Southern State Community College

This service allows you to view your own patron record. You can renew your own items, verify what you have checked out and check on pending requests. You will need the barcode number on your photo ID or courtesy card.

Our Most Popular Resources

Popular Research Databases

• Academic Search Complete
• Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world’s most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
• Business Source Complete
• Business Source Complete provides full text for over 10,000 scholarly business journals and other sources including full text for more than 1,150 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.
• CINAHL
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health with indexing back to 1937.
• ERIC
• ERIC provides research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations and curricular materials in the field of education.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
• LexisNexis
• LexisNexis Academic provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text.
• ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
• ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source covers nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, consumer health and much more.
• SIRS Knowledge Source
• SIRS Knowledge Source is a general reference database with thousands of full-text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
• Small Business Resource Center
• Small Business Resource Center offers a comprehensive database covering all major areas of starting and operating a business including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting and taxes.
• All OhioLINK Research Databases
• Search every OhioLINK Database by subject, type or name.

Additional Resources & Information

• Ask A Librarian
• This service, powered through KnowItNow Academic, is where OhioLINK students can get live help from a librarian for finding resources for homework or research on any topic from 7:00am to 1:00am, seven days a week. Additionally, students may leave a message or text us for a follow-up anytime.
• Remote Authentication
• If you are working from home or off campus, this service will allow you to authenticate to access licensed Southern State and OhioLINK resources and databases. You will need the barcode number on your photo ID or courtesy card.
• Tablet Technology
• Learn more about tablets now offered at the LRC.
• Digital Resource Commons
• The DRC at Southern State is a repository of local and academic resources useful to the college community.
• Ohio Interactive Broadband Map
• Connect Ohio provides this interactive map to help you determine if your home or place of business has broadband internet available.
• LRC Circulation Policies
• Patrons of the LRC should be aware of policies and procedures when borrowing items.
• OhioLINK Catalog & Online Borrowing FAQs
• Patrons of the LRC should be aware of OhioLINK circulation policies and procedures when borrowing items.

Central Campus

The Central Campus LRC is located across the lobby of the main entrance. It is home to the Southern Ohio Genealogical Society collection.

Fayette Campus

The Fayette Campus LRC is located on the left inside the back entrance. The center is home to FayetteWorks, the Fayette County One Stop Center.

North Campus

The North Campus LRC is located in hallway 300. It is home to the Clinton County Collection.

South Campus

The South Campus LRC is located by the main entrance next to registration. The center has a collection of Appalachian resources and often hosts events that support the local arts community.