HOW TO USE MELCAT DATABASES

By: MiKayla McCaughna

HOW DO I START?

Step 1 : Go on to lakeviewspartans.org and click on

the tab and go down and click on Lakeview High

School

Step 2: Look to your left on the side and Click Media

Center

Step 3: Click on research

Step 4: Click on Gale Virtual Reference Library

THIS IS THE PAGE THAT YOU WILL SEE WHERE TO

CLICK GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY

THEN YOU CAN

Search for certain books you

might need to find and

information that they give

Gather information for a

research paper

Learn more about a certain

subject

WHEN YOU CLICK ON GALE VIRTUAL YOU

NEED TO…

Go to the top right and click on change database

THE PAGE SHOULD LOOK LIKE:

THEN YOU MUST DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF

THING YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR…

Having to scroll down and look at the different

subjects like…

Fine arts

General information (under general files)

Military Database

Popular culture

Culinary arts

SAY FOR AN EXAMPLE WE’RE LOOKING AT THE

CULINARY SECTION

You click on the blue part that is titled Culinary

Arts Collection

TO SEE HOW WE USE THIS DATABASE WE CAN

SEARCH FOR “COOKIE RECIPES

NOW WHAT?

From now on you can look at magazine articles that

can provide you different information on what good

recipes you can use to make a yummy cookie of

anything else depending the on the information you.

GO TO MORE DATA BASES TO GET DIFFERENT

INFORMATION!

You’re able to look for a specific information too! At

the Subject guide search at the top of the left!

BY CLICKING ON THE SUBJECT GUIDE YOU

CAN…

Search for more of a specific subject and since we’re

using culinary as an example we can look up Bobby

Flay! Don’t forget to click on subdivisons!

BY SEARCH FOR BOBBY FLAY…

You can find magazines about him

Recipes from him

Where his restaurant are around the

US

See what channel he’s on

Where he travels

More information about Bobby Flay

THE PAGE LOOKS LIKE THIS AND YOU CAN

FIND MANY ARTICLES ABOUT HIM…

Here’s a article you can find after clicking about

Bobby’s beliefs and such…

BY USING THIS KIND OF EXAMPLE YOU CAN FIND A

LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT YOU

MAY BE LOOKING FOR!

Have fun searching on Gale Virtual Reference Library

On the many subjects you’re able to search for!