Visit our SOAR Catalog to find books in our physical collection or through interlibrary loan service, and to find eBooks that we provide.
SOAR Search Scopes
What does each search profile search? SOAR Search Scopes include the following:
Combined Search - The combined search searches every type of resource, meaning articles, books, eBooks, videos, audiobooks, etc. If something is available at another I-Share library, you will see other institutions who have the item in the 'Get It' section of your physical item's result. This search scope does not search over EBSCO databases, read more below.
Library Catalog - The library catalog search searches over items that Jacobs Library owns and filters out items that we subscribe to. Owned items include but are not limited to all of our physical items, some eBooks, and perpetually purchased materials.
Articles - The articles search is self explanatory, and searches over only articles including journal articles, news articles, etc., except for EBSCO articles, as you will see below.
All I-Share Libraries - The I-Share search will bring up other institution's holdings that we can request to have sent to our library for your convenience if our library does not have what you were looking for. You can send I-Share requests for pickup at the Oglesby and Ottawa Campus.
EBSCO API Databases - The EBSCO API search is separated out because EBSCO competes with the company that powers SOAR, which is ProQuest. These databases, unfortunately, only have results show up in this separate search.
Course Reserves - If an instructor has put items on reserve in our system, Leganto, these items will show up in the Course Reserves search.
IVCC Library e-book collections for students, faculty, and staff.
Check out our most popular eBook resources below. To see a complete list of our eBook collections, navigate to our A-Z eBook list.
Need help navigating our eBook resources? Navigate over to the Tutorials page for step-by-step instructions on how to access materials from library's eBook collection.
Did you know………you may renew your library books over the Internet?
Follow the steps below to renew books from IVCC and interlibrary loan books that you requested over the internet.
1. Open the IVCC library's web page at www.ivcc.edu/library
2. Click on the "SOAR" icon at the top page or the “Library Catalog” button at the bottom of the page
3. Login with your IVCC Eagle Mail credentials
4. From the right side of the screen, click your name, and from the drop down menu select "My Loans"
5. Your checked out items will display on the screen
Click the box of the books you wish to renew or choose to 'Renew all items'
Click the “Renew Selected Items” button located at the bottom of the list
6. After your account is updated, verify the new due dates for your books
Problems? Call Jacobs Library at 224-0306.
