Welcome to Great Basin College!
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 3,800 students are enrolled online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California.
We are GBC!
Great Basin College is a pioneer in long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers a diverse array of certificate and degree programs that are completely online!
GBC is a comprehensive community college that provides educational opportunities to over 3,800 students across 86,500 square miles, in ten of Nevada's largest counties bordering five states. The main campus in Elko is home to an educational community that attracts students interested in a residential college experience. Centers are located in Battle Mountain, Ely, Pahrump, and Winnemucca. Satellite facilities are located in over a dozen communities across the college's service area.
Need to find information quick? Check out these links on topics ranging from Administration to the Great Basin College Virtual Humanities Center!
Great Basin College Library
McMullen Hall
1500 College Parkway
Elko, NV 89801
775-753-2222
Summer Library Hours
Monday - Friday:
8:00 am- 5:00 pm
Closed:
Weekends and Holidays
What do you think of the library's new website?
Let us know by filling out our Website Survey.
Subject guides are created by Great Basin College Librarians to assist you! These guides provide helpful resources and tutorials to help you succeed in finding credible resources.
The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers in full-text content -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid ads are excluded.
Issues & Controversies - Facts on File
Analyzes and explains hundreds of controversial topics, in a language and format that students can understand. with balance, accuracy and regular updating.
This database is unique because the complete archives of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800's. New titles and fields are being added regularly. Scholarly journal archive - it is NOT a current issue database.
ProQuest Social Science Journals
Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.
A comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases including SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter and SIRS Renaissance. It provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts and humanities.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Includes information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. Latest on topics from prevention to permanency, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption are included on this site.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
Explore a variety of topics on religion and society.
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
This social science dictionary has 1000 entries covering the disciplines of sociology, criminology, political science and women's study with a commitment to Canadian examples and events and names
Provides links for a variety of sociology topics.
Great Basin College Library
McMullen Hall
1500 College Parkway
Elko, NV 89801
775-753-2222
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 3,800 students are enrolled online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada’s largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
Great Basin College - 1500 College Parkway - Elko, Nevada 89801 - 775.738.8493
A member institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education
Accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
All rights reserved. Use of any content only by express permission of Great Basin College © 2019.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
This page is coded to conform to XHTML 1.0