McCann Library
Can you check out magazines from the library?
Yes!
Thinking about lots of possibilities on a topic?
What is Brainstorming?
The largest search engine in the world?
What is Google?
Can I use more than one keyword to search for a topic in Britannica?
Yes!
Where is the non-fiction section of books in the library?
Shelves along the windows.
What is a collection of myths, about Greek Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes?
What is Greek mythology?
Most used and respected online general reference resource for elementary, middle, and high school that the McCann Tech Library subscribes to.
What is Britannica?
Can you access the McCann databases from home?
Yes!
A searchable collection of organized information about topics or published literature, including articles, videos, and images.
What is a database?
A well-known, online open source encyclopedia, that is in a summary-style format that does not aim to contain all the information, data or expression known on every subject.
Hint: a resource for common knowledge
What is Wikipedia?
A McCann database that contains in-depth, objective reports on many current topics.
Hint: Similar to Google
What is Credo?
Process where one library borrows a book for you from another library.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
A search engine that can find "academic" or "scholarly" articles on the world wide web.
What is Google Scholar?
A Boolean operator that you use to exclude a keyword from your database search.
What is NOT?
Books in the library, also known as reference sources, that provide quick facts or information on a subject. You usually cannot check them out.
Hint: spine label begins with REF
What are Reference books?
This research method uses any words you can think of that best describe your topic.
What is keyword searching?
Words AND, OR, NOT are used to broaden or narrow your search results.
What are Boolean operators?
A search feature that you can use with Google or other databases to expand your results.
What is Advanced Search?