Guide to Finding Information Online in the Media Center

When you need a book use:

• the Card Catalog (in the school building only).

• JerseyCat.

When you need a magazine article or information currently in the news use:

• EBSCOhost (Master FILE Premier or Newspaper Source).

• eLibrary.

When you need a picture or image use:

• eLibrary (remove check from all choices except "picture").

• EBSCOhost (in Master FILE Premier select "Image").

When you need information on the Web try:

• Google.

• Yahoo.

• Open Directory.

When you need brief background information use:

• World Book Online.

• eLibrary (select "Reference" tab).

• EBSCOhost (Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia)

When you need maps use:

• eLibrary (remove check from all but "maps").

• World Book Online.

• Facts on File (go to "Geography").

When you need primary sources use:

• Gale Discovering Collection.

• Facts on File.

• EBSCO host (in Master File Elite Advanced Search).

When you need charts use:

• Facts on File.

When you need timelines use:

• Facts on File.

• World Book Online.

• Gale Discovering Collection

When you need forms use:

• Facts on File

When you need government documents use:

• Facts on File

• EBSCOhost Topic Search

When you need definitions use:

• World Book Online.

• Gale Discovering Collection

• eLibrary (use "Reference) tab).

• EBSCOhost (Dictionary Search)

When you need transcripts of TV and radio programs use:

• eLibrary.

When you need information about authors and their works use:

• Gale Discovering Collection

• Scribner's Writers

• Contemporary Authors

• Proquest Learning: Literature (Use link in eLibrary)

When you need information from the New York Times from 1851 to 2001 use:

• Proquest Historical Newspapers (NY Times).

When you want to find a book similar to one you love use:

• NoveList.

When you need help creating a bibliography use:

• NoodleBib.

When you need career information use:

• The Institute for Career Development.

• Occupational Outlook Handbook.