Textbook Hints

Grossmont College Bookstore is a great place to get textbooks – but what if yours has not yet come in? You have Ross Books of course, but….did you know …..

. Free use of textbooks is possible in your library? Check the Reserve area of the library for your textbook. If we don’t have it, you might want to ask your instructor if he or she can place their copy on reserve in the library.

. You can fill out a "Textbooks on Reserve Request Form" at the Library. We will purchase as many requested textbooks as our funds allow. Textbooks will be purchased based on student demand and made available in our Reserves section. Request forms must be completed by Augst 31st at 8:00pm. Questions? Just ask at the Reference Desk!

· You can rent textbooks for much cheaper than buying them? Check out http://www.chegg.com

· You can compare prices of textbooks from online booksellers? There are a number of comparison sites: try http://www.addall.com/ for starters.

A couple of useful additional hints:
ISBN:
The ISBN of the book is not always best to use when searching for a book – you might have the ISBN of the hardcover, but what if there is an ISBN of a soft cover that is cheaper? You won’t find it. Try the title instead.

Correct edition of your text:
There may be quite a few editions of your textbook for rent or sale – check to make sure you are ordering the correct one. That’s an advantage to using our bookstore – they always have the correct edition.

Selling a text:
Our bookstore is, of course, a great place to sell back your text. But if for some reason you can’t sell it there, there are a number of sites that purchase used books – http://www.valorebooks.com is one you might check out.

Term Paper Clinics

Do you have a paper due in a couple of weeks? Could you use a little help with your research? Come on over to the library for our Term Paper Clinics to get expert help! No need to sign up, just drop on by the library and stay for some or all of the scheduled times:

Wednesday, July 14th, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Room 70-267 (on 2nd floor of library)
Wednesday, July 21st, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Room 70-267 (on 2nd floor of library)

Grossmont College Library open an extra hour daily!

The students requested it ... and they got it!

The good news is that Grossmont Library is open one hour earlier every day for the rest of the summer. Rather than opening at 9 am, from Wednesday July 7 through the end of the term, Thursday July 22, we will open at 8 am.

That's one extra hour per day to peruse library databases, meet friends in the library's e-chat cafe, or create a Word document on library computers.

Keep that feedback coming - we *do* listen!

More term paper help!

Our instruction librarian, Michelle Blackman is ready to help with research and other term paper difficulties this week in room 70-267 on the 2nd floor :

Tuesday 5/18 from 3 to 5PM;
Wednesday 5/19 from 8 to 10AM.

Library hours and term paper help

The semester is almost over and you are undoubtedly busy studying for final exams and writing papers. If you would like some term paper help, our instruction librarian, Michelle Blackman, is waiting to lend a hand in room 70-267 (2^nd floor of the library) on 5/11 from 11AM to 1PM, 5/12 from 12PM to 2Pm and on 5/13 from 8AM to 10AM.

The library hours remain the same till the end of this semester, Monday – Thursday from 8AM to 8PM and Friday from 8AM to 3PM. During the Summer semester from June 14^th till July 22^nd the library will be open Monday through Thursday from 9AM to 8PM, except holidays.

Free Tax preparation help

Tax Day is coming! There is one more week to file your federal and state taxes. If you did not do it yet don’t worry; there are many places in San Diego where you can get help. You can even file online if you click here: http://www.myfreetaxes.com . The toolbox on the right gives useful information about what documents you need for preparing your tax report, what deductions exist for students and families with children and also what happens after filing your taxes. If you rather would like to talk with someone, just type in your zip code to find the closest help center. The local county and public branch libraries provide tax forms, or online help here: http://sdpublic.sdcounty.ca.gov/portal/page?_pageid=93,298379&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL and here: http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/searching-the-net/taxforms.shtml .Good luck!

New! Library Research Goes Mobile!

Would you like to use your smartphone to find research articles and then email the articles to yourself? Some of Grossmont Library's most popular databases can now be searched right from your mobile phone, using EBSCOhost Mobile.

Just go to the Library Homepage (http://www.grossmont.edu/library) and click on the Databases link in the left menu. You’ll be prompted to login with your username (firstname.lastname) and your password (if you're a student, it's your six digit birthday--MMDDYY; if you're faculty or staff, it's the password you use to connect to campus email). At the top of our list of databases, click on "Mobile Ebsco" to be taken to an application that is tailor-made for the smaller screens of mobile devices.