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Brarydog.net, your homework help and Web companion, is a Web site designed to provide you with easy access to the best premium electronic resources and Web sites found on the net. The brarydog.net site allows you to create a customized Web page with access to dozens of resources (encyclopedias, newspaper & magazine databases, etc.) as well as links to your favorite sites and search tools. With brarydog.net, all your favorite Internet resources and sites come together to create your personal library on the Web.

How it Works

You create a customized page in a few simple steps. You will need to provide your PLCMC library card number to access many of brarydog's resources. Once your page is set up, you just log in and use brarydog's resources to find the information you are looking for. The only time you will need your card number again is to request books using the online catalog.

Types of Information on brarydog.net

There are 3 types of resources:

Open access-everyone can use these

Premium- you must have a PLCMC/brarydog number to use these (these are resources the library pays for, and therefore are for our library card holders)

Links-links to your favorite Web sites

Brarydog.net is like a shopping mall for information. The secret is to know where to go to find what you are looking for.

Some resources are like department stores, with information on a wide variety of subjects.

*General Encyclopedias- just like the print versions, a great place to start for general information on a subject
*Electric Library-pictures, magazine articles, maps and TV and radio transcripts
*Searchasaurus- a great general information source for younger researchers
*Live Homework Help-Work with a tutor, LIVE in an online classroom. Work through homework questions in Math, Social Studies, English or Science. This service is available in English 7 days a week from 4pm. to 10pm. (Service in Spanish is available Sunday through Thursday from 4pm to 10pm). .

Other resources are like specialty stores, focusing on certain subjects.

*Lands and Peoples, - facts about countries and their cultures
*New Book of Popular Science- science facts
*HW Wilson Biography Reference Bank- facts about important people
*AP Multimedia Archive- a collection of over 200,000 photographs as old as the civil war, and as recent as this morning
*Contemporary Authors, Magill on Literature- facts about authors and the works they have written
Charlotte Mecklenburg Story - a gold mine for local history information
Flags and Maps of the World
North Carolina Pathfinder- links to Web sites, and a list of books found in PLCMC libraries—all about North Carolina

There is even a resource center to help with study skills, bibliographies and how to use the resources found in brarydog.net. And, you can always Ask Brarydog a question, and get an email response!

Creating a customized page

You select the colors of your page, choose your unique user ID and password, and decide which resources you want on your page. You can also add up to 25 links to your favorite Web sites! Take a look at our instructions page for details on how to set up your own customized brarydog.net page.

Need More Help?

If you are having trouble logging in, accessing premium resources, or using the library catalog, please see our Frequently Asked Questions. You can also Ask Brarydog.

Create your customized brarydog page.

View instructions on how to set up a page.

*Premium resource, requires a PLCMC Library card, free for Mecklenburg County residents.

Braydog.net is intended for individual use by students and/or library cardholders of PLCMC. A brarydog/PLCMC library card is required to access Premium resources.

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