What do you learn at a Database Workshop ?

TCC Library currently provides over 80 databases online for students, faculty and staff.

• Each database utilizes special features and provides unique shortcuts.
• Some databases collect specific types of resources, like newspaper articles, or magazines
• Other databases may collect a wide variety of resources including encyclopedias, government publications, articles and pamphlets
• Many databases concentrate on specific subject areas, for example
• Art
• Business
• Contemporary Women's Issues
• Criminal Justice
• e-Books
• Health & Medicine
• Literature
• Others are general databases that cover a wide range of topics, including
• Academic Search
• InfoTrac
• OmniFile
• Many databases provide full-text access to thousands of publications not available on the WWW !
• All TCC Library databases are available 24/7 online via your TCC ID card at LINCCWeb Library Information Network for Community Colleges
• TCC Library also has an online guide to finding articles and choosing databases

In a Database Workshop, we'll look at a selection of database families, explore search strategies designed to improve your research results, examine the kinds of resources found in these programs, and highlight the latest improvements !

Interested ?

Database Workshops are offered during Fall 2005 semester in
September, October and November
with sessions on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at various times -

visit Library Workshops for a complete listing of dates, times and locations

no pre-registration is required, and promptness is appreciated !

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