Rachel Kramer
Research Librarian
she/her/hers
MCC Learning Commons
rkramer@mclennan.edu
254-299-8390
"What the heck is a database?"
A library database is a searchable collection of digital items (such as journal or newspaper articles). Database companies collect these items to fill their databases. Multiple database companies may collect the same item, which then appears in each database.
Database companies charge a fee for access to their databases. Don't worry, MCC Library Services pays this fee for MCC students, faculty, and staff (with the exception of continuing education students).
Gale Books and Authors is a book recommendation resource for readers of all ages, with information about fiction and non-fiction pulled from book lists dating back to the early 1900s.
Gale Literature is a multisearch interface bringing together 7 of the top literature databases from Gale, including Gale Literature Resource Center and Gale Literature Criticism.
Gale Literature Resource Center provides access to author biographical information, work overviews, full-text literary criticism, and authoritative reviews on more than 130,000 published novelists in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.
An easy-to-use online resource that provides multimedia content to complement children's and young adult books. Resources include audio book readings, book discussion guides, lesson plans, and more, for over 40,000 children’s and young adult books in English and Spanish.
