Digital Resources Help

As you navigate the Digital Resources launch page, there are links with password information in this shared google doc which will show username and password information for every paid online resource at Central, including InfoBase, Salem, and EBSCO resources.

You need to be logged into your school google account to see the document.

Most of the links on this page are describing and explaining resources; they are not links to the actual resource.  To go directly to the resource, please use our 'Digital Resources' launch page.

Help with a Research Project

Help finding a Book in our Library

We use the online Catalog to find books and other resources in our Library at Central (you can also click the picture of the catalog on the Library's home page).

This is the link for Catalog help, using and navigating your search, for books. Also please feel free to ask a Librarian in person or by email: centrallibrary@mansd.org

Help for INFOBASE products

Help for Salem eBooks

Central has Salem eBooks for reference in three areas: Health, History, and Science. The help guide applicable for navigating ALL Salem eBooks can be found at: Salem Press Student User Guide (searchable PDF document)

Salem Health, History, and Science are robust online database that include the complete content of the following printed reference sets:

  • Genetics & Inherited Conditions

  • Encyclopedia of American Immigration

  • Great Lives from History: Inventors & Inventions

  • Milestone Documents of World Religions

  • Encyclopedia of Global Resources  

  • Forensic Science  

Help for EBSCO products

Help for all EBSCO products:

Central has a lot of Ebsco products...you can search all 23 databases can be searched at once form the Top Level Ebsco - all Databases for CHS; Please check out the updated tutorial if necessary because of recent changes to Ebsco.

In addition to accessing the databases directly, Central pays for the Literary Resource Center and the Points of View application.

See below for current tutorials for ESBCP products.

EBSCOhost Research Database Tutorials

EBSCO Literary Reference Center Tutorials

Help for Newspapers

For help accessing the New York Times or the Union Leader, please contact the Library.