TCC Libraries are proud to support classes and programs through many services available to faculty and staff. Use the links below to learn more about our services and discover opportunities to partner with the library.
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The TCC Learning Commons is a network of services designed to support you and your students. Use the links below to get connected to another area of the TCC Learning Commons.
The library is here to provide support on campus and online during the following hours. Hours are subject to change and vary during Wintermester, Maymester, and intersession. Hours may also be affected by holidays and breaks.
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Friday | 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Subject librarians serve as the first point of contact between academic departments and the library and assist faculty, staff, and students throughout the research process with expertise in information literacy, scholarly communication, data reference, and collection development.
Your subject librarian can work with you by:
Research Instruction is any library instructional activity requested for a specific course or customized curriculum for your class.
Research instruction sessions may incorporate:
Librarians can provide research instruction from a pre-developed workshop or customized to your class and assignment.
To request Research Instruction, fill out this Research Instruction Request Form. The Library will contact you to confirm the date and time of your instruction session. For custom instruction, include your assignment information.
Contact your campus library or your subject librarian if you have questions or prefer to speak to someone in person.
Research guides are created by the librarians to help students and faculty. They gather resources, links, and other information together in one place.
Our subject guides are general library research overviews that support beginning research and finding resources in disciplines related to the programs, subjects, or fields of study offered at TCC.
Our course guides are designed to support the needs of a specific course offered at TCC, when students need more comprehensive or tailored resources to assist with class assignments or study than can be included in the related subject guide.
All the TCC research guides are available on our website.
Yes! TCC librarians are currently working on creating subject guides in our newly redesigned format. Ideally course guides will build upon content already provided in a subject guide. Contact your subject librarian If there is not currently a subject guide for your area and you would like there to be, or if you are interested in having a custom course guide created to help your students.
Open Educational Resources, or OER, are freely accessible and openly licensed digital assets that can be used for teaching, learning, and assessing learning. Several repositories of these free-to-use materials are available.
As more instructors switch to Open Educational Resources, the TCC Libraries are working to help instructors and students find what they need. We have a few OER research guides that can help. Contact your subject librarian for additional assistance.
We cannot keep every textbook or recommended reading in our permanent collection. But if students need access to a text, instructors or departments may place a book, article, or other materials on temporary Course Reserves in the library.
If you would like to place something as a Course Reserve for your students, contact your campus library for more information.
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Tarrant County College faculty, staff, and students have access to several online streaming video services.
To understand the policies and procedures surrounding the public performance viewing of streaming videos, please read the Library Streaming Video Resources and Public Performance Rights Knowledge Base Article.
The TCC Libraries have many resources available to support your students with their personal, professional, and academic goals and interests. In addition to our online resources, the libraries also have:
Online access
Portable Chargers 
Study Areas
Board Games (NE, SO, SE, TR)
Chess sets and tables (NE)
Wēpa Printers
Maker Kits
Course Reserves
Loanable Devices (Surface Go's)
Books, DVDs, audiobooks
Scientific & Graphing calculatorsNote that not all resources are available at each campus and study areas currently may be limited at the Northwest and Southeast Campus Libraries. Learn more from our Library 101 guide or reach out to your campus library with questions.