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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Credo Reference is an extensive online collection of reference materials and resources available to CR students and staff. In this guide, you will find many links that pull directly from Credo's resources. However, you can also search Credo directly by typing your research terms in the box below.
To use an ebook log into the book with your student id and password. These may not be checked out or downloaded. They will stay open for 15 minutes if nothing is being clicked.
Introduction to Oceanography by At the Eureka Campus, DVDs are located on the shelves beside the Reference Desk. They can be checked out, or can be viewed on the computers and laptops available in the library. Check out headphones at the circulation desk, or use your own. Streaming videos can be viewed on any device, and can be found searching OneSearch or the video databases listed below. You may be prompted to login with your WebAdvisor I.D. and eight digit birth date.
These items may be checked out from the College of the Redwoods library. They will be found on the library shelves by their call numbers.
Oceanography and Marine Biology by 
Introduction to the Worlds Oceans by 
Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Reference books must be used in the library and can not be checked out. The plus side is that the books are always available to students in the library.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology by 
The Oxford Companion to the Earth by The College of the Redwoods uses the Library of Congress Classification (LOC) system to organize books by subject matter. Most universities and colleges use the Library of Congress Classification system. Call numbers are the alpha-numeric tags that you see on the spines of library books. Call numbers show the Library of Congress classification for that specific book and function like addresses for the books on a library’s shelves. Since the LOC is based on subject matter, you can browse shelves with the following call numbers to find books with similar topics.
GC 1 – 1581 Oceanography (general) GC 150 – 182 Physical Oceanography
GC 63 Oceanographic Expeditions GC 190 – 190.5 Ocean-atmosphere Interaction
GC 65 – 78 Underwater Exploration GC 200 – 376 Dynamics of the Ocean
GC 83 – 87.6 Submarine Topography GC 377 – 399 Marine Sediments
GC 96 – 97.8 Estuarine Oceanography GC 401 – 881 Oceanography by region
GC 100 – 103 Seawater GC 1000 – 1023 Marine Resources & Applied Oceanography
GC 109 – 149 Chemical Oceanography GC 1080 – 1581 Marine Pollution & Sea Water Pollution
And, don't forget to check the Reference and Oversize Books sections also! Reference books must be used in the library but you can checkout the Oversized Books.
