This exercise introduces you to the Information Gateway. The Information Gateway is the main webpage for the UW Libraries and has links to databases and web sites plus information about library services.

Under what category can you find a link to Britannica Online.
Type of search:
Course Reserves
Research Guides
Reference Tools
Services for Undergraduates

What is the Cascade database?

Where can you find information on paying library fines?
Renewals
General Information
Borrowing/Delivery
Services for Undergraduates

What are the 5 main ways to search the UW Libraries Catalog?

Where can you find a link to the America History and Life database?
On the Reference Tools page
On the history subject page
On the Top 20 Databases pages
All of the above

On the History subject page you can find:
History related web sites
Databases to primary sources
History-related electronic journals
All of the above

Give the title of one web site linked from the History subject page (under Web Starting Points for History) dealing with American history:

Any questions?