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Distance Education Guide

Finding Books at BCC

The BCC Library holds hundreds of book and ebook titles to support your academic needs. Our physical collection consists of Young Adult, Zines, Graphic Novels, Reserve Textbooks and academic texts. You can search our catalog below for specific books at BCC, as well as the broader Peralta District library book collections too.

Search BCC Library Catalog

Enter any known information about the book you are looking for in the search box above (author, title, subject area, etc)

Catalog Search Tips

Searching for Books

Think Big Picture

We may not have one book that focuses solely on your particular topic - but it may be included in a book on the broader subject.

Example:

  • We don't have a single book on the capuchin monkey, but we do have a primate anthology book that includes this species.

Additional Search Tips

  • Phrase Search - Use quotation marks " " to search an exact phrase.
    • Example: "affordable care act"
  • Truncation - Use an asterisk (*) to find variations of a word. An asterisk after the root of the word will find all variations of that word, including singular and plural.
    • Example: environment* searches environments, environmental, environmentalist, etc.
  • Grouping or Nesting Words - Use parenthesis to group search terms together.
    • Example: (teaching OR learning) and communication