Library Resources

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Library Resources

• Locate
• Evaluate
• Use Information

Literature Resources
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What you are Eligible For

• Research Help
• Check out Books
• Access Virtual Library
• Databases magazines, journals
• eBooks
• Literature resources
• Downloadable audio books

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Things to Bring

• Bring MCC Photo ID
• Dollar Bills for Copy Card
• Copy Machine
• Computer Printers
• SINGLES
• Change for Fiche/film machines

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What is a Call Number?

• Call Numbers
• Made up of Letters Numbers
• Unique to each book
• Tells the address of Book/Video

Ref. CT 100 .C43 1992
Ref. CT 100 .C43 1992
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Call Number Order
HG 179.02 .M455
HG 179 .A43
HG 179.2 .M445
HG 179 .F38 1990
Ref. HG 179 .M37
HG 179 .F38 1991
Write the order of these books
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Library Organization

• AGeneral Works
• BPhilosophy Religion
• CTBiography
• DHistory
• EAmerican History
• HSocial Sciences
• JGovernment
• KLaw

• LEducation
• MMusic
• NArt
• PLanguage
• Literature
• QScience
• RMedicine
• TTechnology

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Circulation Books

• Use Library Book Catalog
• Circulation Books on 2nd Floor of Library
• MCC Student ID Library Card
• 10 item limit
• 3 Week check out

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Book Catalog

• http//www.mccfl.edu
• Library
• Book Catalog

Tip- SUBJECT SEARCH (not keyword) -Author Last
name first Look for Criticism and interpretation.
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MCC Library

• Use Electronic Databases (Home or Library)
• Come in and find
• Articles
• magazines, newspapers, journals
• Reference Articles
• electronic versions of Reference Books
• Ebooks

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Online Databases

• Access MCC Virtual Library
• http//www.mccfl.edu
• Library
• Electronic Resources

ID PIN needed
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Database Choices

• Literature Resource Center (Gale)
• Full-text criticism overviews
• MagillOnLiterature Plus (Magill)
• Full-text criticism overviews
• Lit Finder (Roth)
• Full-text, poems, short stories, speeches
• JSTOR (JSTOR)
• Full-text, scholarly
• Grangers Index to Poetry (Columbia U. Press)
• Full-text, poems, author biographies, searchable
  by topic
• Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford U. Press)
• Full-text online dictionary

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Gale Literary Index

• Index to reference books
• (blue handout shows what MCC owns)
• Go into Literature Resource Center
• Click on Gale Literary Index
• Search by Author (its a better search)
• Check blue handout
• we have more than the public library

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Internet

• Use a good search tool
• google.com lii.org answers.com
• yahoo.com AskJeeves.com msn.com
• Search tools search differently
• Read Help Files for search tips
• Evaluate EVERYTHING

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Evaluation Citation

• Evaluate web sites
• Who, what, where, when, why
• Author, facts, sponsoring organization, dates,
  purpose
• Landmark Citation Machine
• http//citationmachine.net/
• MCCs Citing Unusual Sources
• http//mccfl.edu/pages/767.asp
• MLA format e-books, databases web sites

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askalibrarian.org/mcc

• Real Time Chat
• Librarians
• 10-Midnight Sunday-Thursday
• 8-5 Friday Saturday
• Bradenton Reference Help
• [phone]
• Venice Reference Help
• [phone]

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MCC Library Hours

• Bradenton Campus
• M-TH
• 745 a.m.-1000 p.m.
• F
• 745 a.m.-430 p.m.
• Sunday
• 200 p.m.-600 p.m.

• Venice Campus
• M-TH
• 745 a.m.-900 p.m.
• F
• 745 a.m. - 430 pm