New Database for Business: IBISWorld

The OCC Library has started an online subscription to IBISWorld. IBISWorld is a wonderful collection of market research and information about industries. If you are doing a project requiring you to pull up information about an industry or starting your own business, this is the place to start! This information is put together by IBISWorld's  analysts and is not available for free on the Web. Current OCC students and staff can access IBISWorld through the library's Periodicals and Electronic Resources page with their campus login. Please contact Lori Cassidy if you have any questions.

Library Closure During Thanksgiving Holiday Nov. 22-25

The Library is closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday, Nov. 22 - 25th. The Library will be open for normal operating hours Monday, November 26th at 7:30 am. All databases are available during the campus closure.

Faculty OER Adoption Opportunities

Hello OCC Faculty,

We have several exciting opportunities to share with you about textbook affordability and OER! We have saved students over $750,000 through our grants so far and we want that number to grow. We have been hard at work getting funding to continue our textbook affordability efforts and I’m happy to announce that funding is now available! We have three opportunities to announce: 

1. Faculty may receive a maximum of $1000 per course to support activities necessary for adopting an OER textbook in place of a traditional textbook. Once funding runs out, this will no longer be available.
2. The Library can provide you with a desk copy of your OER textbook, as well as a copy to go on library reserve. Funded by the Friends of the Library
3. The Library may be able to buy an ebook copy of your textbook for students to use. Availability is limited to what we can purchase - only some textbooks will be available. Funded by the Friends of the Library

For more information, visit our OER Professional Development and Funding Opportunities page or contact Lori Cassidy, OER Grants Project Coordinator & Instructional Design Librarian.

New Bestsellers Available in the Library

We wanted to let you know that we have added several new bestseller titles to the OCC Library collection. We hope that you like this selection of new books. Please contact our Circulation Department if you wish to check out any of these titles (714-432-5705 or occlibrary@occ.cccd.edu).

Your input is very important to us! Please let us know if you have suggestions for book titles. Here is the link for the Library Material Purchase Request form on our web page:
http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/academics/library/Pages/library_material_purchase_request.aspx

Also, check out our blog page for library updates at http://occ-library.blogspot.com/

Our bestseller collection is funded by the OCC Friends of the Library. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested in bestsellers at our library. Happy reading!

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari - CB428 .H36848 2018

Ambush by James Patterson - PS3566 .A822 A6 2018

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera - E184 .A1 A63625 2018

The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff - JC599 .U5 L85 2018

Dead Man Running by Steve Hamilton - PS3558 .A44363 D43 2018

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover - CT3262 .I2 W47 2018

The Ever After by Sarah Pekkanen - PS3616 .E358 E94 2018

The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien - PR6039 .O32 F354 2018

Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward - E912 .W66 2018

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras - PS3618 .O5355 F78 2018

The Good Neighbor: The Life & Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King - PN1992.4 .R56 K56 2018

In Pieces by Sally Field - PN2287 .F43 A3 2018

Juror #3 by James Patterson - PS3566 .A822 J87 2018

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith - PR6068 .O93 L48 2018

Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb - PS3568 .O243 L49 2018

Likewar: The Weaponization of Social Media by P.W. Singer - HM742 .S5745 2018

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan - PS3555 .G292 M36 2018

The Restless Wave by John McCain - E840.8 .M467 A3 2018

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs - QA76.2 .J63 B75 2018

Experiencing Comics Author to Speak at the Library Thursday, Nov.8 @2pm

Award winning author Rachelle Cruz, lecturer at UC Riverside and part time faculty at Orange Coast College, will be at the OCC Library Thursday, Nov. 8 at 2pm to talk about her new book, Experiencing Comics. Find out more about the event [link].

Films on Demand is Again Available

Films on Demand is again available as of 9am on 10/11/2018. Please note that bookmarks and links will not work, as the URL has temporarily changed.

Original Post: 9am on 10/10/2018
The library database Films on Demand is currently experiencing technical issues. We do not have a time for when it will be fixed. We'll update this post as we learn more.

New Ask a Librarian Chatbot is Waiting for Your Questions

You may have noticed something lurking in the lower right corner of the Library's website recently. It looks like this:

Click on it and you can chat with a librarian.

Librarians can help you find textbooks, information about campus happenings, and are especially eager to help you with your research or just find the answer to basic questions. So, if you are on our web page looking for information to complete your assignment and you are lost, confused, or just don't know where to go ... ask a librarian!

Remember: when you see the "..." in the word balloon, a librarian is waiting for your question! Ask a Librarian.