Community College News: Books and Articles

• Why search here? 
  Designed for academic institutions, this database is a leading resource for scholarly research. and supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study. 
• What's included? 
  Journals, periodicals, reports, books and more. Subjects include: Animal science, anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and philosophy, science and technology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and more.

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  AdjunctNation is all about teaching, community and connection and is intended for teaching faculty who work in two and four year colleges and universities. The site’s award-winning content focuses on the issues and interests vital to the professionals who teach the majority of America’s 20 million college students.
• What's included?
  This digital periodical offers readers news, insights, and professional development materials, plus career opportunities, and the knowledge to succeed in the college classroom. 

• Why search here?
  Chronicle of Higher Education is a weekly newspaper that features academic-related news articles, information, and job listings for college and university faculty and administrators.
• What's included?
  It also includes current and back issues, search features, opinions & ideas, facts & figures, topics, advice, forums, and events.

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  A must-have for social science, history, and liberal arts coursework, Diversity Studies explores cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. 
• What's included?
  This collection includes scholarly journals, including more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals and is updated daily. Exclusive features include Topic Finder and a mobile-optimized interface to support and enhance the search experience.

• Why search here?
  Use this link to search multiple education related databases at once. This collection of databases that can be found listed individually in the A-Z Database List. Choose the databases you want to search on the next screen. This is helpful if you aren't sure which education database to search or want to search multiple places at once.
• What's included?
  This collection includes the following databases: ERIC, Professional Development Collection, Teacher Reference Center

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• Why search here?
  The EBSCO eBooks Collection are online versions of print books. 
• What's included?
  This is a collection of over 3,000 ebooks selected by MCC Librarians and covers a wide range of topics. All titles in this collection will be available via MCC Search.

• Why search here?
  ERIC is the largest database of scholarly and non-academic literature for the field of education.
• What's included?
  ERIC contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 323,000 full-text educational documents. This includes education-related documents, journal articles, program descriptions and evaluations, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, and instructional materials from 1966 to the present. 

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  This database provides access to a balanced collection of academic sources. Perfect for a broad spectrum of students, faculty and other researchers, Expanded Academic ASAP contains more than 5,300 titles; more than 3,000 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines, including more than 3,800 peer-reviewed journals. 
• What's included?
  This database is used for research across academic disciplines, offering in-depth coverage on a variety of subjects is available through: Social science journals, Humanities journals, General interest magazines, Science and technology journals, National and global news sources

• Why search here?
  Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE Premier provides a robust collection of full-text magazines, e-books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection. 
• What's included?
  MasterFILE Premier contains full text for general reference magazines and publications covering a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. It also includes an extensive image collection of more than 2 million photos, maps and flags.

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• Why search here?
  Professional Development Collection is a highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers. 
• What's included?
  Professional Development Collection includes full text for high-quality education journals and reports.

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• Why search here?
  Teacher Reference Center is a research database for teachers and educators in the U.S. and abroad.
• What's included?
  Teacher Reference Center includes abstracts of articles from more than 230 peer-reviewed journals covering subjects such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary through higher ed, and many more related subjects.