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Research Tutorial from JSTOR

Research Basics: an open academic research skills course
Welcome to the ever-expanding universe of scholarly research!
There's a lot of digital content out there, and we want to help you get a handle on it. Where do you start? What do you do? How do you use it? Don’t worry, this course has you covered.

This introductory program was created by JSTOR to help you get familiar with basic research concepts needed for success in school. The course contains three modules, each made up of three short lessons and three sets of practice quizzes. The topics covered are subjects that will help you prepare for college-level research. Each module ends with an assessment to test your knowledge.

The JSTOR librarians who helped create the course hope you learn from the experience and feel ready to research when you’ve finished this program. Select Module 1: Effective Searching to begin the course. Good luck!

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Recommended Dadtabases

Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. Titles cover a wide range of humanities, social science, performing arts, and general reference subjects.
ERIC
an EBSCO database
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.
Issues and Controversies
Featuring a dynamic design and a wealth of features, Issues & Controversies helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library founded in 1994. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary sources as well as current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals.
Ebook Central
Ebook Central includes online versions of print books that the library either purchased with a perpetual license or via an annual subscription. eBooks that are owned will be available to the library in perpetuity, with provisions being made for long term access and preservation.
Gale Literature Resource Center
off-campus, choose Mercer County Community College to proceed
part of VALE – Virtual Academic Library Environment of New Jersey
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.

Using Databases

Using Oxford Reference
Using EBSCOhost Databases
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Using Issues & Controversies
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Using ProQuest Databases
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Using JSTOR
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Using Gale Literature Resource Center
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Movie Script Database

Script Slug
Can I use these screenplays for my class or research project?
We can't give you legal advice, but we can speak to our own use of screenplays. Script Slug posts screenplays for educational and research purposes under the fair use doctrine of the United States. You are subject to your own jurisdiction's and organization's laws and policies.
New York Film Academy
Where to download movie scripts

Reference Librarian

Heather Smith

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(609) 570-3545

Meet Heather Pierce Smith, Reference & Information Literacy Librarian

Greetings! I'm Heather Smith, one of the librarians here at Mercer County Community College. I have been an academic librarian for over a decade. If you need any help with your research or locating specific sources, feel free to email me at smithh@mccc.edu or call me at 609-570-3545.

You may also use the box to the left to chat with a college librarian during the library's open hours (current library hours are at the MCCC Library's homepage) or send an email to library@mccc.edu anytime for more research assistance.

Cheers, Heather