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Bias - Information Literacy Skill Development

Bias comes in many forms -- cognitive, media, implicit, outcome, stereotyping, etc. This resource identifies many bias resources, especially those related to information gathering, evaluation, and presentation.

DISCOVERY SEARCHING @ MCCC

MCCC Discovery Search--
  • MCCC Discovery Search is the search box on the library's main page
  • It searches MCCC databases for books, e-books, DVDs, articles, etc. simultaneously
    • Items held by the college will have location information, such as the call number
    • If the item is digital, it will provide a link for you to access it online
  • MCCC Discovery search includes a sampling of our databases for articles
    • It does not search all of our databases, see the A-Z Databases List for complete holdings
    • The more commonly used databases are included in the default settings
  • You will see information from a variety of different sources integrated together
    • Use the facets in the left frame to limit search results as needed
    • Limit by FORMAT, CONTENT TYPE, PUBLICATION YEAR, and DATABASES for best results
Enter your terms in the Discovery Search Box, click on SEARCH
  • Enter search terms
    • Keyword
    • Author
    • Title
    • Subject
  • Use Boolean operators as needed
    • AND--to narrow a search
    • OR--for synonyms
    • NOT--to exclude term

DISCOVERY SEARCH RESULTS

Book/eBook Search
  • Keyword=racism
  • Facets used
    • Book/eBook
    • Last 5 Years
  • Results
    • MCCC books
    • e-Books

Articles

  • Keyword=racism
  • Facets used
    • Article/Chapter
    • Full Text
    • Last 5 Years
  • Results
    • Newspaper articles
    • Magazine articles
    • Journal articles

Articles--Peer Reviewed

  • Keyword=racism
  • Facets used
    • Article/Chapter
    • Full Text + Peer Reviewed
    • Last 5 Years
  • Results
    • Journal Articles
  • Databases Facet
    • Note databases listed
    • Go to A-Z Database List

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