Your Surge Card is your passport to checking out library books at the Cincinnati State Library, or for checking out books at ANY participating OhioLINK Library. If you don't have your Surge Card yet, you'll need to go to Student Activities to obtain one. See their web page for details at www.cincinnatistate.edu/on-campus/student-activities/surge-cards.
The library gives you free access to to hundreds of databases, making it easy for you to find scholarly articles, credible news reports, online book, & more. Most can be accessed from off-campus by following the links on our site & then entering your name & 7-digit College ID. Not sure what your ID number is? Go to MYCSTATE & use the link for "Look Up Username/Reset Your Cincinnati State Password" to retrieve it. Watch our "Looking Up Your College ID" video for more instructions.
Sure, we have a lot of books & our research databases are available to you 24/7, but our physical library on the main campus (Main 170) also has...
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Online Library Open 24/7
Although the physical library is closed, our librarians are still available for virtual help on how to search our 24/7 online resources, including articles, eBooks, & streaming videos!
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