Information Resource Centre – IRC

IRC – Making student life easier

Our library and Information Resource Centre houses top-notch resources and reference materials covering a broad set of disciplines. Find all the help that you’ll need for college education life here.

Check-Out Material

Complete the Request Material form. Once your material is ready we will email you to arrange for pick up (or delivery depending on location).

Research Help

Need help with your research assignments? Even though you are off campus, we know figuring out how to wade through all the information can be daunting. We can help.

Ask A Librarian

Doing a research and need help? Ask a Librarian. We’re here to help you navigate to the information that will satisfy your research needs.

Modified Library Services

We provide services including photocopying, scanning and spiral binding. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the library has modified its services to ensure that while we observe all the safety protocols, information is still made available to you.

eBooks

Trench Town Polytechnic College provides access to thousands of eBooks through the Proquest Ebook Central and Ebschost databases. These are available for download.

Forms & Documents

Get access to TTPC's handbooks, event calendars, consent forms, and more.

Get Reliable Information

Access eResources

We support student research, curriculum delivery and information literacy skills development by providing reliable information and databases covering a variety of subjects.

Research for All

Open Access Resources

The TTPC Library provides its users 24/7 access to various online resources, including eBooks, dissertations, and thesis and electronics journals, to meet your information needs. Access these databases anywhere and at any time. 

BC Campus

Open textbooks, searchable by subject, include some user ratings.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Open textbooks, searchable by subject, include some user ratings.

Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)

dLOC is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean and provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.

Libretexts

Open textbooks in many subjects, ability to browse content, with tools for remixing into custom texts.

Lumen Learning

OER-based courses, keyword search or browse by subject.

Open Textbook Library

Open textbooks, limited search features, most are reviewed by faculty experts.

Social Science Research Network

The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a collection of papers from scholars in the social sciences community. The site offers over 700,000 abstracts and over 600,000 full-text papers.

PubPsych

PubPsych allows users to search psychology-related resources and directs them to articles and journals. Full texts are available for most articles, but there are some you may have to purchase.

OpenStax

Open textbooks for a variety of courses, browsable by subject, all are peer-reviewed.

OER Commons

Large and varied collection of resources at all levels, good search features, includes user ratings.

MERLOT

Many kinds of materials, advanced search features including ISBN search, all material is reviewed in some way.

Library Guides OER: Music

On this page you will find open Music resources.

Help With APA?

These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.