These resources cover many subjects and are a good place to start your research before moving into more specialized databases.

These databases provide news, reports, and articles for business, economics, and political science. Helpful for case studies, presentations, and papers.

These resources give you reliable news coverage, background reports, and pro/con perspectives on important issues. They’re useful for current events assignments, speeches, and persuasive essays.

A go-to source for country overviews and data. Helpful for global studies, economics, political science, and business assignments.

These databases are especially helpful for education majors and students preparing for teaching careers.

These databases provide peer-reviewed journal articles, clinical studies, and health resources. They’re essential for nursing, psychology, and allied health assignments.

These tools provide scholarly background and access to primary documents.

Provides verified background information, world atlases, and data timelines to establish foundational facts for your assignment. Helps you clarify basic concepts and historical contexts before moving on to complex, peer-reviewed journals.

Includes limited digital copies of some books (fiction & non-fiction) used for classes! Read or listen through a web browser or mobile app.

Read evaluations of academic books and digital media written by faculty and librarians to determine the quality of scholarly sources. Helps you select the most relevant materials before including them in your research.

Delivers detailed reports on the economy, politics, and culture of countries worldwide to support your global studies projects. Tracks real-time international news and information to keep your research current.

Aggregates over 100 specialized subject dictionaries and encyclopedias into a single searchable interface. Helps you quickly find contextual definitions and introductory overviews for complex academic topics.

Comprehensive collection of scholarly books on a wide range of subjects. Search by keyword or browse by topic.

Contains Bloom’s Literary Criticism, featuring curated essays and expert analysis on authors, themes, and historical movements. Assists you with finding authoritative secondary sources for English and literature research papers.

Connects you to a digital catalog of audiobooks and eBooks by adding the Yuba Community College District library to the app. Allows you to borrow and sync mainstream non-fiction, popular fiction, and academic titles to your personal device.

Compiles popular magazines, trade periodicals, reference texts, and public images dating back to 1975. Helps you locate primary source documents, consumer information, and contemporary news articles for multi-disciplinary projects.

WCC’s Makerspace includes the following resources:

• 3-D Printing
• Arduino
• Button Makers
• Cricut Maker
• Comb Binding
• Die Cut
• Embroidery
• Escape Room Experiences
• Hyrdoponics (no longer in library)
• Laptops (not currently available)
• Raspberry Pi
• Sewing Machines
• Smartboard
• XR (X-Reality) Equipment

Got ideas for us? Use our Online Suggestion Box

Please note the following:

• 3D print requests will not be accepted in-between semesters when the Library is closed.
• Prints are prioritized for instruction before personal prints.
• We may adjust for size, print time, etc. to conserve materials for as many students as possible.
• Expect about a week to have to print completed.
• We will contact you with any issues.

You are welcome to visit the Makerspace to watch the 3D printers in action and/or ask about the status of your project.

Phone (530) 661-5740

Campus departments and student clubs must purchase their own button supplies for events, but are welcome to use the equipment and/or get help.

Individual students can use the Button Supply Request form to request up to 10 buttons.

See each flyer for special instructions on how to apply, deadlines, or how to obtain additional information for these on-campus Makerspace Internships (Jobs).

• Library Makerspace
• Agriculture
• Ethnic Studies
• Nest n Brew Cafe

To apply, come into the WCC Library and fill out an application. Check the flyer for any additional steps necessary to complete your application (Ethnic Studies Only). Deadlines are listed on the flyers.

A collection of hundreds of feature films for educational purposes including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award winners, and more.

A growing collection of media chosen by WCC faculty to support learning.

Stream our collection of documentaries, classic or independent films selected by faculty.

Stream our collection of feature films, foreign films, documentaries, or television selected by faculty.

Tip: If you get a pop up with the option “student,” “faculty,” or “I already have an account,” select “already have an account” and then click the browser back button to return to page with the video. Do not click “log in.”

Many required textbooks are kept on reserve at the Library. These items have a shorter circulation period than those in the main collection.

In order to place an item on reserve, the library asks you to familiarize yourself with the guidelines and fill out the Reserve Request Form.

Some courses at Woodland Community College use free digital materials instead of paid textbooks. These may include eBooks, articles, or media resources, and are sometimes called Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC).

Instructors may also use Open Educational Resources (OER), which are free and adaptable teaching materials.

Courses that use ZTC or Low Textbook Cost (LTC) are marked with a logo in Self-Service, and instructors provide details in the syllabus.

Access recorded workshops via Academic Support Services in Canvas. You can self enroll into this “course” to access the workshops.

Faculty can support student success by placing textbooks and other course materials in the Library’s reserve collection. These items can be borrowed by students for short loan periods (2 hours, 1 day, 4 days, or 1 week), depending on the needs of the class.

Faculty can request books, media, and resources to be added to the Library’s collection. This ensures the Library reflects curriculum needs and stays up to date.

For more information, contact Dena Martin, WCC Librarian, dmartin@yccd.edu or (530) 668-3688.

For an idea of librarian availability, see our student research appointment reservation system.

Faculty and staff may reserve a cart of 15 Chromebooks. To reserve, please do the following:

1. Fill out the Library Makerspace Tech Cart form below. ***Use military time format.***
2. Wait for an email confirmation from Library staff. We will confirm there are no conflicts on the calendar then you will receive a response to either confirm or indicate a previously scheduled conflict with your request.

Please remember to plug each Chromebook into the cart, so it can be charged for the next reservation.

Any questions about the Tech Cart, visit or contact the Library: (530) 661-5740

Librarians offer classroom instruction on information literacy skills, including evaluating sources and using databases.

Makerspace Literacies:

Consider adopting makerspace or making literacies in your courses. Here are some examples:

• Apply design-level thinking to meet needs and/or solve problems
• Assesses the availability of tools & materials
• Assembles effective teams
• Demonstrates time management best-practices
• Demonstrates understanding of the basics of 3D Printing
• Designs or redesigns a 3D printed object in order to express an idea or emotion and/or solve a problem
• Identifies the need to invent, design, fabricate, build, repurpose or repair some “thing” in order to express an idea or emotion, or to solve a problem
• Improve soft skills such as leadership, communication, teamwork, self-motivation, time management, creativity and problem-solving
• Participate in and develop an understanding of organized community displays of “maker” literacies
• Produce individual and team projects showing basic competency in common makerspace technologies
• Understands many of the ethical, legal and socio-economic issues surrounding making

Can you think of another literacy or outcome? If so, please share with the library, so we can add it here.

Professional Development Resources

• WCC Maker Lesson Plans
• 3D Printing for Faculty by Dena Martin, WCC Makerspace Faculty Champion & Librarian (Jan 2018)
• CCC Maker: Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Amy Schulz, NACCE from November 21., 2017 at WCC
• Ideas for Utilizing Makerspaces by WCC Faculty Makerspace Core Faculty Team (2017 Makerspace Kick Off Meeting)
• Makerspace Kick-Off Meeting Fall 2017  by Dena Martin, WCC Makerspace Faculty Champion & Ioanna Iatridis, Dean of CTE
• Making Across the Curriculum by Zack Dowell, Folsom Lake College Innovation Center from November 21, 2017 at WCC