ENGL 152--Feroni

Invest Time and Effort

• Finding, evaluating and citing sources for your paper is a process that takes time and effort to yield good results

Cite your sources

• To give proper credit for quotes, paraphrases, ideas and information from your sources
• To avoid plagiarism

Resources to use for your assignment

• Reports (Issues) Databases

  • To help choose and develop your topic

• MCCC Article Databases

  • Find peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles
  • Find magazine & newspaper articles
  • Obtain more current, cutting-edge information and research

• MCCC Reference Databases

  • Handbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopedias
  • Get overviews, definitions, historical perspective, & statistics
  • Find related terms and keywords

• A-Z Databases Webpage

  • Choose additional databases useful for specific topics

• MCCC Library Homepage Search

  • Search multiple databases combined
  • Find e-books

Email, save, print, and cite your selected sources

• To find, read, review and check your sources later
• Cite your sources to give proper credit for quotes, paraphrases, ideas and information from your sources and to avoid plagiarism