Library Resources

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Library Resources

• Locate
• Evaluate
• Use Information

Literature Resources
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askalibrarian.org/mcc

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

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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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Finding Short Stories

• MCC Book Catalog
• KEYWORD Search
• Put your short story title in quotes Supper at
  Elsinore
• This searches the table of contents of all books
• Not all TOC are uploaded into the Book Catalog
• If you dont find your story, then use the Short
  Story Index
• Short Story Index
• Look up your author
• Check MCC Book Catalog to find the book you need
• You may need to look in more than one index

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Circulation Books

• Use Library Book Catalog
• Circulation Books on 2nd Floor of Library
• MCC Student ID Library Card
• No overdue items
• 10 item limit
• 3 Week check out
• Citation Info in Book Catalog

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Book Catalog

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

Tip- SUBJECT SEARCH (not keyword) -Last name
first Look for Criticism and interpretation.
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Reference Books

• Magill Critical Survey of Short Fiction
• Ref. PN3321 .C7  
• Magill Masterplots II- Short Stories
• Ref. PN3326 .M27  
• Short Stories for Students
• Ref. PN3373 .S3844 
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
• Ref. PN452 .D53   
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Gale Literary Index

• Computer Index to literature reference books
• (see blue handout)
• Go into Literature Resource Center
• Click on Gale Literary Index
• Search by Author (better search than by title)
• Check blue handout to see if we own book

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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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Database Choices

• Literature Resource Center (Gale)
• Full-text criticism overviews
• MagillOnLiterature Plus (Magill)
• Full-text criticism overviews
• Humanities International Index (EBSCO)
• Full-text, scholarly
• Humanities Full-Text (Wilson)
• Full-text, scholarly

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Online Databases

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

ID PIN needed
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Evaluation Citation

• Evaluate web sites
• Who, what, where, when, why
• Author, facts, sponsoring organization, dates,
  purpose
• Landmark Citation Machine
• MCCs Citing Unusual Sources
• http//mccfl.edu/pages/767.asp
• MLA APA formats web sites, databases
• MLA Manual books regular articles
• REF LB 2369 .G53

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Essentials

• askalibrarian.org/mcc
• 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