Getting InLibrary & Information Hub
Oceanside, Building 1200: 760.795.6715
San Elijo, Building 100: 760.634.7850
Community Learning Center, Academic Support Center, Building A: 760.795.8733
MiraCosta's libraries provide extensive resources and services for students, faculty, and staff. Information resources include the following:
- More than 72,000 books, 166,000 e-books, 7,100 DVDs/videos, and 3,000 CDs
- Online reference databases covering a variety of disciplines, such as science, literature, health, social sciences, and the humanities
- Access to more than 32,000 periodical titles through full-text online databases, such as EBSCOhost and JSTOR
- Remote access for students, staff, and faculty to all library databases (requires SURF ID and password)
- CD, DVD, video, and cassette players as well as adaptive technology devices
- Hundreds of computers featuring a range of software applications that support college courses
- Printing, photocopying, and scanning equipment.
Information and instructional services include the following:
- Research assistance available in-person and by email, online chat, text, and phone
- Library instruction geared to the needs of specific classes upon request
- Library research workshops offered on-ground and through webinars
- Online Library Science credit courses (LIBR 101, LIBR 201) that are UC/CSU transferable
- Reciprocal borrowing privileges with the Palomar College and Cal State San Marcos libraries
- Group study rooms
- Academic reserve collections in a variety of print, audio-visual, and digital formats
- Instructional exhibits and displays of student projects
- Intralibrary loans between the three MiraCosta College campuses
- Interlibrary loan for books and periodical articles.
Library and Information Hubs at both Oceanside and San Elijo campuses are open the following days and times:
Monday–Thursday, 8 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Library hours at the Community Learning Center vary according to student demand.
On legal or administrative holidays and during semester breaks, the libraries may be closed or on a special schedule. Changes in hours are posted on the library webpage and in each library as necessary, and they are also recorded at 760.795.6717.
