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Sources Available

• From home: – U. A. Library Webpage– Ebsco Full Text Database– Public Library Online Databases

• At school library– Periodicals– Books– Card catalog– Online search– Request an INFOpass

Library Webpages:• http://www.ursulinestl.org

• Libraries •  • http://www.slcl.org/ -  St. Louis County Library • http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/  - St. Louis Public Library • http://www.jefcolib.lib.mo.us/  - Jefferson County Public Library • www.win.org/library/   - St. Charles City County Library • http://www.kpl.lib.mo.us/   - Kirkwood Public Library • www.slu.edu/libraries.html   - St. Louis University • www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/ls   - St. Louis Community College • www.umsl.edu/services/library/  - University of Missouri - St. Louis • http://library.wustl.edu/  - Washington University • http://library.webster.edu/   - Eden- Webster University • www.fontbonne.edu/department.php?DepartmentID=3  - Fontbonne University  •  

• Search Engines •  • http://www.google.com/  - Google • http://www.dogpile.com/ - Mega Search Engine • http://www.msn.com/  - Microsoft • http://www.yahoo.com/  - Yahoo • http://www.answers.com/ - Quick reference answers not just links •  • General Research (all subjects)• http://www.refdesk.com/ - Virtual Reference Desk • http://school.discovery.com/ - General Research, Clip art • http://www.educationplanet.com/  - educational search site • http://www.questia.com/ - World's Largest Online Library • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ - general and specialized dictionaries • http://www.ipl.org/ - Internet Public Library • http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib - online reference service from Library of

Congress

Ebsco Database• Full text access to magazine

articles– http://search.epnet.com/login.asp – EBSCO magazine database - – User id: angela;        Password:

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St. Louis County Public Library Resources

• Download eBooks and Audio Books– Over 2000 eBooks on non-fiction &

fiction titles– Audio books to download both fiction

and non-fiction titles

• Thousands of books both Reference and Circulating available at branches

• Online Databases– Full text access to newspapers (e.g.

Washington Post, U.S.A. Today, Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal and many more)

– Full text access to periodicals (e.g. Time, Money, Popular Science, People and many more)

General Reference Center

• Business Source Premier• Science Online• Literature – Gale Databases• First Search• Business & Company Resource

Center• Encyclopedias, dictionaries,

almanacs, etc.