Audio Input Frustrations for simple voice recording.

I have been trying to make some simple podcasts using garage band, but have had difficulty with audio input. Internal microphone picks up a lot of the ambient noise in the room, and attempts at activating line-in audio have failed. I have gone to system preferences and changed the setting, under "sound">>"Input" to audio line-in port. I have plugged the jack in to the slot next to the headphone. The audio audio line-in input level registers nothing!
Is there a way for me to test the port, or is there some other setting that needs to be changed in order to get input other than from the internal microphone.

Hi there:
I'm not sure what other microphone options exist with that configuration,
but some users of Macs have gotten a USB device called the iMic from
Griffin Technologies and that allows in and out audio, including stereo.
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