MARVEL Instructions 
Use the MARVEL web site to access full-texts of magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject areas and academic levels. There are resources for children, encyclopedias, literary, business, and medical sources and more.
- Enter the MARVEL web site (www.maine.gov/marvel/). If you are accessing these databases from home, you will be required to enter your username and password which you create for yourself. Registration is free. See Getting Started.
- Click on the name of the database you wish to search or click the link to find journals, magazines and newspapers by title.
- Many of the databases use the search screen. Click on EBSCOHost Database Collection for an option to search several databases at once.
- Type in your topic in the search box provided. You may limit your search to a magazine title, date and to full text, if you wish. Take note of other options such as searching for terms within the text of the article.
- You will get a list of results. Many, but not all, of the articles will be available as full text. Click on the article title to view, print or e-mail it.
- A handy feature is the use of the folder on the top right of the screen. This allows you to e-mail and print more than one article at a time.
- For multiple articles, click on the "add" option next to the articles you wish to print or email.
- Some notes on PDF (Portable Document Files): You must open PDF files before you can print them. This is to your advantage since a file of this type can be much larger than you want to print or e-mail. Some can be quite lengthy, including pictures and other graphics. You can e-mail PDF files without opening them first. A PDF file should be sent as a separate attachment. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is necessary to open and view PDF files. There is an option to “estimate the number of pages” before you print. You can print just a few of the pages if you wish.
- The printing charge at the Maine State Library is 15 cents per page.
