Thursday, March 11, 2010
Look It Up At Home
*Note: Your library card number may be required for some of these services if you are accessing them from outside the library. For the UserID, PatronID or Username please use your library card number. For Auto Repair Manuals, Small Engine Repairs, Magazines and Periodicals, Student Research 6-12, Authors and their Works for English Assignments, Points of View, Kid's Research K-8, and Home Improvement, please call the library for the username and password, your library card number will not work.
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EBSCO Publishing has partnered with Point 5 Technologies to create Auto Repair Reference Center™. The Auto Repair Reference Center database includes automotive repair information supplied by Point 5 Technologies, Inc., under license from Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership maintenance; unlimited remote access and much more. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians.
The definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snow blowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines. This comprehensive resource contains 407 reference books in full text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user through every job. The database often contains more than 25 years of an engine model, and offers assistance in providing routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, as well as extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly. Also, the database allows users to select a type of product, specific brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that model/engine type. Additionally, model numbers will also be searchable.
EBSCO offers a wide variety of full text reference resources designed to meet the differing needs of public libraries worldwide. Resources include magazines, journals, newspapers, reports, biographies, primary source documents, encyclopedias, photos and much more.
SCO's Student Research Center (SRC) makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.
NewsBank provides a variety of libraries with Web-based access to current and archived content from papers that include The New York Times, Tulsa World and The Daily Oklahoman. Note: When accessing from home use your library card number for your ID.
The Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a highly graphical interface intended for public, academic and high school libraries.
The TumbleBook Library is full of animated children's books with games and puzzles.
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (affirmative argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument). Topics covered include affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinians, Hurricane Katrina and FEMA's response, nuclear proliferation, the separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.
Learn-A-Test is a online service you can access with the use of your library card, type in your card number and create a password and test away. This is very good experience for those needing to take tests to prepare for college. Practice for the ACT, ASVAB, EMS, cosmetology, firefighter, law enforcement or other exam.
Provides a great list of Oklahoma Native Indain Tribes. Click on one of the links to get to pages of information just on one tribe!
Kids Search makes it easier for students to look for their subjects of interest by automatically searching across all applicable databases simultaneously. Important features and functionality of Kids Search include a completely new, visually appealing look and feel; the ability to search by topic, subtopic, or keywords; simultaneous searching across all subscribed databases; the ability to sort results by relevance, as well as by date; the option of filtering search results by source type; and the ability to add search results, images, or persistent links to searches to the Folder.
Primary Search, designed specifically for the young researcher, contains full text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
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The most extensive free forms site available to library patrons. Thousands of legal forms are available, with more added daily. Official, state-specific, Federal, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues are available. Note: When accessing from home use your library card number for your ID.
It's no secret that research begins and often ends on the Internet. With Gale Virtual Reference Library, you gain access to more than 1,000 electronic reference titles - eBooks - in virtually any subject area including health, medicine, science, art, history, business, biography and more. Note: When accessing from home, use "remote" (without quotes) for your ID.
Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press' award-winning health reference works. The first reference set included is Salem Press' bestselling Magill's Medical Guide. In its printed form, the current edition of the Guide has grown to five volumes and 3,500 pages. Note: You need your library card number to gain access.
An extraordinary site with all kinds of reference materials. From parent resources to surfing the ages of time, there's something for everyone to learn. To access this site, use your library number card number for your user ID.
NewsBank provides access to back issues of the McAlester News-Capital. Note: When accessing from home use your library card number for your ID.
Live tutors available to help you through your homework. You can ask a simple question or upload an essay for them to look over.
The Home Improvement Reference Center (HIRC) is a full text database accessible via a custom EBSCO interface. It is intended for use in public and academic libraries and is designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair, maintenance, and remodeling projects. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided in high-quality PDF files. Additionally, thousands of articles from magazines and reference books provide tips and suggestions to supplement the step-by-step project instructions.
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
Founded in 1993 by Stewart Clamen, the continually growing site provides a searchable index of all published and available movie reviews. As the premiere search engine for movie reviews, MRQE.com has always been praised for its simple design and ease of use.
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes fourteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
Find information on a specific career or just browse the different careers in this Career Library.
Biography Reference Center offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.
eBooks
UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Alliead Health
Gale Encyclopedia of of the Unusual and Unexplained
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences 2nd ed.
UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Distasters
The following list is only accessible from the library:
Ancestry.com - This site provides genealogical resources such as census records, local histories and maps. Visit the McAlester Library to gain complete access to all services provided. Not available at home.
Heritage Quest Online - Online collection that includes census records, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War records and Freedman's Bank records. Visit the Library to gain complete access to these services. Not available at home.
