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World Languages Research Guide: Finding Articles & More

A resource guide for foreign languages, with an emphasis on Spanish, French and German.

Off-Campus Access to Databases

To access any database in this Research Guide from off campus, you will need your myMCC login.

Article Databases

Selecting and Using Keywords Video (3:50)

keyword with magnifying glass over research

Joshua Vossler's video "Selecting and Using Keywords"

Keywords and Database Searching

  • Use specific keywords, not questions.
  • Revise your keywords to see how that changes your results.
  • Look for more keywords in the articles you find.

Quick Tips and Shortcuts for Database Searching (video 5:19)

Entering Keywords into a Database (video 4:41)

Good Starting Point

Academic OneFile is a good starting point when you're looking for magazine, newspaper and journal articles on your topic. When searching in our databases, make sure to combine your key terms with Boolean AND (to include all the terms) or Boolean OR (for related terms).