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Dental Hygiene & Dental Assisting Overview

Guide created to support research in dental hygiene & dental assisting at TCC

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Dental Hygiene & Dental Assisting Subject Guide

Welcome to the library subject guide for dental hygiene and dental assisting!


This research and resource guide is your starting point for beginning research and discovering dental-related resources available through the TCC Libraries. This guide organizes the resources you need to conduct research on your topic in one place. Select any page or link below to begin.

This guide is designed to help you:

  • Start Here: 
    • Choose keywords and learn general search strategies.
    • Find guidelines you can use to help you evaluate your sources.
  • Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): 
    • Understand how EBP applies to dental hygiene. 
    • Use PICO to formulate a clinical question and identify different levels of evidence.
    • Find additional resources for further reading.
  • Articles: 
    • Identify dental-related databases and journals the library has access to.
    • Select appropriate databases for researching your topic.
  • Books & More: 
    • Find dental-related books, eBooks, and other materials, including career and test preparation resources.

This guide also provides access to: 

  • Citations: Resources available to help with citations
  • Course Guides: Our list of course guides (check to see if one has been created for your course!)

  • If you still have questions after reading this guide, find out how to get more help.
  • If you are brand new to the TCC Libraries, you may want to start with our Library 101 guide.