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Go to the College's web page:
www.mdc.edu
Click on Libraries in the
meme on the left side of the page.
Click on Find Articles.
Select Miami Dade College (your
home college), if it is not already checked.
Click in the Borrower ID
box and type the 16-digit number from your Miami Dade student ID
card.
Click in the PIN box and
type the last four digits of EITHER the 16-digit number on your
ID card or your social security number.
You must be a currently registered student or an MDC
employee to gain access to the database.
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You may enter the author's name in the
Author Search box or select from the other search options: Title,
Advanced, Keyword, Authors by Type, or Literary-Historical
Timeline.
If you select the Literary-Historical
Timeline type of search, you will see a list of literary and
political events that occurred during a time period in history.
Notice that you can select one of
several blue links below the search types for an
explanation of the system. For example, if you click on Research Guide
you will see an in-depth guide to preparing research papers, from
conceptual beginning to citing resources. Also, if you click
on Encyclopedia of Literature you will access the
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature online.
Once you enter an author's name,
you will see that you can select from the following types of
information about the author: Biographies, Literary
Criticism, Articles & Work Overviews, Bibliographies,
Additional Resources, and the Literary-Historical Timeline.
Click on the blue link
in a citation
to see the full text of the document. The document forms
vary and may include periodical articles, essays, and excerpts
from books.
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