Marshall High School Library Online Card Catalog and Resource Page
Go to the Marshall School District website http://www.marshall.k12.mn.us/
Click on High School Media Center on the left side under Site Shortcuts.
Then select the High School from the drop down box.
Select High School/MECLA Resource Page or click on the Destiny Quest icon.
HS students have access to login using the same login to get on the computers
(i.e. 15jdoe) with the password student. When a student logs in, the
student can place a hold on books and under the My Info tab can see what
books are checked out, if the student has any fines or any books on hold.
This page will give you access to the MHS Online Card Catalog, Marshall-Lyon County Library, ELM Databases and MNLink.
What is a Boolean Search?
Boolean logic is a tool for online searches. In the same way that add, subtract, multiply, and divide are the primary operations of mathematics, the primary operations of Boolean logic are AND, OR, and NOT. These terms are called Boolean operators.
· And narrows a search. The more terms linked together using and, the fewer the hits.
· Or broadens a search
· Not excludes items from a search.
Examples:
Cancer AND women
Cancer NOT women
Cancer OR women
Other Card Catalogs
If the resources you are looking for are not in our district libraries, you have some other options.
Marshall Public Library: This catalog covers the Plum Creek Library System.
MNLink: The Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK) is a statewide virtual library that electronically links you to Minnesota's rich library resources.
Marshall Public Library Step-by-Step
· Go to the Home tab
· Click on Marshall Lyon County Library to access http://www.marshalllyonlibrary.org/
· At this page you can either search the entire Plum Creek card catalog or you can select Marshall-Lyon County Library under the drop down menu and click GO. If you want to hold books online you will need to enter the barcode on your public library card and your pin number should be the last four digits of your barcode. Then click “submit request.” Finally, pick up your books at the circulation desk at the Marshall-Lyon Public Library.
MNLink Step-by-Step
Searching the Library Catalog on MNLink
· Exit Destiny Quest and go to the Home tab
· Click on MNLink to access http://www.mnlink.org/
· Click on the logo Search the MNLink Gateway
· Select which library you want to search-default is all MNLink libraries
· Start using Keyword(s) searches
· Display results
· If you get too many results for your search: Select Limit Search
· Select title(s) that seem most useful for your research
· When you find a title you would like, if you do not have your own Marshall Lyon County Library card, print the page with the title and author. Write your name on it and I will request it with the HS public library card.
Features to Note
àAdvanced Search: date expansion to search a range of years, a specific year or all years
àBoolean Searching: use of AND, OR, and NOT to broaden or narrow a search
REMINDER: IF YOU NEED A BOOK FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY, YOU WILL NEED TO PRINT OUT THE BOOK INFORMATION OFF OF the Marshall-Lyon County Library or MNLink AND REQUEST IT TO BE ORDERED by the MHS Media Assistants.
Revised 08/28/08