Today you’re going to learn about accessing the MCC Library to do some research. I’m going to show you how to find information that’s been published in magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. These are located in the library’s research databases. We’ll look at how to access the library, where to go to get help using the library, and how to access the research databases.
The library is located on the North Campus in Madisonville in the Learning Resource Center building.
We have computers, study space, and a collection of 20,000 books you can borrow at any time. Most of our resources and services are available online. You can access most of our digital collections through the college's website.
Go to madisonville.kctcs.edu. There are two ways to get to the library's website from the MCC site. The first way is to go to "Quick Links" at the top of the page and then select "Current Students."
From this page, scroll down to that second row of tiles, and click "Library."
The second way to access the library is to go through MyPath. Click on "MyPath" at the top left.
Log in with your MCC student username, which is your KCTCS email address. For example, jsmith0001@kctcs.edu, and your password.
From the MyPath page, scroll down to the white section and click on "Library."
And then choose "Madisonville Community College" from the list of different college libraries.
Or, on the MyPath page, you can scroll all the way down past the navy blue section to the local links, where you will find a link to the library for Madisonville.
This is the MCC Library's website. You can use the search box in the middle of the screen to search our book collection, our article collections, or our streaming video collections.
We're not going to use the library search box today. Instead, we'll look at one of the library's databases. You'll be using one of the databases today to find some information, and we'll show you how to do that later.
Before we do that, let’s show you where to go to get help. To access the databases, you can click on the first tile. Information about the library, located on campus, is on that second tile. And then if you need help, click on the third tile to access our help page. Let's look at that first.
The "Get Answers" page is our help platform, where you can access frequently asked questions about using the library. During daytime hours, you can get help through our chat box on the left, and you can always email the library at mcclibrary@kctcs.edu.
For help using specific databases, click on "Database Help." Here you can access step by step instructions on how to search using different databases.
For example, this page shows you how to use the library search box.
Let's go back to the library's webpage. Today we're going to find some articles using one of the library's databases.
Databases are collections of library materials. Usually the databases are collections of articles that appear in newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. The library also has databases for streaming video collections, and eBook collections. Click on the first tile to access the list of different databases.
The library's three largest databases are located at the top: ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and Gale Academic OneFile. The second box features some smaller databases. Gale In Context Opposing Viewpoints is great for finding information for English 101. More databases can be located at the bottom of the page.
In the next video, we'll search for some information using one of the library's databases.