You can get help with your research, even when you can't come to campus!
Use the icon above to contact a reference librarian by chat or email.
If chat is not available at the moment, email library-reference@redwoods.edu, and a librarian will respond as quickly as possible. Please allow at least 48 hours for responses to emails!
Many useful resources are available in the College of the Redwoods Library, including books, reference books, eBooks, and videos. Additional resources may be available at the Del Norte or Humboldt County Libraries and Cal Poly Humboldt Library. Visit those libraries' websites to search their catalogs. Use OneSearch to find books and other resources about your topic in the CR library and selected, college-level resources on the web.
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Books in the CR library are filed by the Library of Congress system, which uses letter-number combinations assigned by subject so that most books about the same subject will be filed together on the shelf. The HSU Library uses this same system, and so do most colleges and universities in the United States.
To read an Ebook, click on the link. You may be prompted to log in with your student ID number. Some Ebooks can be downloaded, look for the instructions. Other Ebooks can only be read online, and will "time out" after fifteen minutes if nothing is clicked.
Any Humboldt County resident can get a free public library card.
To get an HSU library card, if you are not enrolled as an HSU student or employed by HSU, you must pay a fee.