Shoreline Community College - Library

Library

The Ray Howard Library provides books, academic journals, newspapers, DVDs, CDs, and other media to students, staff, faculty and Shoreline community members. Users can access many academic databases from on campus or at home. Twenty-five open-access computers with library resources, Internet access and Microsoft Office grace the main floor of the library, along with a teaching lab. Students can also check out digital cameras, flip cameras and laptop computers. On the lower level, there are 100 computers for student use in the Student Lab, as well as a Media Lab for faculty to experiment with and build new ways of teaching and learning. The Library also houses eLearning, the department that helps students and faculty with their online learning needs. Shoreline's reference librarians provide in-depth, friendly help for learners who are doing research. The librarians teach workshops, consultations and individual sessions to students and others who are learning the research process.

Students and other users can request a Librarian Prescription, on which Librarians will note keywords, key resources, and ideas for the research process. In addition, students can use AskWA, a 24/7 chat reference service, to get reference help and information literacy instruction when the physical library is closed. AskWA is accessible on the Library home page, through a little green Washington State icon on the lower left side of the page.