ABOUT GBC
Welcome to Great Basin College!
Great Basin College values you! Valuing what we have in common and our differences means we will foster a college climate of mutual trust, tolerance, informed discourse and always seek to promote GBC as a "safe space" to explore new ideas and perspectives with opportunities for you to grow, learn and be successful in a friendly, supportive campus environment. GBC enriches people's lives by providing student-centered, post-secondary education to rural Nevada. GBC students enjoy outstanding academic programs, smaller class sizes, and excellent faculty who really care about our students. We are GBC!
ADMISSIONS
ACADEMICS
For High School Students
STUDENT SERVICES
GBC ONLINE
Great Basin College is "The Gold Standard in the Silver State" when it comes to long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers hundreds of classes and a diverse array of certificate and degree programs fully online and fully affordable!
COMMUNITY
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 4,000 students are enrolled annually 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!
INFORMATION
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RESOURCES
Listing of eBooks
Accessing Library Resources
Please go to www.gbcnv.edu/myapps/ to learn about Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) to access GBC resources including Library databases and Library resources.
List of E-books
- ASCD Education Collection
- The ASCD collection focuses on a variety of topics in the field of education and includes over 90 eBooks. This database of eBooks is exclusive from the Gale Virtual Reference Library, so be sure and search the Virtual Reference Library if you need information on a topic other than education.
- EBSCOhost: Ebooks
- Over 100,000 eBooks are available to GBC students through EBSCO (formerly NetLibrary). Search by subject, title or author and research right from home.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Gale Virtual Reference Library general reference eBooks provide online access to over 50 reference books spanning a variety of subject matter, such as biography, environment, history, medicine, science and social science.
- ProQuest Ebook Central
- Access to over 25,000 books from publishers such as McGraw Hill, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press.
- WORLD BOOK Online
- The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, all complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites for students in elementary and secondary education.
For More Information Contact
Great Basin College Library
McMullen Hall
1500 College Parkway
Elko, NV 89801
775-327-2122
Why Great Basin College
Great Basin College, "The Gold Standard in the Silver State", offers associate and baccalaureate level education in academic, career and technical fields. Welcoming over 4,000 students annually from all corners of the country, both online and at our various campuses and centers, GBC's presence extends across two time zones and spans more than 86,000 square miles throughout Nevada. A leader in rural higher education, GBC takes pride in developing students who are well-prepared to meet the demands of industry and who contribute to the success and prosperity of the local economy.
