Faculty Resources

The primary function of the Clarence Mitchell Library is to support the education of the students at Highland Community College. We want you to be aware that our staff is available to help you with any of your instruction and research needs. Never hesitate to call the library for assistance with finding resources, paper or online. Many resources are available to assist you and your students in the pursuit of information:

Opening Days 2010 Articles The American Community College in the Twenty-First Century:  Governance, Teaching, and Student Readiness Panel Discussion.

PrairieCat   See what is available at Highland and 195 other northern Illinois and Iowa libraries. Request and renew books and other library materials online

Chronicle of Higher Education Campus-wide access to the full-text of this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education.

Online Periodical Resources.  Whether you are on or off campus, a wide array of online databases full of information from magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and many other resources are available to you and your students. Search the online databases from the "find articles" tab in PrairieCat.

Reference Services

Interlibrary Loan Services

Research consultations. We encourage you to send your students to our staff librarians (Judy, Laura or Michael) for assistance with their research papers and projects.

Classroom instruction. We are available to come to your classrooms to discuss discipline specific resources, research instruction and other aspects of Information Literacy. We are available for library tours and demonstrations of library resources.

Course Reserves (traditional or online)

Assignment Development

Academic Computing Assistance