TIES 2006 Education Technology Conference

Jennifer Hootman & Kristen Mastel

MINITEX Reference Services1-800-462-5348mtxref@umn.edu

Improving Student Research – Connecting to ELM, Minnesota’s

Virtual Library

Why use ELM?

• 24 / 7 availability of full-text resources

• Multiple access points

• Databases specifically designed for different levels of researchers (e.g., K-12) as well as professional educators and librarians

• ELM provides reliable information on a wide range of topics

• Information comes from published resources and is selected for inclusion

• Manageable quantity of results

• Advanced search options help pinpoint exactly what you need

• Research helps/tools

• Print /view/download/ email options

Consumer Information

Health&

Medicine

Literature

Current Events

Computers&

Technology

Social Studies

Arts

Business

Sports

Science

Government

Geography &

Culture

What curriculum-based subjects are in ELM?

What can I find in ELM?

• Full-text scholarly, popular magazine, & news articles

• Image, video, sound files• Primary source documents• Reference resources• E-books & tools to locate resources in

print• Special features (i.e. course web

pages, journal alerts, search alerts)

ELM Portal

Grades K-5

Grades 6-12

Your Media Center

Databases – Grades K-12

• Kids InfoBits (Gale)• InfoTrac Junior Edition (6-8) (Gale)• InfoTrac Student Edition (9-12) (Gale)• MasterFile Premier (EBSCO)• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)• ProQuest Newsstand Complete (ProQuest)• Discovering Collection (8-12) (Gale)• Junior Reference Collection (6-8) (Gale)• NetLibrary eBooks (OCLC)• Minnesota Reflections (MDL)

Databases – Professional Development

• Professional Collection (Gale)– Education topics in many curriculum areas,

plus• Child/adolescent psychology and development• Health/nutrition/fitness• Learning disabilities• School law

– Over 300 full-text journals/magazines selected for teachers, educators, school administrators, education students, and librarians

• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)

Gale Databases K-12Kids InfoBits (K-

5)550 full-color maps / 1,500

charts, graphs and tables / 2,600 pictures, flags and country and

state seals / 7 reference titles / ~ 100 popular

periodicals InfoTrac Jr. Ed. (6-8) & Student Ed. (9-12)

Topics covered include current events, arts, science, popular

culture, health, people, government, history, and

sports /General interest magazines,

newspaper articles, reference books, images, and maps

Gale Databases 6-12

Discovering Collection (8-12)

+15,500 biographies, +18,000 overview essays, +16,500 timeline events

and +13,500 critical essays in core curriculum subjects

Images, audio, & video clips, plot summaries+500 primary source documents, full-text

poems, plays, and study questions

Jr. Reference Collection (6-8)

Subset of Discovering Collection

+7,000 reference documents /

+7,000 images, maps, flags and seals / +50 audio and

visual clips / +4,000 timeline entries

EBSCO Databases 6-12

MasterFILE Premier

2,658 periodicals / 1,955 periodicals full-

text

1,650 reference resources, 84,774

biographies, 100,554 primary documents,

202,164 images, 1,781 full-text pamphlets

Academic Search Premier

8,265 periodicals (6,905 are peer

reviewed)

~4,650 periodicals full-text (+3,600 are peer

reviewed)

Includes all the academic disciplines

ProQuest & OCLC K-12

ProQuest

Newsstand

Complete

+350 newspapers (250 titles full-text)

Local, regional, state, national & international

news sources

Coverage is 1980-Present

NetLibrary

15,130 selected eBooks.

Subject areas include – business, economics, social

sciences, technology, medicine, literature, religion,

education, psychology, history, law, science, sports,

and more

Minnesota Digital Library K-12

Minnesota Reflections

~11,500 objects

Includes documents as well as images covering +75 yrs. of MN history

Includes the objects of 65 institutional

contributors -- libraries, museums, historical societies, and more

Questions/Comments?

Let’s do some sample searches!

InfoTrac Junior Edition (6-8)

• Search 1– What articles can you find by searching the keyword

“myspace?”

• Search 2– What information can you find on the proposed

legislation called DOPA?

• Search 3– What do you find when searching for information on the

photographer Dorothea Lange?

• Search 4– What information can you find when searching the

keyword “ipod?”

• Search 5– What articles can you find in the magazine Prevention

when searching the keyword “vegetarianism?”

Professional Collection

• Search 1– Find information on library 2.0.

• Search 2– Find information on digital libraries.

• Search 3– Locate information on early childhood development in

reading.

• Search 4– Find some information on second language acquisition.

• Search 5– A community member needs to find some information

on binge drinking.

MasterFILE Premier

• Search 1– Find articles on stem cell research in the periodical

Scientific American.

• Search 2– Find articles on the history of Thanksgiving.

• Search 3– What results do you get when searching “Internet

gambling” as subject terms?

• Search 4– What primary sources can you find when searching

information on Nancy Pelosi?

• Search 5– What images do you find when searching the keyword

“NASA?”

Academic Search Premier

• Search 1– Using the Visual Search find information on the Civil

War’s Gettysburg Battle.

