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Library Services for Distance Education

All library services are available to enrolled Distance Learning students.

Library Cards
Students coming to campus may obtain a library card at the main desk in the library with a valid CCM picture ID. Students who are unable to get to the main campus may request a library barcode to use for borrowing materials. To request a barcode, a distance learning student should email the Ask A Librarian service with a library card request including their name, address, telephone number, CCM email address and student ID number. Upon receipt of the email, a barcode will be sent to the student.

Periodical Articles
All CCM students have free access to Electronic Databases to locate periodical articles. When accessing the databases off campus, be sure to use the remote access links. If a full text article is not available on the database, it can be ordered through the Article Request Form through Interlibrary Loan online. If a student is unable to come to campus to pick up an article, this should be indicated in the “special notes” section of the form. The article can then be faxed or mailed to the student’s home.

Reference & Research Assistance
Students who are unable to come to campus can find reference and research assistance through the Ask A Librarian service, or by phone at 973-328-5296.

Librarians are available to help with:

• Book and audiovisual material searches to locate materials in the CCM catalog and other resources
• Periodical database searches for recommendations on appropriate databases, search strategies, and document retrieval
• Web searching to help identify appropriate web resources, use search engines, and evaluate search results

For Faculty

Information Literacy/Library Instruction  Request a Library Instruction Class
Request an Information Literacy class for your students. Reference librarians will instruct students in using credible academic sources to support student assignments, in person or in online courses. Please make requests two weeks in advance.

Course Design Resources Librarians can assist in locating Open Educational Resource (OER) materials, supplementary multimedia content, active learning exercises, teaching tools and other resources.

Collection Development  Suggest a Title
Faculty are encouraged to make recommendations for purchasing books and other materials to support classes and student research.

Reserves  Request an Item to be Placed on Reserve
Faculty can have materials placed on reserve for students to check out for 3 hours, 24 hours or 7 days

Interlibrary Loan  Request an Interlibrary Loan

Reciprocal Borrowing
The VALE Faculty Reciprocal Borrowing Program enables faculty to borrow materials in person from participating New Jersey academic libraries.

For Information, call 973-328-5300

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