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Astronomy Resources: Essay Research Sources

Use this guide to find appropriate, scholarly resources for your essay assignments.

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Note: Not all subscription resources available through the library can be searched in the MCTC Search box above. Head to our AtoZ library resource page to see a full list of online collections to support your research needs! As always, reach out to the library staff with help finding sources! Visit this page to schedule help. 

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If you would like to schedule help with a librarian for a research assignment, click on the link below and book a research consultation.

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Our library resources are available online 24/7 for your use! Having a problem accessing the library databases? Go to the Off-Campus Instructions library guide. 

NOTE: Students may see a login error when accessing electronic library resources. This error is generally caused either by an expired authentication token or a prior sign-in attempt in progress. To avoid this error, you can close the browser and reopen it in a "private" or "incognito" window. You may also fix this problem by going to your browser settings to the search history and clear/delete the data from websites you have visited and clear the cookies saved in the history. Then, close the browser and reopen it. 

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Astronomy Journals Available Online

These are just a few journals that are searchable through the MCTC Library. You may find more resources sources within the MCTC Library Search box (see box above) or by searching databases individually, such as EBSCOhost, Gale CENGAGE and ProQuest (see box to the left). 

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Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism can be DELIBERATE or UNINTENTIONAL. Whenever you borrow words or ideas, you MUST acknowledge their source to give the author/creator credit and to respect their intellectual property!

The following situations almost always require citation:

  • turning in someone else's work as your own
  • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
  • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
  • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
  • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work [also called "fair use" in copyright law], whether you give credit or not 

--excerpt from Plagiarism.org


For more help understanding plagiarism and citation for research papers, consult the library's Citation Guide.