Using the Library

Search the Library's Catalog
Search the Library's Locally Created Databases (includes our Primary Source List, CWTI index and Play index)
LIBRARY HANDBOOK
LIBRARY MAP

Curriculum links: 

Health:
Check the Gale database Health & Wellness Resource Center Health

French Students:
Check here for a hints on your assignment about Champlain and Quebec

History Resource Centers:
Check the Gale databases for US history and for Modern World history

Issues & Controversies in American History
Primary source documents, timelines, biographies, images, charts, historical texts, interviews, and more. Contact the library for the username and password.

Primary Source Help for History:
Historical Newspapers
(Nno login required on campus - use this link with login id and password from home)
American Memory
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

Eyewitness: History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
Spartacus History Websites: Primary Sources
World History Archives
Modern History Sourcebook

Tip for History: Single Magazine Archives
American Heritage has all of its back issues online. If we're missing an issue you need, check online.
Time has all of its issues back to 1923 online!

Environmental Topics

Water Food Energy Pollution Sustainability
Finding Things on the Internet

Search our Subscription Databases
To use the databases at home, you need the Santa Catalina password. Contact us if you need help.
Explore the Gale Group databases

Our online periodical indexes are 
General OneFile (indexes 1980-present, many full text articles included)
Reader's Guide Retrospective (indexes 1851-2000, not full text, use this to locate citations for our periodicals in the periodical room or in other libraries)

Historical Newspapers indexes news from four newspapers for the years from 1851-2000

Our online encyclopedia provider is Britannica

General search engines:
Google  Altavista  All the Web

Organized search guides:
These sites have organized a collection of links to help you find information 
General: 
Yahoo
Refdesk.com 
Librarian's Index to the Internet  
High School Hub
Scholarly: Infomine 

Search nearby libraries:

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Further links to good Web pages on many subjects:

Links for Local Information

The Monterey Herald
The local paper's web link
City of Monterey Home Page
Information on the city, including the public library
San Francisco Chronicle eGuide
The entertainment guide for the San Francisco Bay area, includes the Datebook information, movies reviews, etc.