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Library Orientation

What is a database?

You might think that finding an article about your topic by searching through back issues of print periodicals would be difficult and you would be right!  Fortunately, we have databases to help us search electronically and also to provide many more periodicals than those we have in print.  A database is simply a collection of items stored electronically. Items could include articles, videos, audio files, pictures or ebooks. Some advantages of databases are that they are:

  • added to constantly so they are more up-to-date than print books
  • searchable electronically 
  • more reliable than web sites because you can limit your search to scholarly sources and recent research
  • available whether the library is open or not
  • hosted by reputable scholarly publishers
  • much larger than the print collection any library could possibly have

 

Using Databases

  • You can search everything the library owns or subscribes to, including databases, using the search box in the middle of the library's home page.  You can access individual databases on the Databases tab of the library's website. 
  • When you use any database off campus, you will be asked for your myMartin login (e-mail) OR library card number.  Your library card number is your 7-digit ID number from your class schedule followed by the letters MR.  You can find your library card number on the back of your student ID.  If you need help, call the library at 252-789-0238.
  • The video tutorial about finding scholarly journal articles on the previous page illustrates searching databases.

Below are lists of the databases (or collections of databases) and collections of ebooks available at Martin.

Alphabetical Listing of Databases at Martin

When using databases off campus your password is your myMartin login or your 7-digit student ID number (from your class schedule) followed by the letters MR. (If you only have 6 digits, add a zero in front.)  If you need help, call the library at 252-789-0238.

eBook Databases at Martin

Use the links below for the most direct route to ebooks in the Martin Community College Library.  (Using the search box in the middle of the library's home page will yield ebook results, but they cannot be easily separated from print book results, and most of our ebooks are NOT searchable through the library catalog to the left.)

Fiction

We have three ebook collections that include fiction.  They allow downloading to phones, tablets and laptops.  Two of them also include audiobooks.

Borrow thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction e-books and e-audiobooks through Dogwood Digital Library, a shared collection of items from a consortium of North Carolina community college libraries. These items may be downloaded to most computers and mobile devices.  You must create an account, download the Libby app to your mobile device, and log in using your library card to borrow books.  If you don't have a library card, contact the library.  You should always sign in to Libby using your library card, not your MyMartin login. The MyMartin login only authenticates you as a Martin user.  It will not sync you with your individual account on the Libby app.

Gale eBooks

Gale eBooks contains 25 reference books on a variety of topics, including the new Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations.

NC Live eBooks

NC Live has eleven databases containing ebook collections. From the NC Live ebook home page, you can search all ebook collections at once using the ebook search box.  You can also scroll down and explore each collection separately.

Omnigraphics Sourcebooks

Omnigraphics Sourcebooks are reference books about diseases and disorders.  You must create an account to save articles and create citations.

R2 Digital Library

R2 Digital Library is a collection of medical and allied health ebooks.

Salem Press eBook Collection

Salem Press reference books are available in both print and ebook editions in the Martin CC Library.

Stat!Ref eBook Collection

Stat!Ref is a collection of nursing and allied health ebooks.  Click on the Stat!Ref box for access.