MCC Library Newsletter

Have you ever wondered if the MCC Library has access to the electronic version of a magazine, journal or newspaper? Have you ever found a result in one database that did not include the full-text? Was there a “Journal Linker” option provided? Both Journal Linker and E-Journal Portal are ways to find out if one of our library’s electronic databases includes the online full-text of the periodical title you are seeking. Additionally, the E-Journal Portal will tell you if MCC has the print version in its library. Please view this handout for additional instructions.

Copies of the videos of the James Watson and Tamim Ansary lectures are now available for up to 24-hour checkout from the Library.

Since we expect these to be popular, we ask that you return them promptly by the end of one-day loan period.

Ask about these videos at the MCC Library Circulation Desk.

The featured NetLibrary eBook for November is entitled Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. “Named one of the Top 100 Books of the Millennium by Amazon, Great Expectations stands as one of the most enduring novels ever written. Even readers who have not turned a page of Dickens since senior English will find themselves caught up in the story of young Pip, a poor blacksmith’s apprentice who unexpectedly receives great wealth, education, and social privilege. When his secret benefactor turns out to be a convict whom Pip helped as a child, he is forced to reexamine his feelings about society, criminality, and what it means to be a gentleman.”

To view the eBook, go to the Library’s homepage and select NetLibrary from the left hand of the screen or in the Databases by Title listing. The eBook is accessible from the lower right corner of the NetLibrary main page if you are a current MCC student, faculty or staff. The eBook can only be accessed by one person at a time; therefore, be sure to close the book when are finished viewing the item.

This databases covers a wide variety of subject areas, including Current Events, History, Literature and. SRC Gold provides access to online reference books, periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, and multimedia. The database includes biographies, essays, and overviews, full-text articles from magazines, primary documents, photographs, maps, and graphics, and video and audio clips. Results are returned by document type and indicate Reading Levels.

To access Student Resource Center GOLD, go the library homepage, select “Databases by Title,” and scroll down to find the title of the database.