Library/Tutoring

The JCC Library

The primary purpose of the library at Johnston Community College is to provide materials and services to advance the educational goals and objectives of the College. The library provides resources for a variety of subject areas, including resources to serve the academic, vocational, and general interests of our students, faculty, staff, and residents of Johnston County and the surrounding areas.

JCC Library Resources

The JCC Library has over 30,000 physical items, including print books, journals, audiobooks, magazines, DVDs, CDs, and newspapers. Items not available at the JCC Library but held by other North Carolina Community Colleges may be available through the interlibrary loan service. Additionally, the library has over 1.6 billion online resources, including articles, videos, and audio bites. Remote access to all electronic resources is available to currently enrolled students and employees of Johnston Community College. The library’s equipment includes webcams, mobile WIFI hotspots, USB microphones, calculators, and laptops. All these items are available to students for semester checkout or in-library use.

The library facility, located on the first floor of the Learning Resource Center, includes many areas for both individual and group study and an open computer lab with printers and scanners. The library hosts 5 small-group study rooms, a Listening and Viewing Room, a North Carolina Archives and Local History Room, a Makerspace (Cricut, Ultimaker 3D printer, button maker, sewing machines, knitting needles, crochet hooks, and podcasting equipment), and a Children’s Area and family study space, all used by reservation. A campus classroom is located inside the library, used for curriculum classes. The library has many wellness spaces: pedal and walking desks, a coloring poster table, a Lego library, a puzzle table, and a lactation/low sensory room.

JCC Library Services

Johnston Community College librarians assist students in improving their research skills with both digital and physical resources, identifying credible sources, and providing citation assistance. Assistance is available face-to-face during operating hours and via the online NC Librarian Chat service, which is available 24/7.

Additionally, the library offers many services to faculty, primarily library instruction sessions personalized to the subject area and research skills necessary for assignment completion and course success. Furthermore, an instructional librarian is available to assist faculty across multiple subject areas through various instructional approaches. Instructors are encouraged to reach out to the Instructional Librarian or Director of Academic Enrichment for additional information.

All students, faculty, and staff patrons agree to the Library Acceptable Use Policy found here.

Jaguar Tutoring

Jaguar Tutoring, located inside the JCC Library on the first floor of the Learning Resource Center, Building E, is a lively, student-centered learning environment open to all JCC students regardless of their program of study or academic level. Students seeking academic support are encouraged to visit Jaguar Tutoring during regularly scheduled hours. Course-specific test review sessions are held in advance of all math and science exams.

Jaguar Writing Portal

The Jaguar Writing Portal is a free writing tutorial service available to all JCC students for all courses through the library’s website under the Tutoring tab at the top of the page. Students can submit writing through the Jaguar Writing Portal 24 /7 during the course term. Jaguar Tutoring and Library strives for a 48-hour response time, excluding college holidays and closings. Students will receive feedback related to their writing in the form of an email from the Jaguar Writing Portal. Feedback may include reinforcement of classroom instruction through demonstration, explanation, clarification, modeling, etc. Feedback will not include proofreading writing assignments, completing homework, writing papers, giving answers, developing a topic/idea, or performing under an unreasonable time limit. Rather than editing or “fixing” the papers, the goal is to help students develop writing and thinking skills. Online Writing Support Drop-In Hours are scheduled several times throughout the week for students unable to come to campus.