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About Coulter Library

Coulter Library Mission Statement

The mission of Coulter Library is to continue to build its collections of the written and graphic works of mankind and to make them readily available to all members of the college community; to facilitate responsible, thoughtful, and compassionate use of these works; to promote the art and spirit of inquiry; to assist faculty and students in the discovery, rediscovery, criticism and celebration of our cultural heritage; and, to guide and assist anyone who might be interested in exploring "unpath'd waters and undream'd shores."

Library Description

With its staff of knowledgeable librarians and through its extensive print and non-print collections of materials in subject areas of interest to students in all curricula, Sidney B. Coulter Library is a major learning resource for the college and a hub of self-directed learning.

Coulter Library has a collection of more than 100,000 items, including books, periodicals and periodical indexes, multimedia materials, pamphlet files, and special collections of local and state history. This entire collection of print and non-print materials is accessible through the library's Online Public Access Catalog. A myriad of electronic resources are also available through the library's web page.

Coulter's reference librarians provide individual reference assistance and group instruction in research methods and procedures. The library also offers two courses, Library 100, the Art of Inquiry [1 credit], and Library 105: Strange Frequencies, Deciphering Manufactured Information [3 credits].

Through the Interlibrary Loan department members of the college community can obtain from participating local, state and national libraries needed materials [books, journal, magazine and newspaper articles] that Coulter Library does not own. Onondaga Community College is part of the State University of New York, the largest public university system in the United States. OCC students have borrowing privileges at all SUNY libraries. We have forms available online and at the main desk on the first floor of the library.

Coulter Library is easily accessible to students with special needs. Services include a Braillewriter, a variable speed audio tape recorder, a video print magnifier, a computer image enlarger and close-captioned videos.

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