MCC Library Goes Live with Comprehensive Online Search via Integrated Library Project
MANCHESTER, Conn. (January 13, 2017) – As part of the Integrated Library Project, the Raymond F. Damato Library at Manchester Community College has gone live with a comprehensive online search tool that will find and deliver materials stored not just at MCC but also at the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) libraries and the Hartford-based Connecticut State Library.
“MCC’s library is open and available to the community, so this new online search tool expands our services to our students, faculty and staff, as well as to everyone with a research need,” according to Debbie Herman, director of Library and Educational Technology at MCC. “The power of this tool makes us an even greater resource for genealogy searches, title searches or copyright inquiries – any search that relies on the broadest scope possible to be most effective.”
To use the new search tool, visit the Raymond F. Damato Library website and enter any keywords. In addition to MCC’s more than 60,000 volumes, strong reference collection and 400 periodical subscriptions, the CSCU and Connecticut State Library systems house more than 2 million bibliographic records and 3 million books, journals and magazines. The combined systems have over 1.6 million up-to-date records.
But users don’t need to know whether they are searching for an article, book or other type of record. They only need to know their topic, greatly enhancing the ease of searching. “The tool is more comprehensive than Google or social media, and it screens out fake news and poorly documented items,” Herman said. “Users can request that the item be delivered to MCC if it isn’t housed here, and we will let them know as soon as it is available.”
Any state resident of high school age or older with valid ID is welcome to register as a borrower at MCC’s Library.
About the Raymond F. Damato Library – The newly renamed Raymond F. Damato Library at MCC offers numerous amenities, including five group study rooms, individual study carrels, computers, Wi-Fi, black and white as well as color laser printing, scanning and photocopying. A magnification device for printed material is also available. In addition to traditional materials such as books and CDs, patrons may borrow laptops, Kindles and iPads at the circulation desk. The Fireside Commons is a large, contemplative space that is a designated quiet study area and features a working fireplace. The William R. Johnson Library Garden is also available during warmer months for members of the community to enjoy.
