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Students Page - Library Resources - How To Find Books
Public Access
Catalog - To find books, click
here to enter the BCC Online Public Access Catalog, the online
catalog of all the books in our collection.
A Public Access Catalog provides a record of every item in the
collection of a library, and where on the shelf that item is located.
As we are part of the CW/MARS system, you can also look at the Online
Public Access Catalogs of a number of academic and most public libraries
throughout central and western Massachusetts. Click
here for a brochure on how to use the PAC and how to set up
an account or PIN. A PIN will allow you to order books from libraries
to be sent to your academic library. You will also be able to track
your circulation activity and see which books you have out, which
might have fines, and the processing of any book requests you have
made. In order to borrow books, you will need a BCC library card.
You will also need to pick up your book at an academic library.
(Not a public library).
In addition to BCC's Jonathan Edwards Library, and the CW/MARS member
library catalogs, you can also search the Virtual Catalog, a state-wide
catalog of libraries in all regions. This catalog includes the holdings
of some of the University of Massachusetts campuses, as well as
those of State Colleges such as Salem State and Westfield State
College. To access the Virtual Catalog site, click
here. You should use the Virtual Catalog only after a search
has failed to yield results through the CW/MARS collections.
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