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: 

U.S. History Students:

Mr. Oder's Sample Research Paper

Check GALE's U.S. History in Context

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 or use the seach box below.

Milestone Documents in American History
Primary source documents with analysis (also available in books in the library) Contact the library for the password for off campus use.

Primary Source Help for History:
Historical Newspapers
(No 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EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe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.

Try the GALE databasesGale
Our subscriptions include general reference and periodical collections for various student levels as well as databases for opposing viewpoints, history, biography, literature, health and wellness, animals, and a Spanish periodical collection

Our online periodical indexes are 
General OneFile
Expanded Academic ASAP
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

New Information Source:

iTunes USearch iTunesU for free educational media from trusted sources (universities, museums, etc.)

General search engines:
Google   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 Ace
Scholarly: Infomine 

Search nearby libraries:

The Librarian Suggests . . .
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.