Explora Information

Explora

Explora is an interface that allows users to search multiple EBSCO eResources from one place at one time. MeL offers five different Exploras.

• Explora for Educators
• Explora for High Schools
• Explora for Middle Schools
• Explora for Primary Schools
• Explora for Public Libraries

MeL has each Explora set up to search a specific set of EBSCO eResources. Each MeL institution can also customize their own Exploras via EBSCOadmin or by contacting melerhelp@mcls.org. View a full listing of the EBSCO eResources that can be added to the various Exploras.

Explora access via the Geo-IP URLs

• If a user is in a library/school and that library’s/school’s IP addresses are registered on the EBSCO end, the user will be taken to that library’s/school’s own Explora instance
• If a user is at home, it will take the user to the MeL instance of Explora
• Users may have to log in with a Michigan driver’s license/state ID or valid MeLCat library barcode, if the user isn’t seen as coming from Michigan (based on IP address)
  • There will be instances of users from within Michigan being prompted to log in with that Michigan driver's license/state ID or valid MeLCat library barcode page as not everyone within Michigan is seen as coming from a Michigan IP address
   

Explora access via the Direct URLs

• If a user is in a library/school and that library’s/school’s IP addresses are registered on the EBSCO end, the user will be taken to that library’s/school’s own Explora instance
• If a user is at home, it will prompt the user to log in with an EBSCO login
• Once the user logs in, the user should be taken to that library’s/school’s own Explora instance
  • MeL institutions can contact melerhelp@mcls.org for help in setting up an EBSCO login

The MeL instances of Explora pull content from the following.

Explora for Educators

• Academic Search Complete
• Biography Reference Source
• eBook Academic Collection
• Education Source
• ERIC
• Professional Development Collection

Explora for High Schools

• eBook High School Collection
• History Reference Source
• Literary Reference Source
• MAS Complete
• Middle Search Plus
• Points of View Reference Source
• Science Reference Source
• Topic Overviews 6-12

Explora for Middle Schools

• Biography Reference Source
• eBook K-8 Collection
• Middle Search Plus
• Primary Search
• Topic Overviews 6-12

Explora for Primary Schools

• American Heritage Children’s Dictionary
• eBook K-8 Collection
• Primary Search
• Topic Overviews K-5

Explora for Public Libraries

• Academic Search Complete
• American Heritage Children's Dictionary
• Biography Reference Source
• Caribbean Search
• Consumer Health Complete
• Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection
• eBook Collection
• eBook High School Collection
• eBook K-8 Collection
• eBook Public Library Collection
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• GreenFILE
• Health Source - Consumer Edition
• History Reference Source
• Legal Information Source
• Literary Reference Source
  
• MAS Complete
• MasterFILE Complete
• Middle Search Plus
• Newspaper Source Plus
  
• Points of View Reference Source
• Primary Search
• Read It!
• Referencia Latina
• Science Reference Source
• Topic Overviews Public Libraries