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YCCC Library: Welcome!

Key Information

YCCC Summer Classes have begun!

Activate Your Email
  • Set up your new mainecc.edu email account

    • If you need help, contact the IT Help Desk using the email address ITHelp@mainecc.edu or call (207) 331–9666

College Bookstore: Operated by Barnes & Noble
  • Order your course materials from the college bookstore
    • Once your mainecc.edu email account is active, you can sign in, find, and order course materials
    • YCCC course materials are online at the college bookstore website (https://yccc.bncollege.com/course-material/course-finder) or you can visit the college bookstore on campus 
      • Be sure to use your new mainecc.edu email address when ordering materials
      • If you need bookstore help, contact Customer Care (https://yccc.bncollege.com/customer-service)
      • If you are paying for course materials with a voucher, use your new Student ID number
Brightspace: Your Learning Management System

  • The Maine Community College System (MCCS) now has a Brightspace portal shared by all of the community colleges

  • Summer 2025 students and faculty, please click the MaineCC tile on the MCCS Login Welcome Page (https://mccs.brightspace.com/d2l/login) to access your summer courses using your mainecc.edu email

Library Hours
  • Open on campus and online Monday through Thursday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

  • Open online only Fridays, 8:00am to 4:30pm

    • To reach the librarian: 
  • Closed Saturdays & Sundays

Library Location

YCCC Main Campus, 2nd floor, in Student Success Commons
112 College Drive | Wells, Maine  04090
Librarian
M. Wendy West
207.216.4393 
wwest@mainecc.edu
Contact the Library

  • Call: 207.216.4393

  • Email: YCCCLibrary@mainecc.edu

  • Online Help Desk: Use the Ask Us tool on the right-hand side of the page (staffed Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm)

  • Appointment: Use this online scheduler to book a meeting with the librarian

Librarian

M. Wendy West | 207.216.4393 | wwest@mainecc.edu

Faculty Services

This guide is designed to give you access to library services & resources.

Start Your Research

Logging into Research Databases: Single Sign-On (SSO) - No More Quick Access Credentials
  • To access digital databases, use the same SSO method you use for logging into Brightspace or your school email account
    • Questions? Use the Ask Us tool on the right-hand side of the page
    • Fill out the form and remember to include your name, school email address, and YCCC Student ID number
To the Databases!

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Search CREDO Reference for:

  • Background information
  • Alternatives to Wikipedia

Search the YCCC Catalog using Minerva:
  • Search for a variety of materials in the YCCC Collection with Minerva
  • Can't find it in our library? Change the default location to search in ==ALL MINERVA LOCATIONS==
  • Like ebooks and audiobooks? Try the Maine Infonet Download Library
  • Did you know...? You can use the ISBN from books, DVDs, and CDs to add them to your bibliography in NoodleTools

Try EBSCO Academic Search Complete or browse our complete list of research databases by subject.

Academic Search Complete
Limit Your Results
  • Free access to full-text scholarly journal articles, as well as magazine and newspaper articles.
  • Try this activity to learn how to read a scholarly article. Click HERE.

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Subject Guides are a great way to start your research with librarian-recommended resources, including websites. Save time searching and get high quality resources, guaranteed!

...or try one of our Course Guides - they are designed for specific assignments in specific classes.

 

In order to fully acknowledge the authors and works that contributed to your research and to avoid plagiarism, you must cite your sources correctly and completely in your paper, using the "citation style" recommended by your professor.

YCCC uses two citation styles: MLA for classes in the humanities (English, literature, music, art, etc.) and APA for classes in the social sciences (psychology, sociology, etc.). The resources below will help you create bibliographies in either citation style.

Citation Style Tutorials

What are APA in-text citations?

What are MLA in-text citations?

Plagiarism

What is an annotated bibliography?

  

More Helpful Citation Resources

Handouts to Download

Research Tools

How to get started on a research project.

Have a question? Just ask!

Please use the Ask Us tool on the right-hand side of the page to reach the Online Help Desk and we'll get back to you as soon as possible (staffed Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm).