Library Resources
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Available Resources
Your School Library Resources Public Library Resources MCC Library Resources Credible Internet Sources
AskaLibrarian http://www.askalibrarian.org/aal.asp
Real Time Chat Librarians 10-Midnight Sunday-Thursday 10-5 Friday & Saturday
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Manatee County School Library Resources
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/library_resources/index.htm See your Media Specialist for passwords to use at home!
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Manatee County Public Library http://www.co.manatee.fl.us/library/master.html
Electronic Information Resources (databases) There are a bunch to choose from! Use your barcode number to enter
Eaton Room Local historical resources 01/26/13
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Manatee County Library Databases http://www.co.manatee.fl.us/library/master.html Electronic Information Resources Enter library card barcode & PIN
Infotrac 01/26/13
Opposing Viewpoints Academic Onefile Junior Edition Environmental Issues U.S. History MORE!!! AMH 1010
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MCC Library Databases Find Articles magazine newspaper journal
Early Rocket Site Meritt Island, 1983
reference essays
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Suggested MCC Databases
ARTstor Biography Resource Center (Gale) InfoTrac Student Edition (Gale) JSTOR New York Times - Historical (ProQuest) Opposing Viewpoints Green Database
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MCC Databases Use databases to find names of famous people or projects Opposing Viewpoints “golden frogs” Search names or projects in Google using quotes
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"Project Golden Frog" "Proyecto Rana Dorada"
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Internet Research Tips “put quotes” around “important phrases”
site:org filetype:pdf "battle of agincourt" filetype:pdf site:org 01/26/13
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Internet Resouces http://lii.org (small search tool, try this before Google) http://google.com (use TIPS!) http://scholar.google.com (books & articles) http://ted.com (speeches from world experts)
Sign in (it’s free)
http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/100_websites_yo.php
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100 web sites you should know & use!
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MCC Library Hours Bradenton Campus
Venice Campus
M-TH 7:45 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
M-TH 7:45 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
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F 7:45 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
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