Welcome to Miller-Motte College in Jacksonville, NC. Here your will find helpful information for completing all your research projects. Be sure to check the pages on the right. The Research page is designed to assist you with the research process. The Resources page provides links to online articles and news as well as How-To guides for citing your sources in APA and MLA formats. Additional pages provide course specific information for our various programs.



Mission Statement

The Miller-Motte College Library is organized and funded to support the overall mission and stated goals of the College. The Library acquires and organizes appropriate information resources for use by students, faculty and staff. The Library staff places strong emphasis on providing effective reference assistance and instruction to users, while facilitating maximum use of all available resources. From this site our patrons have direct access to online research databases and program websites.

Research

How to Find Good Information

Look for sources that are balanced, show where the data came from, and show who created/wrote the information.  Make sure you have a mixture of background information,  (from encyclopedias or books), current research and news (from journals, magazines or newspapers), and reliable data from authoritative sources.

The Seven Steps of the Research Process, from Cornell University, outlines a simple and effective strategy for finding information for a research project and documenting the sources.
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