Google+Tips+and+Database+links

Use: filetype:pdf, filetype:xls, or filetype: ppt Example: Canon manual filetype: pdf To find: narrowed-down information
 * Google Tips and Database Ideas ** 
 * Google Tips: **
 * To find PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, or Powerpoint presentations: **

Use: a hyphen (-) Example: jaguar-cars-football To find: a product you saw online (but can’t remember where)

Use: intitle Example: intitl: “Frye boots” To find: a verbatim phrase

Use: quotation marks Example: “Birkam yoga” *Information from Randolph Hock, //The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook//

Media ** Center **** Links (available from the SAHS homepage) **
The following links to resources have been made available for your information needs. Please contact your library media specialist, if you need any assistance. Passwords and user names for remote access can be obtained in the media center. ·
 * SAHS Card Catalog ** - Title, Author, and Subject list of all materials in the SAHS Media Center.

[|ELM-Electronic Library for Minnesota] - This is actually a collection of different databases covering different subject areas and aimed at different grade levels. Among these are ProQuest Newsstand, which contains hundreds of daily newspapers from around the world, and Informe, a Spanish language database. · eLibrary  - Maps, pictures, and articles from thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers. Reading levels are indicated for each article. Proquest Learning and Literature -This is a comprehensive, integrated resource for original full-text works, author biographies, contemporary criticism and more.An excellent resource for language arts assignments. [|SIRS Researcher and SIRS Renaissance] - Thousands of hand-selected full-text articles on social issues, health, science and business, as well as current perspectives on arts and the humanities. Lexile reading scores are given for each article. [|LitFinder] - Includes full-text poetry, essays, short stories and speeches as well as author biographies. The scope is international and covers all time periods. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Gale PowerSearch]

__S____tillwater__ Public Library - Search the resources available at Stillwater Public Library via their web site. You have access to their card catalog, online subscription databases, and other resources. A library card and pin number is needed to reserved materials.

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