Career Resources: Conducting Research

Library Quick Tips

Accessing the MDC Databases

• Access the databases available through MDC by selecting More Databases on the MDC Learning Resources Library webpage.

• Search the databases by subject.

• Try different keywords and add more than one in order to narrow down or focus the results.

• Be sure to add the following limiters to your searches, Full Text and Scholarly or Peer Reviewed when applicable.

Logging In

• Student MDC Username and Password

Researching

• When conducting your search, select Advanced Search whenever possible. The more keywords and limiters you use the more focused your search will be and you'll only have a few specific articles to look through rather than thousands.

• Always select Full Text from the filters when available. This is usually located below the search fields where you enter your keywords.

Useful Tools

• Take advantage of tools such as:

  • E-mail to send articles to yourself so as not to loose them.

  • Cite will generate a citation for the article in a variety of styles, including MLA. Simply copy and paste into your References.