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Background & Introductory Databases

• Gale eBooks is a great database for 3-7 page overviews/introductions to a topic, person, or thing. Here are some sample searches/results:
  • Black Lives Matter
  • SNAP Benefits

General Research Databases

• MiraCosta Library's EBSCOhost: All Databases is one of the library's biggest databases. It has eBooks, journal articles, magazine articles, news sources, and more! Here are some sample searches/results:
  • "Me Too Movement"
  • DACA students "community college"

Using Google Better!!

• Use "quotation marks" around "specific phrases" and add site:org, site:edu and site:gov to get more specific results!! Here are some sample searches:
  • "criminal record expungement" "fee waivers" site:gov
  • "black lives matter" "transgender women" site:org

Film & Video Databases

• MiraCosta Library subscribes to many film and video databases you can use to find documentaries about - and scholars discussing - many different topics. Check out the list of our video databases here!