After logging in with the password given to you by the
library personnel, you will come to this page. If you need the password and
are not in the library, you can e-mail us at cclark@pekinhigh.net
to get this password. This page offers you two options, EBSCOHost Web and
TopicSearch.
EBSCOHost Web is the database that allows you to search for magazine articles
TopicSearch allows you to find article on a specific topic on a social issue.
EBSCOHost should be used for general research, it will give you the most sources!
For general research, click on MAS FullText Ultra and also Newspaper Source. For research on health issues, go to Health Source. For educational issues, go to the Professional Development Collection or ERIC.
At this screen, enter the topic you are looking for besides
the FIND prompt.
Under the Limit the Results prompt, you can search for specific magazine articles
or dates, but you must also put the topic in under the FIND prompt.
The library has four databases available for student use. Links to them are here:
Ask the library personnel for passwords, or
if you
are at home, e-mail me at cclark@pekinhigh.net
and
ask for them!
EBSCO is wonderful for research on any topic.
It
contains information from over 500 magazines!
SIRS has wonderful information on social issues.
The Electric Library has sources from books,
magazines,
newspapers, maps and includes pictures.
INET Library is another resource site. InetLibrary
also
has many special areas, such as an online encyclopedia,
dictionary, and thesaurus. It also has links to extensive
picture archives.
Novelist is also another site for teachers to
finds books,
and find book titles that are similar to other ones that they
have read.
For quick tutorials, please click on the tutorial
link
to take you there!
