Ask-a-Librarian During the Thanksgiving Holiday

Many of you will be working on GRCC assignments during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Your GRCC Librarians will be answering Ask-a-Librarian questions exclusively from Tuesday Nov. 23 through Sunday Nov. 28. The answers might come back a little slower than usual (hey – we’re on holiday break, too!) but you’ll get answers!

Send your questions to Ask-a-Librarian – and read these tips to ask a better question!

And until then, we are answering questions through all in-person and virtual modalities during regular Reference Hours!

Ask-A-Librarian

You’re either half-way through a summer-long class or just starting a second 7-week class – and you probably have questions. If you’ve got questions, GRCC librarians have answers.

• How to find full-text articles for that assignment where it’s a requirement to use professional journals?
• How to cite using one of the three formats recommended on campus?
• How to find and use eBooks since required reading includes library eBooks?
• How to get copies of books and articles from other libraries for free?
• <Insert your library resource question here?>

Contact us by Ask-a-Librarian email, OneSearch Chat, or contact the liaison librarian assigned to serve the academic department for the class you are taking. Librarians are available during Library open hours, but often answer reference questions outside of their work hours. (Yay, librarians!)

Summer Building & Reference Hours

Library Building Hours for the Summer 2021 Semester are:

• Monday – Thursday: 8AM-5PM

Reference Hours for the first Summer 2021 Semester are:

• Monday – Friday: 8AM-5PM

Contact a GRCC Reference Librarian via:

• Ask a Librarian email
• GRCC Library OneSearch Chat
• Text 616-201-4841
• Make an appointment with your liaison librarian to meet virtually.

For updates on library services, see the Virtual Services Subject Guide.

Exam Week Extended Library Hours

Library Hours:

• Monday – Thursday: 8AM-6PM
• Friday, April 30: 8AM-3PM (for technology and book returns only)
• Saturday, May 1: 8AM-1PM (for technology and book returns only)

Technology must be returned in person to the Library Circulation Desk. Library books can be returned inside the Library, or, in the blue Book Return box on the Ransom Ave. plaza at the Front Entry.

Virtual Reference Hours:

• Monday – Thursday: 7:30AM-6PM
• Friday: 7:30AM-5PM

For updates on library services, see the Virtual Services Subject Guide.

Need Help?

Have an APA citing question? Need a list of professional journals in your field? Can’t find a college-level article that explains the PRO-CONS of a topic? Need an eBook on <name your topic>? Wondering if an internet website is legit? Have to narrow a research topic to articles published in peer-reviewed journals?

We will help answer all of those questions – and yours, too. Contact a GRCC librarian via:

• Ask a Librarian email
• GRCC Library OneSearch Chat
• Text 616-201-4841
• Make an appointment with your liaison librarian to meet virtually.

GRCC Virtual Reference Hours are:

• Monday – Thursday: 7:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Friday: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM