Searching Information
Card Catalog
You can only access the OCHS card catalog from the school computers. For help on using the card catalog, go to the tutorial.
Power Library Online Databases
Searching the Internet
Google is the largest and most popular database (accesses over 1.5 billion URLs), and it now features a news search, image search, and shopping search (”Froogle”).
Vivisimo
A more sophisticated engine than Google, Vivisimo gives you clustered results in various subject areas.
Teoma
A newcomer in the search engine field, Teoma gives you results, suggestions for refining your search, and a separate list of link collections on your topic.
Subject Guides
The Internet Public Library
A great site to begin your research. Check out the special Teen pages.
Librarians’ Index to the Internet
Organized and maintained by librarians, aimed at information of interest in public libraries.
WWW Virtual Library
A sprawling network of information guides in a huge array of academic topics.
Image / Sound Searching
Altavista
Choose “images” or “MP3/Audio” from the top page. Allows some specification of formats within “Image Search.”
FAST Multimedia Search
Allows access to a large selection of multimedia; can search images, audio, video, or all media. Advanced searching allows specification of formats and types for each medium.