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Celebrate Learning!
Distance Learning: LRC Tools for Getting Off-Campus Help
By Lauren Ajamie
As the distance learning options increase at TCC, and as the
Learning Resources Center puts a greater emphasis on electronic
resources, students, faculty and staff can do more and more of
their work from off-campus. Unfortunately, using these resources
isn’t as simple as stopping by the LRC and browsing the right
section of shelves: we provide access to over 60,000 electronic
books from 10 vendors, and nearly 354,000 articles from
60,000 journals in 120 databases. Navigating to, and then
through, the huge variety of sources to find the information you
need can be a challenge.
At the LRC, we understand that, and we’ve been working on
ways to help students and faculty do their research more efficiently.
Via our virtual librarian, Kim Monday, about 20 librarians
and staff answer questions by text message and instant message whenever the LRC is open. The questions asked range in
topic from finding information on a particular topic (How can I
find