Frequently Asked Questions

During the COVID-19 campus closure, the physical library is closed. The Librarians have gone remote and are available to help! Please use the email and chat features on our home page. 

Please check the website for exceptions during holidays and school breaks, or contact the library at 508-588-9100 x1945

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Regular hours in Brockton are:

• Monday-Thursday, 7:30am-9:00pm
• Friday, 7:30am-7:00pm
• Saturday, 10:00am-2:00pm

Regular hours in Canton are:

• Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-8:00pm
• Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm

In Google Docs

1. Put your cursor on the line/paragraph you want to indent.

2. Go to Format > Align & Indent > Indentation options.

3. Under "Special," select "Hanging."

4. Press the blue Apply button to save your changes.   

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• Go to MyMassasoit.
• Click on the Google Drive link in the launchpad on the left.
• Click "+ New" in the upper left and select "File Upload" from the list.
• Browse to your file, select it and click "Open".
• When you see your file on the screen under "My Drive," it has been uploaded. You will be able to access it from other locations or make changes and save it again later. 

• Log into MyMassasoit.
• Click on Class Schedule from right side column.
• Select the correct term from the drop down menu.
• After the schedule appears, right click on the screen and choose print.

Students are provided with some printing funds through Pharos, the library’s print management system. Printing includes sending the print request from the computer they have logged onto, agreeing to the amount of the print in the Pharos window on the computer and going to the printer station to sign in and release the document. Non-student users are not able to print.

1. Select the Print option (If you can’t find it, press Control+P on the keyboard).

2. Make sure the correct printer is selected (“LIBRARY PRINTER on ECLIPSE")

3. Choose single- or double- sided copies. Cost is 10¢ per single-sided page and 15¢ per double-sided page. Note: The default is double-sided.

4. Click the Print button.

5. Check the number of pages and job cost in the pop-up window. If they’re correct, click “Yes.”

6. Log on to one of the two stand-up stations next to the printers.

7. Click the name of a document to select it,

8.  Click the yellow Print button at the bottom right side of the screen.

Interlibrary loan allows you to ask the library to find books and articles that we do not have here or in the OCLN library network. You can place an Interlibrary Loan request by using the ILL online form

• Be sure to provide as much information on the book/article as you can. You will be notified by a phone call when the material is available. 

• Click on Windows start icon in bottom left corner.
• Click on the small head icon. 
• Click "sign out". 

Check out the Citation Guide for more details.

  The types of items most frequently placed on reserve are:

• Books 
• DVDs

 Checkout period:

• 2 hours
• Item stays in library*

  Removing items from reserve:

• Items can be removed from Reserve temporarily or permanently by their owners at any time.
• Items that have not been checked out in two years will be removed from the Reserve shelf.

 NOTE: Workbooks and other consumables (items intended for one-time use) cannot be placed on reserve. 

*Instructors can make items available for use outside the Library; however, fewer students are able to access them and it is harder to keep track of the items.

 

• Click on the paperclip in the bottom email menu.
• Double click the correct folder, drive or device where the document lives that you want to attach.
• Click on the file name.
• Click on Open.
• Blue line fills while file uploads.
• When the blue line disappears, the file attachment is complete.

In the library, "Database" indicates the way magazine and journal articles are accessed. Citations can be full text or abstracts. MCC subscribes to a wide variety of databases that support the curriculum.

The instructor sets the borrowing period. Most are for two- hour use only and can only be used in the library. 

"Reserves" are textbooks or other materials that instructors have selected for students to use during their class. The library provides a place where all students in a given class can access the material.

With your Massasoit Library ID, you can request a book from any HELM network library and have it sent to Massasoit for pickup.

After finding the book in the catalog, login with your Massasoit email. The book will arrive in a couple of days. 

A phone call and a Massasoit email message will notify you when the book is available.