!Help! Help! Help!: Library services

• Use the pages of this guide to learn about the various services provided by the libraries which are available to all current students, faculty and staff of Atlantic Cape.
• Visit the libraries to study, do your research, and meet with classmates during regular library hours.
• Meet with librarians and tutors for help with your course work, research, and writing.
• Online tutoring is available 24/7 through , a tutoring & help service for subjects in health sciences and nursing, computers, finance, accounting, and economics.
  • Access Brainfuse® from your student Blackboard account. Look for Tutoring Services in My Institution course listing.
  • Contact the library staff for additional information.
• The Spangler Library at the Mays Landing campus is also home to the Atlantic Cape Community College Art Gallery

Use these subject and research guides to locate books, eBooks, articles and other resources to help with your studies, assignments and papers .

Services of the Atlantic Cape libraries

• Reference & research
• Tutoring
• Borrowing stuff
• Print resources
• Textbooks
• Electronic resources
• Interlibrary loan

► Research Assistance

• Reference librarians can provide assistance with your research project from choosing a topic, to locating appropriate information and properly formatting your citations.

► Reference services

• A reference librarian is available to assist you in utilizing the resources of the library. The librarian can provide answers to specific questions, advise and help with bibliographic sources and consult on research projects. Feel free to ask for help.

• Instructors can arrange to have a librarian provide an instructional session in your classroom or in the library computer lab. The session can review the resources available in print, digital and online. The session can be tailored to a specific assignment or project to help you get started.
  To schedule a session the instructor can email library@atlanticcape.edu.

► Tutoring

Atlantic Cape Community College's tutoring services are available to all students, free of charge. Students can meet with a tutor at any campus library, or online any time through the service.

Check the Tutoring Guide for details and tutor schedules

or send and email to tutoring@atlanticcape.edu to schedule a tutor.

► Borrowing Stuff

Your library card (activated college id card) is used to borrow (for up to 3 weeks) books from any Atlantic Cape library, including the special Atlantic County Library System Library In A Library collection, located in the Spangler Library, Mays Landing Campus.

Visit the library to register your ID for borrowing privileges.

Your library card is required to :

• Borrow a laptop computer, for use in the library.
• Borrow calculators.
• Borrow a headset for private listening while in the library..

► Print Resources

The libraries at Atlantic Cape contain 80,000+ volumes covering all of the subjects taught at the College. All campus libraries also contain a large collection of reference and special collections for use in the library, including:

• General encyclopedias, all campuses
• Subject specific encyclopedias, all campuses
• Large print books, all campuses
• Nursing collection, Spangler Mays Landing
• Hoffman Culinary Collection, Spangler Mays Landing
• ESL collection, Worthington Atlantic City
• Atlantic County historical materials, Spangler Mays Landing

Use the search box below to look for materials in the Atlantic Cape libraries and the Atlantic County Library System . Need help finding a book? A librarian can help, just ask

Search the Atlantic Cape and Atlantic County libraries or select campus libraries to find books on your topic. You can further narrow your search at the catalog site

► Course Textbook Reserves

• Many instructors make course materials, and some course textbooks available to students. Ask at the circulation desk for materials on reserve for your courses. Reserve materials may only be used inside the library. You will need your current semester school ID card to use these materials. Check the Course Reserve Collection guide for more information

► e-Textbooks

Due to publisher restrictions, most standard digital textbooks cannot be made available online by the library .

► Access Codes

Access codes are not available from the libraries.

• Your access code may be included with your print edition
• Sent to you by email when your purchase is confirmed.
• May be provided by the instructor for the class.

If the access code was not issued to you, or if it does not work, please contact the bookstore

► Electronic Resources

• The libraries of Atlantic Cape subscribe to a number of electronic resources. These can be accessed from any computer on campus as well as from off campus

Off Campus access username and password can be found in Blackboard on the Institution Page. Students: look for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape. Faculty: look for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring. Or you can contact the library for username and password.

• These resources include :
  • Research databases
  • Newspapers
  • Reference encyclopedias and specialized subject reference resources
  • Sign up for your person account
  • Sign up for your personal account

  ► Interlibrary Loan

  Did you find an article not available in full text? How about a book not owned by Atlantic Cape or the Atlantic County Library System

  All is not lost. The library may be able to get your article or book from another library. The Interlibrary loan service is free to all current students, faculty and staff of Atlantic Cape.

  • Don't wait too long to make your request.
  • Send your request(s) to : library@atlantic.edu

  Please be sure to provide as complete a citation as possible, so the lending library can quickly locate your request.

  Don't forget to give us your contact information

  • Loan periods for books are set by the lending library.