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Interlibrary Loans Service
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Inter-library Loan (ILL) is a service through which materials from other libraries may be borrowed.
This service is available to all Connecticut residents who own a MCC library card.
Materials available to borrow include books, periodical articles, Eric documents, music scores, and some audiovisual materials may be requested.
Complete volumes/issues of periodicals, some audio-visual materials and materials that are non-circulating or in high demand are not available for inter-library lending.
The time taken to receive an inter-library loan is affected by numerous factors, most of which are beyond the library's immediate control. Usually, it takes 1 to 3 weeks to receive a book and 4 to 10 days to receive a periodical article.
Lending libraries determine the loan period of their materials, fines as well as whether or not the renewals are allowed. A renewal request should be made 2 days prior to the due date written on the yellow slip.
There is no charge for routine use of this service. However, if costs for a loan or photocopy exceed what is customary and usual for the library, we will contact you to ask if you would be willing to pay before the item is requested.
We will contact you by phone or email as soon as we receive the material. You may pick up and return the material at the MCC Library circulation desk during our regular hours. If the book is not picked up before the due date, it will be returned to the lending library.
How to submit a request - A separate form must be filled out for each item you wish to borrow. You may submit a request by completing an Inter-library Loan Request at the Circulation Desk. You may fax us the form. You may also use our online Inter-library Loan Service by navigating to the following address: https://library.ctstate.edu/manchester/services/ill
Library Materials That Circulate
After the New Economy by Call Number: HC106.83 .H46 2003 STACKSISBN: 1565847709Publication Date: 2003-10-01After the New Economy offers an accessible and entertaining account of the less-than-lustrous reality beneath the gloss of the 1990s boom, stripping bare the extravagant pretension of unrestrained entrepreneurial hubris and revealing how it contributed to the making of a new anti-capitalist global movement.
The American Dream by Call Number: E169.1 .C837 2003 STACKSISBN: 0195158210Publication Date: 2003-02-06"The American Dream" is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means.In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present.
A Consumer's Republic by Call Number: HC110.C6 C537 2003 STACKSISBN: 0375407502Publication Date: 2003-01-21The three decades after World War II are often heralded as a “Golden Era” of American affluence. But as Lizabeth Cohen makes clear, the pursuit of prosperity defined much more than the nation's economy; it also became a basic component of American citizenship. Consumers were encouraged to buy not just for themselves, but for the good of the nation.
The Failures of Integration by Call Number: HN90.S6 C37 2004 STACKSISBN: 158648124XPublication Date: 2004-04-13Our society is rigidly segregated by race and class, Cashin writes, but that is not inevitable. She suggests public policies that would promote integration. It starts with a vision of a socioeconomically integrated society, with affordable housing well dispersed throughout all communities and with no high-poverty schools.
The Fragile Middle Class by Call Number: HG3766 .S794 2000 STACKSISBN: 0300079605Publication Date: 2000-03-11...the authors discover that financial stability for many middle-class Americans is all too fragile. The authors consider the changing cultural & economic factors that threaten financial security & what they imply for the future vitality of the middle class.
The New Class Society by Call Number: HN90.S6 P47 2014 STACKS Temporarily in New BookshelfISBN: 1442205288Publication Date: 2013-07-11"Introduces students to the sociology of class structure and inequalities as it asks whether the American dream has faded. The fourth edition of this powerful book demonstrates how and why class inequalities in the United States have widened, hardened, and become more entrenched than ever.
Our Kids by Call Number: HN90.S65 P88 2015 STACKSISBN: 1476769893Publication Date: 2015-03-10"A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in--a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and effort. But during the last twenty-five years we have seen a disturbing "opportunity gap" emerge.
Pursuing the American Dream by Call Number: E183 .J55 2004 STACKSISBN: 0700613420Publication Date: 2004-09-01...the American Dream is the spark that animates American life, the promise held out to youngsters and immigrants that hard work will result in security and prosperity.
The reality of that Dream, however, has long depended on the circumstances of the dreamer, since over the years many have been effectively barred from pursuing it.
The Spirit Level by Call Number: HM821 .W55 2010 STACKSISBN: 1608193411Publication Date: 2011-04-26This eye-opening UK bestseller shows how one single factor--the gap between its richest and poorest members--can determine the health and well-being of a society. The authors also outline a new political outlook in which a shift from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable society is paramount.
