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Explora is a great research tool because it collects articles and resources from many sources and adds organizational topic tags so you can search many sources at once for your topic. There can be a learning curve, but I promise that it gets easier with a little practice and knowing a few little navigational tricks.Continue reading “Explora High School How-to Guides”

Why are we using a non-Olathe public library? Because Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) has the best local selection of books in Spanish! Getting a MCPL Card Get an E-card When it asks for your pickup location you can pick Antioch– this really doesn’t matter right now because we are only going to borrow e-materials, notContinue reading “Spanish E/Audiobooks at Mid-Continent Public Library”

This is a general guide to try and provide some general guidance on using the Libby app– this is NOT comprehensive by any means! If you have questions that are not answered in this guide reach out to the Libby help guide or your local public librarian! What types of e-resources can you borrow inContinue reading “Libby App Basics”

Forget trickle-down economics, we care about trickle-down library services! But while we’re inventing a new concept, let’s improve the name. Trickle is such a gross (and slow) sounding word. Let’s call Ms. Mac’s school library services theory “Waterfall Library Services” Our first waterfall topic– getting KC Metro library cards and linking your accounts (library magicContinue reading “FACS Public Library Resources”

MasUltra is great if you are looking for newspaper and magazine sources. After you search it’s easy to limit your results to results that include PDF or HTML versions of the sources, and to limit by date range as well. See below for some quick screenshot tutorials of basic searching and basic limiting of results.Continue reading “MASUltra Database How-to Guide”