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English 102, Part I - MCCC Library resources, Searching and Databases: Accessing the library's web resources

Covering effective computer searching for locating academic resources using the MCCC Library’s online databases

Accessing the MCCC Library homepage & databases

This section shows you how to access the MCCC Library's resources both on and off campus.

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Accessing the MCCC Library homepage & databases

The video below will show you how to get to the MCCCC Library's homepage and access the library's database page. (Running time 3:09)

 

Off campus access to library resources

When you are off of the MCCC campus, you will need to log in to the library's online resources using a username and password. Use the following to log into the MCCC Libraryt's online resources:

For your username: Use your MyMercer name, likely in the format of firstname.lastname [DO NOT include @ students.mccc.edu]

For your password: Use your birth date in the format of MMDDYY [for the birth date of July, 27, 2001 use 072701]

The image below show the MCCC Library login page.

 

MerSearch

MerSearch allows you to search nearly all of the MCCC Library's resources (articles, books, ebooks, etc.) at one time. Sometimes this type of searching is what you need. However, MerSearch could also overwhelm you with too many results too.

The video below show you how to use MerSearch. (Running time 2:10)