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COVID-19 Updates
Checked-out books and devices
- Library materials and devices that were not more than four weeks overdue prior to Spring Break have been renewed until August 24th.
- Please disregard any automated courtesy notices that you may receive via email until campuses re-open.
- Materials will not be due until the Libraries re-open and classes resume. We will extend checkout periods as needed.
- Please contact us via Ask A Librarian for assistance with materials that have been overdue for a month or longer.
- Log in to your library account to check the status of your checked-out items.
Research Help
- Ask Us onlne for help with your research and library materials. We can also help you navigate the world of online learning.
- Check ourWebinar Schedule for focused learning.
- Begin Research is sometimes assigned by your professors but can also be taken as self-directed learning.
Getting & Working Online
- See this HCC page to get help with devices and connectivity.
- Get help with Writing Tools for Mobile Devices
Library Support for Faculty
- Get assistance with adding Library resources to your course.
- Contact your Library Liaison for library instruction, resource licenses, and more.
- Schedule online instruction for your class.
- Assign the comprehensive HCC Library Begin Research tutorial to your class.
Physical spaces
- All HCC Library locations are closed until further notice.
- Please do not use the book drops at this time. Most items have been renewed so you do not have to return them until the libraries re-open. Please contact us in the chat window for assistance if your items were not automatically renewed.
- We can help you with your research via chat. Please use our Ask a Librarian service to chat in real time between the hours of 7:30AM and 8:30PM.
- We have online instruction available via webinars and tutorials
Requested items and deliveries between campuses
- All deliveries between campuses have been suspended until campuses and libraries re-open.
- Unfortunately we are unable to check out devices until our libraries re-open.
TexShare Cards & Interlibrary Loan
- No new TexShare Cards will be issued until the state of disaster announced by Governor Abbott on March 13 is lifted.
- Loan periods will be extended for any items checked out by TexShare Card patrons indefinitely during the state of disaster.
- FInes are temporariliy waved if accrued during this disaster.
- Please do not return TexShare items until the state of disaster is lifted.
- No interlibrary loan services are available until the HCC campuses re-open.
Contact Us by Phone
Houston Community College and the libraries closed until further notice. All library materials checked out and not long overdue have been renewed through August 3rd. Please hold on to all library materials until we are able to accept them into the libraries.
The HCC Libraries are providing phone support as initial step to answer library questions and provide additional referral to services.. To get into immediate contact with a reference librarian, please use our chat service.
To contact a librarian or staff member directly, please go to https://library.hccs.edu/libraries.
03/30/2020
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