SCC Library has magazines, trade publications and other periodicals that students may borrow. Many are also available online in SCC Library databases listed below.
Examples of periodicals in Associates Programs Source Plus:
Suggested Databases
Choose either of these databases to find periodical articles (from newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and scholarly journals).
Search library databases to find articles on the topic of your choice.
Search tips:
KEYWORDS: Use keywords in your searching. Select words you predict will appear in an article title or description.
PHRASES: Use phrase searching for a phrase of two words or more. Enclose a phrase in quotation marks.
TRUNCATION: Truncate search terms using and asterisk. The search term: fabricat* will retrieve instances of any word starting with f-a-b-r-i-c-a-t, like fabricate, fabricator, fabricating, etc.
BOOLEAN OPERATORS: Combine multiple search concepts using Boolean terms: AND, OR, NOT
Example searches:
welding
"mandrel benders"
"employee retention" AND engineering
"statistical process control" AND "critical path analysis"
"lean manufacturing" AND "mechanical engineering"
"bending machines" AND (tube* OR pipe*)
Search the library catalog to find books on specific subjects. You'll find print books and some ebooks.
Your SCC Library has books on these subjects and more:
Computer-aided designReference books like these are on the Library 1st floor.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) is an SCC Library database (accessible from home with SID). Here are just a few ebook titles you will find in our SCC Library Catalog and in this database:
Example ebook:
Introductory Engineering Graphics by