using gale virtual resources

1. HOW TO USE MELCAT DATABASES
By: MiKayla McCaughna

2. 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

3. THIS IS THE PAGE THAT YOU WILL SEE WHERE TO
CLICK GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY

4. 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

5. WHEN YOU CLICK ON GALE VIRTUAL YOU
NEED TO…
 Go to the top right and click on change database

6. THE PAGE SHOULD LOOK LIKE:

7. 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

8. SAY FOR AN EXAMPLE WE’RE LOOKING AT THE
CULINARY SECTION
You click on the blue part that is titled Culinary
Arts Collection

9. TO SEE HOW WE USE THIS DATABASE WE CAN
SEARCH FOR “COOKIE RECIPES

10. 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.

11. 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!

12. 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!

13. 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

14. 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…

15. 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!