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!