Search A Database Via NLB

Search a

Databasevia the

SingaporeNational Library Board

(NLB)website

Search a

Databasevia the

SingaporeNational Library Board

(NLB)website

http://www.library.gov.sg

NB: You must be a Digital Library Member of the NLBto access a database. (See the separate instructions on how to sign up.)

You can access all of these databases at any National

Library branch.

If you are a regular Library Member of the NLB,

you can access databases from home or anywhere.

Sign in to your Digital Library Account

Here are a few of the Language & Literature databases

Each database interface is similar --e.g., Basic vs. Advanced search forms, as well as Boolean (AND/NOT/OR)

options for different fields (author, title, subject, publication, etc.)

Let’s look for articles onThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Watch for full-text results -- they can be read, printed, e-mailed, etc. immediately.

If a search result is just a citation (i.e., author, article title, and publication name), you still have to get your hands on the article.

Two articles are found.

Let’s read this one.

Here it is...

Most databases let you e-mail the search results to yourself

Many databases will also give you the information you need for your bibliography.

(MLA is the bibliographic format you must use.)

Here is the e-mail I received of the results.Note that MLA style citation,

ready for my bibliography.

Happy Searching!