Library Overview for Tutors: 10 Things to know about the Library

1. Library Website

• The library website (not just the library links in the Portal) is your #1 resource for top student questions, general frequently asked questions, and finding all library resources. 

2. Hours

• Merced Campus
  • Monday through Thursday 8-8
  • Friday 8-5
• Los Baños Campus
  • Monday through Thursday 8-6
  • Friday 8-2
• Chat is available 24/7
• The building itself is closed on weekends and holidays. 

3. Printing, Copying, and Scanning

• Please help students with printing needs. 
• Print release stations are on the 1st and 2nd floors. 
• Students can print 20 pages for free a day at the Downey Center and Los Baños Campus Library. 
• Students can also print 20 pages for free a day at the ASMC Office. 

4. Study Rooms

• Study rooms on either floor of the Downey Center are checked out with MCCD ID for 1 hour
  • 1st floor rooms: 6 rooms
  • 2nd floor rooms 3 rooms
• More detailed information is available at the Study Rooms FAQ

5. Computers & WiFi

• If you aren't able to help a student log into the computers or connect to WiFI, please refer students to the Technology Support Desk. 
• Desktop Computers on the 1st and 2nd floors
  • Log in with your MC Portal username (the part before the @ in your campus email) and password. 
• WiFi
  • If using a personal device, use the mccd-wifi network. 
  • If using a college laptop, use the mccd-secure network. 
  • Either network, use your MC Portal username (the part before the @ in your campus email) and password. 

6. Citation Guides

• Please see the library faculty for help with any citation style, though the more common are APA 7, Chicago 17, and MLA 9.
• The librarians also have guides, which are mini websites, for the more common styles on the library website.

7. Research Guides

• Like the citation guides, research guides are mini websites that can help launch your research in a specific discipline or answer specific student questions.

8. Library Tutorials

• You may have taken some of these library tutorials before, but they can be useful to revisit. 

9. Library Staff at the Service Desk (1st & 2nd floor in Merced | Los Baños)

• Check out Course Reserves & books
• Lend computer & phone chargers
• Lend white board markers & erasers
• Locate a faculty librarian if one is temporarily away from the Research Help Desk
• Call a faculty librarian to help students on the 2nd floor
• Make change for print cards 
• Discuss your library account
• Help with printing, copy machines, and document scanners

10. Library Faculty at the Research Help Desk & Chat (1st floor in Merced | Los Baños)

• Faculty librarians are usually scheduled at the Research Help Desk.
• Please refer students to a faculty librarian for all research assignments as there is more to research than finding an article in a database.
  • We will refer students back to you when it's time. 
• Chat is available 24/7.
  • During our open hours: usually always answered by a MCCD faculty librarian
  • After hours: faculty librarian from another college
• We provide instruction and create instructional materials for in-person and online courses, so please refer other faculty to us.  
• We often have emergency print cards or access to one for stressful times.