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Regular Hours

Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Weekends: Closed

Hours vary during summer sessions and between semesters. Click on the link to the library's home page above for those hours.

Additional Student Guides

Explorer Guide
A guide to assist students who are exploring their options for degree programs and careers. This guide is meant to supplement discussions with the student's Academic Advisor. Additional information can be found in the Go section of Ready, Set, Go in Brightspace.
Resources for Student Veterans
A guide that features links to state and federal veterans agencies, listing of books to assist veterans with the transition to civilian life, and information for those interested in a military career.

Faculty Resources

Free remote learning resources for faculty This page features links to free resources for students.
Linking to Library Resources in Brightspace This guide explains how faculty can link to streaming video and articles from the library's subscription databases for student use via Brightspace.
Resource Sharing This guide outlines how to borrow materials that the CGCC library does not own, and policies regarding resource sharing with other SUNY libraries.

CGCC Digital Collections

New York Heritage Digital Collections - Columbia-Greene Community College
Access the CGCC Library’s digital heritage and history collections. Collections include the Arthur Koweek Collection of images documenting Urban Renewal in Hudson, N.Y.; Barns of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains; and CGCC history.

Additional Learning Resources

CGCC Natural History Museum
Students can search the collection of almost 7,000 specimens over four separate collections.

Research Guide Basics

In addition to showing how to access the online research guides, this video tutorial shows some guides that are beneficial for student use.

Library Logins

Click the link below to open a PDF that explains library logins for electronic databases and Primo, the library's online catalog.

Library Logins FAQ

Research Guides

AH - Medical Assisting - Curley This guide is designed to be a one-stop resource for MA students in their writing assignments and career plans.
AR 117 - Art History: 14th Century to Present - Houng This guide is designed to help students successfully find credible resources for their essays and research persentations.
BI 112 - Human Biology A research guide for students doing the PSA assignment.
Black History This guide shares links to aid with study and research in African-American history and materials owned by the library.
Cannabis Microcredential A research guide for students enrolled in the Cannabis Microcredential program.
CE 101 - College Experience This guide features a link so students can download their weekly reading assignment, and an introduction to the library.
CO 104 - Public Communication A guide to assist students who are working on their final project.
CO 205 - Intercultural Communication A guide to assist students with the cultural presentation and co-cultural digital portfolio projects.
CO 207 - Media and Society A guide for students working on the research paper and presentation.
College in the High School EN 101 This guide is designed for student in the college in the high school program who is trying to complete their writing and research project.
Construction Technology A guide designed for students in the construction technology program.
Database Video Tutorials A guide containing video tutorials on searching several of the library's database offerings.
Digital history guide - Childrose A guide to help students successfully complete their summer digital history internship.
EN 102 - Composition and Literature: Houng This guide is designed to help students complete their assignments and cite their sources properly.
Free remote learning resources for students This page features links to free resources for students.
Gotsch Papers - Childrose A guide for honors students working on the Gotsch Papers project with assistant professor Childrose.
HI 101 - Western Civilization I: Childrose A guide to resources to use for the historical "game changer" paper in professor Childrose's Western Civilization I classes.
HI 102 - Western Civilization II: Childrose A guide to resources to use for the historical "game changer" paper in professor Childrose's Western Civilization II classes.
HI 103 - United States History 1492-1865: Childrose This guide is designed to provide students with resources to successfully complete their historical game changer paper.
HI 104 - United States History 1865-Present: Berninger This guide is designed to help students in Professor Berninger's class conduct their research paper assignment.
HI 104 - United States History 1865-Present: Childrose This guide is designed to help students with their Historical Game Changer papers.
HI 127 - History of Latin America: Childrose This guide is designed to help students with their historical game changer research project.
HI 219 - Women in U.S. History: Childrose A research guide to assist students in completing their "game changer" research paper.
HI 220 - History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Childrose A guide to assist students with their research into a significant region in the Middle East.
HI 222 - Revisiting American Civil Rights: Childrose This guide is designed to provide access to resources students need to complete their essay assignments.
Information Ethics and Combating Misinformation This guide consists of resources and information to help teach everyone how to critically evaluate information, and combat the spread of misinformation online.
Library Skills - Advanced Course A study guide to accompany the Advanced Library Skills Course.
Library Skills - Basic Course A study guide to accompany the four-week basic Library Skills course.
Library Skills - Nursing Course This guide is designed for students taking the Library Skills course designed for nursing students.
Local History and Genealogy A guide for students and community members researching local and family history.
MA 098 - Pre-Statistics A guide to reliable statistical sources for students in MA 098.
MU 104 - History of Rock Music: Santana A guide to assist students with their record review assignment, and their research paper.
PL 103 - Philosophy of Eastern Religion: Childrose This guide is designed to assist students with their philosophical paper.
PS 101 - American Government: Childrose This guide is designed to help students successfully complete their research project.
PS 104 - Contemporary Global Issues: Childrose A guide to assist students in assistant professor Childrose's class with their research paper and presentation.
PY 201 - Lifespan Development: Childrose A guide for students in assistant professor Childrose's online course.
PY 230 - Criminal Psychology This guide is designed to help students locate resources to successfully complete their research project on a serial killer.
Resource Sharing This guide outlines how to borrow materials that the CGCC library does not own, and policies regarding resource sharing with other SUNY libraries.
RS 100 - College Skills A guide to assist students select a book for their review assignment.
SC 143 Astronomy and Culture: Radzik A guide for students doing their final paper.
SO 207 Criminology: Beaver-Timmons A guide to assist students of with their debate presentation assignment.
Women's History This guide shares links to aid with study and research in women's history and features materials owned by the library.

Academic Success Guides

Choosing a Research Topic
A brief guide that explains how to create an interesting research topic.
Citation Guide
Our guide to citing your sources in all formats used at C-GCC.
Evaluating Wikipedia
This is an interactive guide where students evaluate Wikipedia entries for accuracy and bias.
Information Ethics and Combating Misinformation
This guide consists of resources and information to help teach everyone how to critically evaluate information, and combat the spread of misinformation online.
Scholarly Article Databases
All of the library's subscription databases in one location.
Study Skills and Time Management
A guide to help students improve their study and time management skills.

Primo Help Guides

Primo Video Tutorials
This guide features video tutorials on using Primo, the CGCC Library's online catalog.
Using Primo Login Features
This guide explains all the features available to students by logging in to Primo, the library's catalog. Features include item renewal, saving searches, and more.

Free Subscriptions

The following subscription offers are provided courtesy of the C-GCC Library.

Activate Your FREE New York Times Digital Access.
C-GCC students, faculty and staff can click on the link above to learn how to activate their free digital subscription to The New York Times.
Activate Your FREE Wall Street Journal Digital Subscription
C-GCC students, faculty, and staff can click on the link above and learn how to activate their free digital subscription to The Wall Street Journal.
Flipster
Students can read a variety of magazines on their desktop computer or mobile device with this service provided by the library. Click on the link to learn more.
Learning Apps
This guide introduces you to learning apps available through the CGCC library.