Through MC Library's textbook program, the library automatically purchases electronic (preferred) or print textbooks for MC courses that meet certain criteria. These textbooks are made available to students to borrow free of charge.
If your textbook was not purchased by the library as part of our textbook program, the library can still help you adopt a licensed or open textbook that your students can access for free.
Whether the library has purchased your course textbook automatically through our textbook program or you have adopted an open or licensed textbook through RaptorSelect, we will provide your students with free, seamless access to the item. If you adopted your OER through a source other than RaptorSelect, you can contact our Collection Development Librarian, Beth Thoms (beth.thoms@montgomerycollege.edu), to request that we help you provide access to your students.
Students can access your e-textbook through RaptorSearch by searching for the item's title or author. If available, they can use a print copy of your textbook at the library on the campus where the class is taught.
You can make books and e-books from MC Library available to your students for free. Use the suggested resources below to locate the books and e-books you need.
To share a print book with your students, you can request to place it on course reserve. Once the library has completed your request, the print book will be held behind the library service desk on the campus where your course is offered. Your students can use the book in the library for two hours at a time. Use the link below to learn how to place your request.
To share an e-book with your students, you will need to provide them with a persistent link that will not break over time. Use the link below to learn how to properly link to library e-resources. You and your students can also search for the item by title or author in RaptorSearch.
You can make articles from MC Library available to your students for free. Use the suggested resources below to locate the articles you need.
To share an article with your students, you will need to provide them with a persistent link that will not break over time. Use the link below to learn how to properly link to library e-resources. You and your students can also search for the item by title or author in RaptorSearch.
You can make videos and media from MC Library available to your students for free. The library's collections include streaming audio and video and DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks. Use the suggested resources below to locate the items you need.
Educational, multidisciplinary streaming videos on a wide range of subjects from academic to life-skills content. Particularly strong in the social sciences and humanities.
To share a DVD, CD, or audiobook with your students, you can request to place it on course reserve. Once the library has completed your request, the item will be held behind the library service desk on the campus where your course is offered. Your students can use the item in the library for two hours at a time. Use the link below to learn how to place your request.
To share streaming media with your students, you will need to provide them with a persistent link that will not break over time. Use the link below to learn how to properly link to library e-resources. You and your students can also search for the item by title or author in RaptorSearch.
In addition to Holocaust survivor testimonies linked on the other page of this guide, you can make primary sources from MC Library available to your students for free. The library's collections include historical newspapers, archival video, images, etc.
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 4 years prior to the current year. For more recent articles, use ProQuest's Newspapers database.
Digitized collection of every issue of The Washington Post from 1877 to 16 years prior to the current year. For more recent articles, use ProQuest's Newspapers database.
The MC Library provides tutorials and skills-related guides to assist students. There are a variety of ways to assign tutorials and other content to your students. For details, see the "Tutorials, Videos, & Quizzes" link below, and contact a librarian if you need assistance.
Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust
Few topics in modern history draw the attention that the Holocaust does. The Shoah has become synonymous with unspeakable atrocity and unbearable suffering. Yet it has also been used to teach tolerance, empathy, resistance, and hope. Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust provides a starting point for teachers in many disciplines to illuminate this crucial event in world history for students.
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