Learning Resource Centers

Students meeting in the Learning Resource Center

Our learning resource centers (LRCs) aren’t your average libraries. Spread across five campus locations with a virtual hub, each LRC offers you 24/7 access to:

  • eBooks
  • Multimedia Resources for course projects
  • Literacy Education
  • Interlibrary loan services

Our LRCs are open to students, faculty, and the community.

Student using LRC online resources

Access Our Virtual Library 24/7

Explore our collection of books, multimedia, and resources any time.

Electronic Resources

  • Academic Search Elite – Covering virtually every area of academic study and offering full-text information.

  • Academic Search Complete

  • Associates Programs Source - This unique research database provides full-text coverage for the subject areas most relevant to two-year college programs.

  • CREDO Reference

  • Detroit News Collection

  • *ERIC — The Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2200 digests, along with references for additional information, citations, and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.

  • Issues & Controversies — hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.

  • MasterFILE Complete —This database offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, and other highly regarded sources covering virtually every general-interest subject area.

  • Opposing Viewpoints in Context

  • Points of View Reference Center — Containing resources presenting multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content to help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

  • Today's Science — Bridges the gap between the science that students learn in the classroom and the discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.

  • World News Digest — Brings together and enhances more than seven decades of news.

General & Ready References

Legal

Allied Health

Art

Automotive

Business

English/Literature

Environments, Energy and Natural Resources

Genealogy

History

Humanities

Languages

  • Mango Languages: Innovative, interactive language learning for beginners to advance level

Legal

Library Science

Newspapers

Nursing

  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Sources from Allied Health may be used for Nursing*
  • Proquest Nursing Journals — Complete information from leading nursing and related publications. This database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at health-care facilities as well as students enrolled in nursing programs at academic institutions.

Political Science

Psychology

Science