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The Coastline College Library provides training, support, and resources for Coastline students and employees to enable them to find and evaluate information effectively.

Library Information

• Library Faculty and Staff

  Shelly Blair, PhD
  Dean of Innovative Learning & Career Education
  714.549.7600 ext. 16251

  Elizabeth Horan, MLIS, MSIDT
  Librarian
  ehoran@coastline.edu
  714.696.1573

  Veronica D’Aqunio, MLIS
  Part-time Librarian
  vdaquino@coastline.edu

  Nora Shea, MLIS
  Part-time Librarian
  nshea@coastline.edu

  Tracie Hall, MLIS
  Part-time Librarian
  thall12@coastline.edu

  April Cunningham, MLIS, Ed.D.
  Part-time Librarian
  acunningham16@coastline.edu

• Library Location & Hours

  Location = online

  The Coastline Library is 100% online.  Librarians can work with students via:

  • email: library@coastline.edu
  • phone: 714.696.1573 (business and after hours)
  • text: 714.696.1573 (business and after hours)
  • Zoom (business and after hours)
  • by appointment on a Coastline Campus
  • USPS mail: Coastline Library, 11460 Warner Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708

  Hours = 24/7

  Online Library access is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Coastline Library is 100% online to serve Coastline students. Contact us for assistance or visit the eBooks and Databases page to access library content.

• Library Program Review

  Annual Coastline Library Program Reviews can be found on the Program Review webpage > Program Review Documents > Department Review > Library

• Library Privacy Policy
  The Coastline College Library follows the college’s privacy policy. We strive to maintain the security of students’ identifying information. We will not sell or otherwise re-purpose for any non-academic purposes the information you provide to us. We carefully review all of the privacy policies of the third-party vendors who provide the library’s databases and require companies to comply with the same practices which we would follow when building a service locally. We may use the information we collect during your interactions with the library through email, the website, the YouTube videos, third-party vendors of the library’s databases, and the library’s workshops in Canvas to do assessment research about the effects of the library services, resources and workshops on students’ success and retention. We retain ID images that you provide through Proctorio for one semester. The college retains the emails you send to the library indefinitely because they are subject to subpoena and public records requests. Please email the library at library@coastline.edu if you need to correct any erroneous or misleading information about you in the library workshop records or other library records. We will work with you to determine the most appropriate course of action. Your privacy is important to the library. (Updated 8/10/2021)

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Coastline have a physical Library?

No. The Coastline's Library is 100% online so we don't have a physical Library. If you are looking for a place to study, you can do that in one of the Student Success Centers . Need some Research or Library help?

Librarians can work with students via:

• email: library@coastline.edu
• phone: 714.696.1573 (business and after hours)
• text: 714.696.1573 (business and after hours)
• Zoom (business and after hours)
• by appointment on a Coastline Campus
• USPS mail

How do I use the online library?

Does the Library have my textbook?

Not if you are looking for a physical textbook. The online library does have links to some textbooks if a class has a free DIGITAL textbook.  To find classes with free textbooks see the video: How to find classes with free textbooks.  To search the Library Catalog to see if there is a link to your textbook go to the Library Catalog and type in your class name (example = ENGL C100).

I need research help!

No problem. The Library can help you with that. You can Ask a Librarian for help or help yourself through the CoastlineLIBRARY YouTube channel, the Library Workshops in Canvas, or study guides on our research help page. A Librarian is a "trained research professional" and can help you with quick questions or in-depth research needs. We became Librarians because we like people. How can we help you?

Can someone help me with citing my sources so that I don’t plagiarize?

We recommend doing Coastline’s MLA or APA Advanced workshop to learn about the steps for correctly citing sources in your essays. You can also get individualized help with citations through the Student Success Center, which offers online tutoring and help checking your work.

How can I get copies of magazine articles for a report I'm writing?

Coastline has subscriptions to a lot of Academic Databases that have just what you need. Access the Academic Databases by visiting our ebooks & Databases webpage.

Is your question not here?

Contact Librarian Elizabeth Horan at 714-696-1573 (phone/text) or email library@coastline.edu.

• Related Pages
  • Career Center
  • College Readiness Program
  • Research Help
  • Student Success Center
  • Transfer Center