eResearch
Guides
Interior
Design
Library Research
and
Resources
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Doing
Library Research
A
good research paper should include information from a variety
of sources:
Books
Encyclopedias
and other reference works
Magazines
and journals
Newspapers
The
Internet
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While
the Internet may provide useful information, it may not be your
best source.
Print
Resources
MCC Library Catalog
Use for books and audiovisual materials at all the libraries
in the community college system. Enter the word or words that
best describe your topic.
Search by:
Keyword(s) =Interior Design and
Egyptian
Subject(s) =Interior
Design
Title =Egyptian |
Books
Print Journals
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Interior
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Database Resources
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Expanded
Academic ASAP
Indexed collection of 1,896 academic journals and magazines,
more than 900 titles include full text articles in addition
to abstracts. Subject areas covered include astronomy, religion,
law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology,
communications and the general sciences. Covers 1980 to present.
For best results, use the Subject search option.
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MasterFILE
Premier
Indexed and abstracted collection of 2,700 periodical titles
representing the subjects of business, consumer health, general
science, social sciences and technology. Coverage begins in
1984 with full text coverage from 1990. |
National
News
Online access to the top five newspapers in the United States
including: The Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall
Street Journal and the L.A. Times in full text since 1999 to
the present. |
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WilsonSelect
Plus
Full text of articles from over 800 periodicals covering a wide
variety of subjects. It is comprised of 50% of titles from Reader's
Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts,
General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Coverage
from 1994 to present. |
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
Includes the full text of current print versions of Encyclopedia
Britannica, Britannica’s Student Encyclopedia, and the
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Users also have access to a
dictionary, a thesaurus and multimedia resources.
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Internet
Resources
| Accessing
Library Resources
From Home
If you have a computer with Internet access, you can make
use of the library’s databases from the convenience
of your own home. Simply set your Internet browser to the
library’s main web page (shown below) and follow the
links.
Follow these steps:
1. Go
to http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/library/
2. To
search for magazines or journals, click on “electronic
resources.” At the top of the index page, click the
link “Off-Campus Access.”
3. Log
on with your MCC e-mail user name and password.
4.
Make a selection of one of the databases listed.
All of
the databases listed may be accessed from your home or school
computer.
All
Research Guides are available online at: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/library/researchguides.html
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