Whether you come to one of our campus locations or use the library from home, the GHC library is here to help you fulfill your learning and research needs. The library's homepage gives you access to a wealth of resources and assistance and is the best place to start your search for information. To learn how to use the library for college level work, visit IRIS. For help specific to off campus use, see our Frequently Asked Questions below or ask a librarian.
To access the library’s e-books and databases from off campus, you will need to log-in.
Your username is the first 3 letters of your last name followed by the last 4 digits of your student ID number and your password is the first initials of your first and last names followed by your entire student ID number.
For example, Jane Smith with a SID of 915123456 becomes:
Username: smi3456
Password: js915123456
If you encounter any problems accessing the library’s databases from home, please contact a reference librarian.
On the library’s homepage, you can search the library catalog for books, e-books, media, magazine titles, journal titles, and more by entering the title, author, subject, or keyword in this search box:
You can differentiate amongst books, e-books, media items (DVDs, CDs, etc.), and periodicals (magazines, newspapers, and journals) in your search results by looking at the icon to the left of the title. The 
icon indicates library books and e-books, the 
icon indicates media items, and the 
icon indicates periodicals.
Questions? See our catalog tutorial or contact a reference librarian.
If the book (or media, etc.) you've found in the library catalog is already checked out or you are not at the Aberdeen campus, you can place a request for it.
To do this, click on the title of the item you've found in the catalog and then click the
link in the right hand corner of the screen. You’ll need to enter your full student ID number and last name. We will hold the item
when it gets returned and/or send it to the location you indicated (Aberdeen, Raymond, or Ilwaco).
If you cannot get to an outreach center, enter your contact information into the comments box and ask us to send the item directly to you. We can ship library material anywhere in the continental United States.
Over 20,000 full-text e-books are available to you through the library. They are listed in the library catalog, right along side our print books. Just look for E-Book in the call number and the Electronic Resource designation (example below).
When you click on an e-book title, you will see a 
link on the following screen. Click on this link and log-in to see the entire e-book.
To just search for e-books on your topic, click on the 
tab on the library’s homepage and log-in. On the following page, scroll down the database list and click on 
.
You use the library's databases like E-BOOKS from Ebrary, Credo Reference, and Gale Virtual Reference Library, which give you access to hundreds of general and subject specific full-text reference e-books (including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and books of quotations) covering art, business, literature, psychology, science, social science, technology, and more.
To search these databases, click on the tab on the library’s homepage and log-in.
On the following page, scroll down the list and click on E-BOOKS from Ebrary, Credo Reference, or Gale Virtual Reference Library.
You use one of the library's databases. On the library’s homepage, you can search multiple databases for magazine, newspaper, and journal articles by entering a title, author, subject, or keyword in this search box:
(and logging-in on the following page)
OR you can choose a specific database to search by clicking on the tab, logging-in, and
then selecting one or more databases from the list.
Many of the articles you find in the library's databases are available full-text (the entire article online) -- just look for a full-text link below the article title.
If you find an article in a database that is not fully online, click on the 
or 
link. This will check to see if we have a print copy of the article in the library or an electronic copy in another database.
If no copies are found, ask the reference librarian to order the article for you through our Inter-Library Loan service.
MLA and APA citation information and help are accessible in print and online. Copies of current MLA and APA manuals are available in the library and links to online citation help are available here.
Help from a reference librarian is available in person, by phone, e-mail, or 24/7 chat! Click here for our contact information.
For general help:
GHC Learning Center: Resources for off-campus students offers an ANGEL tutorial, links to help vidoes, and more.
WAOL ANGEL Help offers links to short help videos (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Spokane Community College ANGEL Help provides links to instructions with screenshots and help videos.
Contact a GHC reference librarian!
For technical support:
Contact the Presidium 24x7x365 Support Help Desk.
Please Note: Presidium can't help with enrollment problems. Call GHC's registrar at 360-532-9020 to make sure you are enrolled, and then call Stan Horton at 360-538-4051 or shorton@ghc.edu to see if there is a problem with registration in ANGEL.
The GHC Media Lab can help answer your PowerPoint, film, audio, and photo editing questions and can arrange to lend you digital cameras, camcorders, and audio recording and transmitting equipment. Click here to learn more.
The GHC Learning Center offers e-Tutoring services, GHC Learning Links (free, easy to use web resources organized by subject), ModuMath (videos on a range of math topics), ANGEL help, and more. Click here to learn more.
Still have questions? Contact a reference librarian!
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