways You Never Thought Possible!
• Evaluate Search Results!
• Easily Do MLA and APA Formatting!
• Avoid Plagiarism!

The schedule for this week is:

• Tuesday, Sept. 21, 3 pm - 4 pm


• Wednesday, Sept. 22, 11 am - Noon


• Wednesday, Sept. 22, 6 pm - 7 pm


• Thursday, Sept. 23, 11 am - Noon


• Thursday, Sept. 23, 6 pm - 7 pm

All workshops will be held in the Library Lecture Room.