Online Students at Oakton Community College

The Oakton Community College Library is here for you, the distance learning student. This page lists the many services and resources available to you, and we are here to help you with your reference and research needs.

If you are an Oakton student, links on this Web page will be accessible from your home computer. If you are asked for a login, ID or password, type in your Oakton Library/Student ID card 14 digit number that is printed on your library card.

· WebCT

Access your __Oakton Oakton Community College WebCT class here__ here (obtain your username and password from your online course
instructor).

· Library/Student ID Card

Here's how to get your Oakton Library/Student ID card, which must be updated each semester:

In person: please bring your current semester course schedule and a picture ID with verification of address (driver's license or state ID) to the Oakton Library circulation desk at the Des Plaines or Skokie campus to get your new Oakton Library/Student ID card.
By phone/mail: please call the Oakton Library Public Services Specialist Marilyn Clay at (847) 635-1608 for more information. Have your “B” number and the course number available.

You can use your Oakton Library ID card to request and check out books and renew books. Your Oakton Library ID number also allows you to access "My Account" to see the list of books that you have checked out from the library. You can even use your Oakton Library ID card number to __**borrow books from the other campus library**__ and to access many of the __**Oakton Library online journal article databases**__ using off-campus computers.

· Library hours and services

Go to __About the Library__ .

· Help from a librarian

Go to __Email reference Service__ .

Reference Desk at Des Plaines – (847) 635-1644

Reference Desk at Ray Hartstein Campus – (847) 635-1474

· Reference Works Online

__Full-text reference books online__

· Books

To find books use the __Oakton Community College Library Catalog.__ Use your Oakton Library/Student ID card number to borrow books __from the Oakton Library__ as well as __from other I-Share libraries in Illinois__ . Please call Marilyn Clay at (847) 635-1608 for pick up or mailing options. Your Oakton Library ID number also allows you to access __"My Account"__ to see the list of books that you have checked out from Oakton and the other I-Share Iibraries.

· Full-text Articles in Magazines and Journals

__Many of the library's online indexes__ include the full text of articles in magazines and journals. __Off campus access to the A-to-Z Title List, Title Searching and Subject Browsing__ also provides links to the journals that provide the full-text of their articles. A reference librarian can help you to use these lists and the library's online indexes. Call (847) 635-1644 __during library hours__ or use the e-mail reference service. Articles that are not full-text on the computer may be obtained in print either from the Oakton Community College Library periodicals collection or through Interlibrary Loan. Please call Marilyn Clay at (847) 635-1608 for pick up or mailing options.