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Books
Books cover virtually any topic, fact or fiction.  For research purposes, you will be looking for non-fiction books that organize all the information on one topic.
 
Use a Book
  • when looking for lots of information on a topic
  • to put your topic in context with other important issues
  • to find historical information
  • to find summaries of research to support an argument
Find a book by using the Card Catalog

Card Catalog -- MHJH Media center card is on the school network.  Among your search choices are author, title, subject, keyword, series, call number, & AR.

You will be able to determine if the book is available and by using the call number, you will be able to locate the book.
 

Examples:
  • Murphy, Jim. An American plague: the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793.  New York : Clarion books, 2003.
  • Ammer, Christine. The American heritage dictionary of idioms.  Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
  • Krull, Kathleen. Lives of extraordinary women.  San Diego : Harcourt, Inc. 2000.
 
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