{"id":17596,"date":"2026-04-12T06:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/?p=17596"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:01:41","slug":"faculty-tools-from-pcc-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/news\/faculty-tools-from-pcc-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Tools from PCC Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PCC Library has many resources to assist with your courses online. Here are some ways we can help:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We offer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/streaming-videos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streaming Videos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/ebooks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ebooks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can use in your classes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/databases\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> article databases<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have many full-text articles you can link to in your classes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/databases\/\">Databases<\/a> page<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has extensive information on how best to link to the Library\u2019s online full text articles, ebooks, and videos from your online course space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are scores of open online resources for teaching in our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.pcc.edu\/c.php?g=178339&amp;p=1172025\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OER guide<\/span><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.pcc.edu\/?b=s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research Guides<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on many subjects, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.pcc.edu\/?b=s#course_guides\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">course-specific guides<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be built for your class. Connect with your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/subject-liaisons\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subject liaison librarian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information on how to work with a librarian to build a course guide specifically for your class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a repository of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/information-literacy-teaching-materials\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information Literacy Teaching Materials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can use in your online classes to support and teach research skills. Contact <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/subject-liaisons\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subject liaison librarians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to talk about creating other tailored virtual and interactive information literacy activities and assignments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shortcuts-box-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Library website shortcuts box\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shortcuts-box-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shortcuts-box-200x262.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shortcuts-box-306x400.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shortcuts-box-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shortcuts-box.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>If you normally bring your classes to the library for an instruction session, librarians can create an online activity to introduce your students to the research skills they need for your assignments.\u00a0 Please request a library class with the usual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/instruction-request\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">library instruction request form.<\/span> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can &#8220;embed&#8221; a librarian in your D2L shell. This will allow a librarian to join your course community, participate in online discussions, and support particular assignments. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by reference email, chat, or connect with your favorite campus librarian to set this up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are offering online research-help consultations.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to chat support, students can make an appointment for an online research help consultation with a librarian. We can also facilitate phone consultations. Appointments can be scheduled at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/research\/research-help-appointments\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research Help Appointments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/faculty-tools\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Tools page <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that includes everything you see here and more all in one place. You can find the Faculty Tools page on the \u201cShortcuts\u201d menu on our homepage.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PCC Library has many resources to assist with your online courses. 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