Research Guides: Dental Assisting, Hygiene and Laboratory Technology: Dental Hygiene

Welcome Dental Hygiene Students!

Welcome to the Library Research Session for Dental Hygiene!

On this page you will find resources for:

PCC Library services available to students
Using PCC Library databases
Citing sources in MLA

Library Services Overview

Here is what the PCC Library homepage looks like (below), with a few key resources highlighted, including: where to do a book & ebook search, where to get assistance from a librarian, and where to access the library databases.

Recommended Databases

Health, Nursing & Medicine Databases (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Includes Consumer Health Complete, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and MEDLINE. Covers medical sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nutrition, health, and wellness. Includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
Health & Medical Complete (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Full text journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more. Articles from newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals of the ethnic and minority press.
Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Offering up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. Includes more than 2,500 academic journals and other periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
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PubMed features citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Looking for more databases to choose from?
Check out PCC Library's full list of databases on the A-Z Database List page!

Recommended Journals

Available online to PCC students!

Need assistance getting to our online resources? Check out the library's Off-Campus Access page.

MLA Citations

MLA Citations - Overview:

Additional MLA resources:

MLA Style Quick Guide from PCC
Includes guidelines and examples of MLA citations.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide from OWL Purdue
Examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, and Works Cited pages.