November 12, 2009
Theology: Flanagan ÒDoes God care when a species goes extinct?Ó
Library Catalog
1. Open the Brooks School Library catalog by going to the
library page:
http://library.brooksschool.org
or by clicking on this link directly.
2. Fill in search box with the term ÒcreationÓ
You will see that the
catalog is searching only to match this term; music CDs and books about Social
Security come up along with more helpful books. This screen will tell you the call number and availability
of a book. Òcopy available in stacksÓ means it is on the shelve and ready to
take out.
3. Try search term Òendangered species.Ó You will notice some call number prefixes
-REF means it is a
reference book, shelved on the ground floor and no available to check out
-SALT means it is
part of the Saltonstall Collection, which is a special area on the Upper Level,
and all books about the environment. Please ask if you donÕt know where this
area is.
-XX means that the
book is not fully processed yet, we are buying it but it has not arrived yet or
doesnÕt have all its stickers and stamps.
Click HERE to see a short movie on this process.
Electronic Resources
1. Go back to the library page, and right below the catalog link click on Òelectronic resourcesÓ.
2. Select the first choice ÒEbscoHostÓ
3. Select the first choice ÒEbscoHost WebÓ
4. Select the first choice ÒAdvance Placement Source.Ó
This is a database
that contains over 5000 journals. Since a journal comes out 12 times a year,
and has about 10 articles in it each time, and this database goes back at least
10 years we are talking about a minimum of 6 million articles.
5. Again, put the term Òendangered speciesÓ in the search box.
Look first at the
number of results! It should be in the blue band above the results. More than 50 or so articles is probably too
many results to look through. One way to reduce the number is to look at the
subject suggestions on the left of the screen, try clicking on Òwildlife
conservationÓ and see what that does to the results.
To use Ebsco from off-campus
Username: Brookssch Password: Luce