Research Tips

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to teens.mel.org
Click on Homework Helpers
Lots of databases to choose from - the list is alphabetical. Databases that will be especially helpful
for biographical information are:
a. elibrary - only keyword search; but does include research topics that gives a biographical
summary with links to highlighted resources; includes feature to jump to best part of the
document to target relevant sections.
b. lnfoTrac Student Edition - has keyword or subject search; also allows you to search for a
specific article title - very helpful if you have citation from another article
c. New York Times - same structure as lnfoTrac
d. SIRS Renaissance or SIRS Discoverer - has keyword or subject search; easy access to
related subjects
Go

Once you have an article that you like, you can

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it read to you bythe computer, or highlight a portion to listen to

Print it
Email it
Use the citation tool to get the MLA citation for your bibliography/works cited page
Have

eBooks & eAudiobooks

Ebook K-8 Collection (find this resource at mel.org

under the listing of databases)
Especially useful for Author biographies - reading
level is on the younger side - but good access to

full-text books anytime.

1. Most titles you can read the full-text online and some titles you can also download
2. On the results page you can click on the Table of Contents or Most Relevant Pages From This
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eBook and you can jump right to that page or

Once you open up an eBook you can browse through the pages or you can jump to a specific
section using the table of contents
Try the Teens Portal to the MCLS Overdrive eBook

and eAudiobook collection.

http ://ebooks. mcls.org

1, Easy to search by genre, subject or reading level.

2. Load titles onto your favorite device (ipads/ipods, android, kindle, MP3).
3. Check out titles for up to 21 days.
4. You need a library card and a PIN number.
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SchoolTools from the Grand Ledge Area District Library (GLADL)

easy links to what you need to find fast

http://erandledee.lib.mi.us Kids & Teens; Homework Helpers

BOOKS, VIDEOS, AND MORE....

GLADL catalog:

find books, movies,

CDs and

more here at your local library http://grndedge.sirsi.net

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MelCat: access to over 40 million items from nearly 400 school, public, universities libraries
across Michigan delivered to your local library http://elibrarv.mel'ore
MAGAZINE AND REFERENCE ARTICLES

LINKS TO GREAT WEBSITES

Looking for full text online that you can trust and teachers will like? You can find videos, audio, books,
pictures, magazines, maps, newspapers, & transcripts of TV and radio shows
Meldatabases: the Michigan elibrary delivers magazines, reference, and
newspapers articles as well as images, videos, and ebooks
http://mel.org
teens.mel.org
Offering Homework Help, Games & Activities, Storytime, and About Michigan.
Great authoritative resources for the K-5 audience like....

Full-text (1981-Present). More than

2,500 magazines, newspapers,
books, and transcript titles, plus a
collection of over 7 million maps,

pictures, weblinks, and audio/video

files.

Over 1,300 titles cross searchable

with eBooks. Access to a variety of
indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers, podcasts, a nd reference

Full text. 1983-current. Offering fulltext articles from more than 1,200
domestic and international

culture, health, people, government,

newspapers, journals, magazines,

and websites. Many of the articles
are accompanied by art
reproductions, photographs, and

history, sports and more

illustrations.

books for information on current

events, the arts, science, popular

Keyword vs. Subject searches

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Keyword search returns results that include some or all of your search term anywhere in
the document. Also the person may not be the historical figure you are looking for, i.e.,
Billy Mitchell (military figure) vs. Billy Mitchell (computer programmer)
Subject search returns results that have been indexed forthe specific person you are
looking for, May not return as many results as keyword search. Not all words have a
subject index created for them; in that case many databases will switch to a keyword
search automatically.

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