FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ANYTHING, BEGIN WITH:

                    Encyclopedias – print, electronic, or on-line

                        Subject references –

                                    Gale Encyclopedia of Science, or St. James Encyclopedia of

                                    Popular Cultures,

                                                for example.

                        Library Catalogs:

                                    Manteca High’s Electronic Catalog (OPAC)

                                    San  Joaquin County Public Library On-line Catalog

                        About people:                       

                                    Discovering Biography and other electronic resources in your

                                                Library

                                    Encyclopedias – print, electronic, and on-line.

                                    nettrekker.com

            FOR CURRENT EVENTS and CONTEMPORARY ISSUES:

                             SIRS database + online

                                    nettrekker

                                    News and periodical links

                                    THE INTERNET:

                                                You must have your Student ID card with you and ask

                                    permission in order to go online.

            or…. You can always ask your FRIENDLY LIBRARY STAFF 

                        Call Number:

                                    The Dewey number which is the items “address.”

                                    It tells you where in the Library the item is located.

                        Abbreviations:

                                    F – Fiction. Novels, shelved alphabetically by author’s

                                                Last name.

                                    92 – Biographies, Books about people and their lives. Shelved           

                                                alphabetically by the last name of the person the book

                                                is about.

                                    Ref – Reference. Books which are shelved in the Reference section

                                                            Including print encyclopedias. These books may not           

                                                            Be checked out.

            USE THE RESOURCES IN YOUR LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER TO ASSIST

               YOU IN NARROWING YOUR TOPIC. MANY STUDENTS ATTEMPT TO            

            WRITE ON SOMETHING THAT IS TOO BROAD. GOOD HUNTING!

GO BUFFS!