MCTC Library Services and Instruction: Instructional Library Services

The MCTC Librarians offer and encourage faculty to incorporate information literacy and library instruction into courses to provide students with resources and services to support their educational needs! Below is a list of ways and services provided by the librarians to partner with faculty in advancing the college's mission. 

• NEW! Library Chat Service available from multiple access points on the library website and throughout library guides and tutorials
• 24/7 availability of online access to the KCTCS Library Catalog and 47 library databases available through MCTC, Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) consortial resources and the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL)
• Primo Discovery Tool available to search most library databases through a single search box
• Streaming educational videos
• Face-to-face course-specific library instruction as requested
• Synchronous or asynchronous online library instruction provided as resquested 
• Online library tutorials to support information literacy, developmental reading and writing
• Subject- and course-specific library guides (LibGuides) available online
• Course-specific library guides created upon request
• Embedded library resources and services in your Blackboard courses, i.e. Ask A Librarian e-mail assistance, library guides, library tutorials and quizzes
• Individual research consultations for students as requested
• Course reserves available at each campus library upon request
• Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services available
• 24/7 availability of Ask A Librarian e-mail assistance from the MCTC Library homepage
• Library Services Referral available through Starfish in Blackboard to aid in student success

For more information about MCTC Library information literacy objectives, visit https://maysville.kctcs.edu/current-students/student-resources/library/information_literacy/index.aspx. To schedule library instruction, complete a MCTC Library Instruction Request. 

• Computers available in all four campus libraries  
• Assistance available for Blackboard, printing and other technologies
• Online assistance available 24/7 through Ask A Librarian e-mail link
• Approximately 25,000 individual items available for check-out within all four campus libraries
• More than 260,000 e-books available through the library website
• Headphones, charger cords and other equipment available for in-house checkout
• Anatomy & Physiology human body models available on reserve for study (See A&P Models box below.) 
• Group or private study room available at Maysville Campus Academic Commons

The MCTC Libraries have A&P models and a histology set for you to study! Students must present their photo ID card ready to check out the models and equipment. 

The Maysville Campus Library has the following models:

• Two sets of disarticulated human skeleton models
• Giant heart model
• Full-body muscle model
• Leg muscle model
• Arm muscle model
• Human torso model
• Brain model
• Microscope/histology set

The Licking Valley Campus Library has the following:

• Disarticulated human skeleton model
• Brain model
• Human torso model
• Neuron model

If you have a question and would like to chat with a librarian, click on the "Chat Now?" button below.

If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with a librarian, click on the button Schedule Appointment with Librarian.

If you need help and Chat is offline, contact us through "Ask A Librarian" form. We will respond as soon as we can. 

You may also call (606)759-7141, ext. 66206. 

Can't get to the databases? Go to the Off-Campus Instructions library guide. 

NOTE: Students may see a login error when accessing electronic library resources. Often, this error occurs when using Google Chrome. This error is generally caused either by an expired authentication token or a prior sign-in attempt in progress. 

To avoid this error, you can close the browser and reopen it in a "private" or "incognito" window. It is recommended that college students and employees always use private browsing to access library electronic content. Using a browser other than Chrome may also prevent this error from occuring. You may also fix this problem by going to your browser settings to the search history and clear/delete the data from websites you have visited and clear the cookies saved in the history. Then, close the browser and reopen it.