WCC Single Search

Erwin Library users will now find a group of tabs on the homepage providing a portal to all options now available through WCC Single Search for making the most of the library's ever-expaniding collection of electronic, as well as print, resources.  A WCC Single Searching Guide is available to help you with developing your search strategy.

Single Search tab

• A search box to begin searching the WCC Single Search aggregate database, powered by EBSCOHost, which provides an integrated search of all database, e-book, and video streaming resources subscribed to by the Erwin Library
• The option to select a search of the entrie aggregate database with all subject area categories selected, or a search any one or more of the categories 
• As the search progresses, many more search parameters allowing a user to focus his or her search to better serve individual research needs, including topic, format, publication date, or type of publication limiters

OPAC tab

• A search area so a library user can begin a search of the Erwin Library book and video collections
• Several guides to using the OPAC, including the OPAC Basic Search Guide, OPAC Book Renewals Guide, and OPAC Search Guide for Videos

Journals A-Z tab

• A search box which allows a user to search for all available issues of a single journal, magazine or newspaper title
• After the initial search is complete, the option of either browsing the contents of a single issue, or conducting a topic search across the content of all available issues of that journal
• A Browse A-Z Journal Titles tutorial  to help a patron select search options

Other Resouces tab

• A categorized and annotated list of Other Databases, which are searchable, though not yet a part of the WCC Single Search integrated search
• A comprehensive, categorized and annotated list of Internet Resources, with links to everything from government pulblications to weather reports, from the Center for Disease Control to Project Gutenberg 
• Subject Bibliographies, Citation Guides, and Printing Solutions to aid a library user in researching, documenting and producing copies of his or her research papers 
• An Add Video URLs to Moodle class pages tutorial for faculty 
• A direct link to WorldCat for Interlibrary Loan will make it simple to request materials not available in the Erwin Library print or electronic collections
• An ILL Request Using WorldCat tutorial

Library Card Application
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
WorldCat (for ILL)