• Search 2– A student is assigned to write a report on reality

television and its impact on a screenwriter’s career.

• Search 3– What peer-reviewed articles are available on

methamphetamine abuse?

• Search 4– A student is looking for some information on space

exploration.

• Search 5– A student is looking for the most recent Consumer

Report review on MP3 players.

ProQuest Newsstand Complete

• Search 1– Find an article in the Star Tribune on Tim Pawlenty.

• Search 2– Using the Smart Search (Topics Tab) feature find some

information on wiretapping.

• Search 3– What kind of articles can you find on the topic of digital

music?

• Search 4– What articles on terrorism can you find in USA Today?

• Search 5– Find an editorial on Iran’s nuclear program.

Discovering Collection (8-12)

• Search 1– Find a video on the Doppler Effect.

• Search 2– Find detailed information on Australia for a countries

report.

• Search 3– Find literary criticisms for author Toni Morrison.

• Search 4– Find information on the internment of Japanese Americans

during World War II.

• Search 5– Find a list of 19th Century African American scientists.

• Search 6– Find a speech by Albert Einstein. Find Martin Luther

King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Kids InfoBits (K-5)

• Search 1– An elementary school student needs to find information on an

American president, such as George Washington.

• Search 2– An elementary school student needs to find information on his

state, such as Michigan. He needs information about its past and present, including famous people, major cities and more.

• Search 3– What does the Pledge of Allegiance mean?

• Search 4– An elementary school student needs to find information on

bicyclist Lance Armstrong, who won six Tour de France bicycle races in a row.

• Search 5– An elementary school student needs to find information on an

experiment involving static electricity.

NetLibrary eBooks

• Search 1– When searching the keyword “geometry,” what books

do you find?

• Search 2– What ebooks are available on the topic of anatomical

display?

• Search 3– What ebooks are available on the topic of immigration?

• Search 4– Find the book, Windows XP for Dummies.

• Search 5– What ebooks can you find on wildlife and conservation?

• Search 6– Is there a Cliff Notes for book, The Bluest Eye?

Minnesota Reflections

• Search 1– Using the “Browse by Region” search feature, find an image from

the Metro part of the state.

• Search 2– Using the “Browse by Topic” search feature, find an image on the

topic of “weather.”

• Search 3– Using the “Browse by Contributing Institution” search feature, find

an image that the Blue Earth County Historical Society contributed.

• Search 4– Using the basic keyword search, find an image searching the

keyword “hockey.”

• Search 5– Using the “Advanced Search,” find an image searching “sports

and recreation” as an exact phrase and limiting to Goodhue County Historical Society.

Research Project Calculator

Ideas for the Classroom

• National Council of Teachers of English– ReadWriteThink (Lesson Plans, Standards, Web Resources, &

Student Materials)http://www.readwritethink.org/

• National Science Teachers Association (Lesson Plans)http://www2.nsta.org/sciencesites/default.asp?category=14

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics– Illuminations (Lesson Plans, Activities, Standards, & Weblinks)

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Default.aspx

• National Art Education Association (Curriculum & Lesson Plans)http://www.naea-reston.org/research_curriculum.html

• Library of Congress – American Memory– The Learning Page (Lesson Plans)

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/index.html

Collaboration = Higher Achievement

The Teacher

The Librarian

The Student

Collaboration

“An Illinois study in 2005 found, for instance, that eleventh-grade ACT scores are highest when there is a high degree of true collaboration between library media specialists and classroom teachers in a wide spectrum of activities. Higher library staffing levels are linked to higher reading performance for all grade levels. “

-The State of America’s Libraries: A Report from the American Library Association – 4/06

Resources

• Nichols, Janet W., Spang, Lothar, and Kristy Padron. "Building a Foundation for Collaboration: K-20 Partnerships in Information Literacy." Resource Sharing & Information Networks 18.1/2 (2005/2006): 5-12. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. 14 November 2006. http://search.ebscohost.com.

• Bertoldo, Barbara. "Tools of the Trade Ground Rules for Collaboration." Library Media Connection 25.3 (Nov/Dec 2006): 46. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. 14 November 2006. http://search.ebscohost.com.

Resources

• Tabor, Kim. “School Libraries' Positive Impact on Student Achievement." Teacher Librarian 34.1 (2006): 64-65. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. 14 November 2006. http://search.ebscohost.com.

• “The State of America’s Libraries: A Report from the American Library Association.” ALA Press Releases, April. 2006. 14 November 2006.http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/march2006/stateoflibraries.htm

• Teaching with Primary Sources

– Veccia, Susan H., Uncovering Our History: Teaching with Primary Sources. American Library Association, Chicago 2004.

– Knowledge Quest - "29-1 Table of Contents." American Library Association. 2000.http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/volume29/v29n1TOC.htm (Accessed 7 Nov, 2006)

– Minnesota Reflections – Resources for Educators

Resources

• Teaching with Primary Resources

– History Mattershttp://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/

– Using Primary Sources on the Webhttp://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/

– Full-Text Primary Source Collections Onlinehttp://www.library.yale.edu/special_collections/onlineresources.html

Resources

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