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Search the Herrin City LIbrary Catalog. 

**Research:**  If you want to search for a title outside of the State of Illinois or to find full-text magazine articles, please[|click here] for access. You will need to call the library at 942-6109 for the User ID and Password. This is a free service sponsored by the Illinois State Library.

Here is another link to the National Library Catalog through OCLC’s WorldCat program! Please [|click here] for access. This link does not require any special logon or password. Use this link to find any title anywhere in the USA!



 

===The information below comes from the [|Ebsco Support Site]. Teachers are stongly encouraged to familarize themselves with this site. ===


 * Complete articles from more than 500 popular high school magazines, such as:
 * //[|American History] //
 * //[|Archaeology] //
 * //[|Atlantic Monthly] //
 * //[|Nation] //
 * //[|National Review] //
 * //[|New Republic] //
 * //[|Scientific American] //
 * //[|Foreign Affairs] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|PC Magazine] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Scientific American] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|American Cheerleader] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Careers & Colleges] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Dirt Bike] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Fantasy & Science Fiction] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Macworld] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|People] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Ride BMX] //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Rolling Stone] //
 * //<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Sporting News] //
 * Keyword searching
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Nearly 300,000 photos, maps and flags
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Built-in dictionary and encyclopedia
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Student ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Research Center //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – a search screen designed especially for students in grades 8-12

When do you use a database?
=Image Use= =Image Usage Permission= > Copyright of this image is the property of PUBLISHER and the image may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. The image may be printed for personal, non-commercial use; used in presentations for educational use consistent with the Copyright Act of 1976; but may not be posted on the Web or used in any other form of mass media without express written permission from the copyright holder. > > The Full Text of Copyright Act of 1976 is available from: @http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tutorials: =
 * In a library, use a full-text database when you are looking for magazine, journal, or newspaper articles. Full-text means the entire article is available for you to print.
 * Use a database when you want data that is very current. Would you want a book that is 3 years old or a medical database that is updated every month?[[image:http://www.tcc.edu/Lrc/images/numbers.jpg width="146" height="106" align="right"]]
 * Use a database when you need statistics. Numerical data is ideal for a database format since retrieval of organized data is much easier than wading through volumes of unorganized data.
 * Although you'd probably want a book if you were researching the history of Russia you might use a database to look for online documents or encyclopedia articles to support your research.
 * Generally, use a database when you need to find specific information.
 * [|FREE Photos from Databases:] Directions: Log-in, Click on Images at the top, find image, save to folder or copy and paste.
 * What am I allowed to do with this image?**

[|Visual Search (5 min)]
===<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|More Tutorials at Ebsco Support Site] || **Student Success Tools**Help your students succeed with these quick lessons on key study-skill topics such as note taking and bibliography writing. Feel free to use these as handouts, or provide a link or the page address so students can re-visit these important tools time and time again. || || || [|Online Citation Maker] || || || [|A Recipe for Research] || || || [|A Student Guide to Persuasive Essays and Debates [PDF]] || || || [|How to Avoid Plagiarism [PDF]] || || || [|How to Cite Information [PDF]] || || || [|How to Take Good Notes [PDF]] || || || [|How to Write a Bibliography [PDF]] || || || [|How to Write a Thesis Statement [PDF]] || || || [|Quick Tips for Students When Writing Persuasive Essays [PDF]] || || || [|Student Guide to Lexiles [PDF]] || || || [|Student Research Center: Accurate Research Simplified] || || || [|The Differences Between Peer-Reviewed and Popular Magazines [PDF]] || **NOTE: For any of the links below to work off school campus, you must be logged into the database first. Please come to the library to get a copy of the log-ins and passwords.** [|History...It's Happening:] New Research Website from Ebsco: Archives, Videos, Links & More! [|Influenza Database: From Ebsco Host: H1N1 & More] **Take a look at a few examples of databases available for free:**===
 * A database of books at the [|Library of Congress]
 * A database of biographies at [|Biography.com]
 * A database of statistics at [|Hockey Statistics Archive]

=Lesson Plans & Ideas:=


 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconWord.gif]] [|Australia/New Zealand Reference Center – EBSCOhost]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconWord.gif]] [|Australia/New Zealand Reference Center – Student Research Ctr]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconWord.gif]] [|Canadian Student Research Center Scavenger Hunt]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconWord.gif]] [|EBSCOhost Scavenger Hunt & Answer Key - Information Literacy]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconWord.gif]] [|History Reference Center Scavenger Hunt]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Kids Search Scavenger Hunt & Answer Key]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Kids Search Scavenger Hunt - Spanish Version]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Library Scavenger Hunt for Youths/Teens]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Literary Reference Center Scavenger Hunt]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Literary Reference Center Scavenger Hunt for Middle Schools]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Math & Science Scavenger Hunt - Middle School]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Math & Science Scavenger Hunt - Elementary School]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Novelist K-8 Scavenger Hunt and Answer Key]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Novelist Plus Scavenger Hunt and Answer Key]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Searchasaurus Scavenger Hunt & Answer Key]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconPdf.gif]] [|Searchasaurus Scavenger Hunt - Spanish Version]
 * [[image:http://support.ebscohost.com/images/icons/iconWord.gif]] [|Student Research Center Scavenger Hunt]