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LOVE YOUR LIBRARY DATABASES:INVENTORS BIOGRAPHY PROJECTMs. Doyle, Librarian
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School pays for access – has info you can’t get free on the web
Edited/fact checked, so often more reliable than websites
Often include citations!
Other ideas?
How to Find the DatabasesGo to your school’s websiteHover over Library
How to Find the DatabasesClick “Library & Electronic Resources”
How to Find the Databases
DO YOU NEED A USERNAME/PASSWORD?
Not if you’re at schoolYES, if you are not at school
Get a bookmark from me today or from your school library
ELEMENTARY DATABASES
World Book & Grolier encyclopedias SIRS Discoverer – general reference Culturegrams – information about
states, countries, and cultures Gale PowerSearch – magazine &
newspapers, reference books, and more
Opposing Viewpoints (in Gale PowerSearch) – controversial issues, pro-con arguments
ENCYCLOPEDIASWorld Book & Grolier
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIASearch # 1
Search # 2
Which search would work better? Why? Talk to your neighbor for 30 seconds to decide.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Have you used World Book or Grolier online? (thumbs up or down)
Would you find in-depth information? Would you find opinions about a topic? Would you find newspaper and
magazine articles?
Raise your hand: Can you think of a question that an
online encyclopedia would answer well?
WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIA
SIRS DISCOVERERGeneral Reference
DISCOVERER
DISCOVERER
DISCOVERER
WHAT DATABASE WILL YOU TRY?
Take one minute to talk to your neighbor to decide:
What database will you try first?
What words will you use to search?
What questions do you still have about databases?
IF WE HAVE TIME
CULTUREGRAMS
HAVE YOU USED CULTUREGRAMS?
Thumbs up for yes
Thumbs sideways for maybe
Thumbs down for no
What kind of information would you expect to find here?
GALE POWERSEARCH
GALE POWERSEARCH
GALE POWERSEARCH – BOOK RESULTS
GALE POWERSEARCH
Magazine and newspaper articles
Online reference booksScholarly journals
What kind of research would you do using Powersearch?
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? Thank you!
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