| How to use a BCCLS database |
| What is EBSCO and NoveList? |
| What is INFOTRAC and Informé? |
| What is PROQUEST? |
To use the BCCLS online databases:
Go to the BCCLS website at
http://www.bccls.org/databases/log-in.shtml.
Type in
your Bergen County library card number to access each database. If you don't
have a Bergen County library card, get one. It's worth it!
Click on the database you need to use such as EBSCO, INFOTRAC, or PROQUEST then start your search.
EBSCOHost is the leading search platform for full-text online research databases in institutions worldwide. It also offers access to NoveList, a reader's advisory for fiction.
INFOTRAC provides searching of ten databases, including magazines, newspapers, and books about business, health, literature, biography, and general reference. INFOTRAC indexes The Record, The Star Ledger, and The New York Times.
InfoTrac is designed especially for secondary schools and features titles most critical to their libraries and curriculum. Sources include:
Over 1000 full‐text curriculum‐related and general interest magazines; over 700 with images; 130 indexed titles
17 full‐text ready reference books
historical images and 300+ full‐color Rand McNally maps
Thousands of newspaper articles from USA Today, Knight‐Ridder/Tribune News Service (the source used by newspapers nationwide), United Press International newswire, U.S. Newswire and more
Over 100,000 podcasts and/or broadcast transcripts from National Public Radio, NASA, U.S. Census Bureau, and more. Date Range Backfile to 1985; Updated daily
Access magazines in Spanish.
PROQUEST provides searching of three databases that index newspapers (including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times back to 1985, and the New York Times back to 1851) and magazines on a wide range of topics including the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and the sciences.