MDC students have free access to over 100 subscription-based databases containing popular and scholarly periodicals, ebooks, videos, and other types of information resources.
The following videos by Yavapai College (Arizona) provide a good introduction to library databases.
What Are Databases & Why Do You Need Them?
(3 minutes)
Searching Databases
(5 minutes)
The databases listed below are useful for mathematics, science, and computers. (See also this printer-friendly PDF handout.)
You might be familiar with using Google Scholar to search for information from scholarly sources, but did you know there's a trick to making it even more useful? The video below shows you how to plug Google Scholar into our library databases for increased access to full text materials.
Using Google Scholar
(5 minutes)
For MDC databases that can help with your research on topics other than math, visit Research & Writing Guides: Recommended Databases.
If you are a resident of Miami Dade County and have a public library card, you also have access to the Miami Dade Public Library System's databases.