LibGuides: Faculty Library Guide: Library Resources

Library Resources

Library Guides

Library-created Guides on a range of topics.

Writing Resource
Find resources for finding resources, citing sources, and writing your paper or project. Provides details on finding appropriate resources, access to book and ebooks on writing, citation, plagiarism and related instruction.
Information Literacy
Learn the basics of information literacy--the ability to know good, trustworthy sources. Help yourself or your students to master these skills. Provides instruction on finding appropriate resources, being media savvy, media bias, and trusthworthy news sources.
Copyright Guide
Faculty, staff, and students need to know the ins and outs, and sometimes just the basics, of Copyright. Learn about what you can, and cannot, copy or use in your own work.
Open Access Guide
Discover access to free resources online. Everything from music to textbooks, films to courses.
All Iowa Lakes Community College Guides

Resources for Educators

Library Subscriptions to Educational Journals

The college subscribes to The Chronicle of Higher Education. You must sign in with your Iowa Lakes email to access from home. Continuous access on-campus.

The college subscribes to The Horn Book. You can access its online materials by email smotter@iowalakes.edu

This subscription also gives you access to The Library Journal and The School Library Journal.

The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education has the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities. As the unrivaled leader in higher education journalism, we serve our readers with indispensable real-time news and deep insights, plus the essential tools, career opportunities, and knowledge to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Our award-winning journalism is well-known at colleges and universities: More than 2 million people visit our website every month, and 1,650 organizations across the country make our journalism available to every one of their employees and students. Our newsroom is home to top experts in higher education who contribute to the ongoing conversation on the issues that matter.
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You can use your Iowa Lakes email to access from home. Please sign in (free).
The Horn Book
The Horn Book Magazine has long been essential for everyone who cares about children’s and young adult literature. Our articles are lively, our reviews are insightful, our editorials are always sharp. We have gathered current and archival material to give you a taste of what we’ve been offering since 1924. To access online content via the college subscription, please email smotter@iowalakes.edu to be added.
Library Journal
In the 140 years since it was created, Library Journal has been inspired by the belief that libraries transform lives, at every stage of life. We were there to help libraries in the United States begin organizing as a profession, and as the national and global network of libraries took their place in town squares, campus centers, and schools. As libraries have adapted, we have been there all the way--leading the profession forward by identifying trends on the brink of impact, surfacing best practices and innovations to invest in, identifying emerging leaders, sharing important news and perspectives that shape the field, guiding purchasing decisions, acting as an advocate for librarians and libraries--leading the field through the great changes and innovations required to keep libraries strong. Each day we build on this storied tradition by fueling the innovation engine at the center of every community--your library.
The School Library Journal
School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality journalism and reviews for more than 60 years, SLJ produces award-winning features and news coverage on: literacy, best practices, technology, education policy and other issues of interest to the school library and greater educator community. We evaluate a broad range of resources, from books and digital content to databases, in 6000+ reviews published annually.

eBook, Audiobook, and Related Subscriptions

Tumbleweed digital eBooks, Audiobooks, and Videos

TumbleBook Library Premium
(juvenile literature, math, read-alongs, videos, puzzles, games and educator resources)
Username: ilcc
Password: reads
Audiobook Cloud
(audiobooks)
username: ilcc
password: login
Tumble Math
(books, quizzes, and lesson plans)
Username: ilcc
Password: math
Teen Book Cloud
(Audio and eBook that are Fiction and non-fiction chapter books on a range of topics such as poetry, Shakespeare, science, history, geography, graphic novels, videos, read-alongs, and literature, as well as lesson plans, quizzes, and Common Core)
username: ilcc
password: login
Romance Book Cloud
(unlimited usage of 1800 eBooks)
Username: ilcc
Password: books
Bridges/OverDrive eBooks, Audiobooks, and Online Magazines
Discover thousands of eBook, audiobook, and current magazine titles in a digital format. Choose Iowa Lakes Community College and enter your library card number (see form below to learn your card number).

How to Access Bridges/OverDrive eBooks, Audiobooks, and Online Magazines

How to Access Bridges Resources:

Hundreds of popular titles now available with unlimited usage.

Click “Sign In” and then you must select Iowa Lakes Community College from the dropdown list. Enter your library card number in the box. This link also opens free eBooks and Audiobooks.

Your library card number is located on the back of your ID (at the edge of the barcode). Leave off the letters and only include the 14 numbers.

What if I don’t have a card?

Come to the library to have an ID made! Your library card number is your campus library number plus your student ID # (sometimes called Datatel)

Campus Library Numbers:

• 5010100 – Spencer, Emmetsburg, Algona Students

• 5010200 – Estherville Students

• 5010300 – Faculty/Staff

How to Access Bridges