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Help make Wikipedia better! November 2021 Edit-a-thon @ the library

Throughout the month of November, the library invites the community to join a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. The goal is to improve the quality of articles on preventive health care and wellness-related topics by adding citations to reliable health information sources. Our local event is part of a larger campaign led by the Network of the National Library of Medicine (#citeNLM). We've put together some resources to enable interested would-be editors to jump in and start adding citations to articles:

• Wikipedia Edit-a-thon LibGuide: overview of edit-a-thon with instructions for participating and suggestions for finding and evaluating health information
• MCLA Fall 2021 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Dashboard: log in to join the campaign; add/select articles to edit; track your contributions
• Handout/quick start guide with instructions for adding citations to Wikipedia articles

This activity can be as individual and self-paced as participants would like, but stay tuned for more information about a virtual workshop and group editing opportunities in November. If you're interested in incorporating this activity into any of your classes, please let us know -- we'd be happy to assist!

New databases and full-text journal access for 2021

The library is pleased to offer new and enhanced databases, including thousands of full-text journals, from EBSCO starting this semester.  

Two of our most popular databases, Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier, have been upgraded.   

• Academic Search Complete offers about 2,500 more full-text journals than Academic Search Premier (title list)  

• Business Source Complete includes about 1,800 more full-text journals than Business Source Premier (title list). 

In addition to those upgrades, MCLA now has access to two brand new databases.  

• Social Sciences Full-Text includes over 160 full-text journals in sociology and social work, indexing for 840 journals, and coverage dating back to 1972.  

• Sustainability Reference Center covers all aspects of sustainability, including environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility and federal, state and local regulations. It includes 500 full-text journals and indexing for 1,100 journals.  

All library databases can be found on our website under Databases A-Z.  

Access to this new content was negotiated by MCCLPHEI, a statewide consortium of public higher education libraries, and comes at no additional cost to MCLA. We hope that you find these resources useful in your work. Questions? Feedback? Please contact the library. 

Help make Wikipedia better! Edit-a-thon @ the library, Wednesday, November 20 (all day)

Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. On November 20, Freel Library invites you -- yes, you! -- to join in our very first Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Our event is part of a nationwide effort led by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to improve Wikipedia articles related to health and medicine. The process is simple: