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Reference Outreach & Instruction
800.462.5348
Discover What’s New in the Electronic Library for
Minnesota
Beth [email protected]
Minnesota English Learner Education Conference
November 14, 2014
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What is ELM?•The Electronic Library for Minnesota contains 50
online resources specifically for Minnesota residents.•These resources come from six different vendors:▫EBSCO▫Gale / Cengage▫ProQuest▫OCLC▫Britannica▫LearningExpress – NEW! as of July 1, 2014
ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, MINITEX, and State Library Services, the MN state library agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the Minnesota Department of Education, and federal
LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Access to ELM1. http://elm4you.org2. Linked directly from MN school and library
websites
▫To set up direct links, see: http://minitex.umn.edu/elm/access.aspx
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Age-Appropriate School Environments
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Content available in Britannica School•Encyclopedia articles•Downloadable images and videos•Student-friendly websites•Magazine articles supplied by EBSCO•World atlas (Google)•Dictionary and thesaurus•Primary sources•State and Common Core aligned resources• Lesson Plan Builder (NEW)•My Britannica (online folder)
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Britannica School - Elementary
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Britannica School – Middle School
Easily migrate between different reading levels within articles.
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Britannica School – High School
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My Britannica
•Create a new account▫*Important! Educators use School Code: KMVL▫Unique Username and Password
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My Britannica•My Favorites•My Lesson Plans
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Britannica’s Educator’s Resources• Lesson Plans• Learning Games• Study Guides• Curriculum Standards
• Interactive Lessons• Visual Learning• Manipulatives
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Britannica’s Curriculum Standards
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Kids InfoBits (K-5)• Contains articles from magazines, newspapers, and
reference books on animals, famous people, science, countries and states, and more:
▫98 full-text periodicals ▫550 maps▫1,500 charts, graphs, tables▫2,600 pictures, flags,and country and state seals▫7 reference titles
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Searchasaurus (K-6)American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals, Primary Search with 460,000 photos, maps, and flags and…
73 full text periodical titles including:
▫ American Girl▫ Biography Today▫ Boys’ Life▫ Cobblestone▫ Highlights for Children▫ Junior Scholastic▫ KidsSports
▫ Ladybug▫ Math Trek▫ National Geographic Kids▫ Ranger Rick▫ Scholastic News▫ Science News for Kids▫ Zoobooks
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Kids Search (2-8)
•Full text of magazine and reference articles.
• Includes: Primary Search, Middle Search, Science Reference Center
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Junior Reference Collection (grades 6-8)•Reference articles about people, places, history, science
and more. Includes photos and maps.
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InfoTrac Junior Edition (grades 6-8)•Full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and
reference books in just about every subject area.
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InfoTrac Student Edition (9-12)• 1,100 full-text titles, nearly 9 million articles• Broad subject coverage from magazines, newspapers, and
reference books
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Student Resources in Context (6-12)•Contains reference
works, biographies, essays, overviews, primary works, images, and periodical articles.
• Includes: InfoTrac Junior Edition, InfoTrac Student Edition, Discovering Collection, Junior Reference Collection
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Student Research Center (6-12)•Contains hundreds
of magazines, biographies, historical essays, primary source documents, reference books, and images.
• Includes: Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra – School Edition, Health Source: Consumer, Science Reference Center
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Science Reference Center (6-12)•Contains full-text
for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
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Points of View Reference Center (6-12)
• Overview; Point; Counter Point; Critical Thinking▫ Critical thinking guides
for every topic• Guides to: ▫ Debating▫ Developing arguments▫ Writing position papers
• Full Text▫ 1300+ Main Essays▫ Political magazines covering many viewpoints, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts▫ Primary Source Documents
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General Science Collection (9-12)• 200 plus journals, one million plus articles• Magazines, academic journals, book reviews, newspapers,
multimedia and more
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Academic Search Premier/MasterFile Premier (9-12+)•Academic Search Premier▫Thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed, abstracted and
indexed Journals•MasterFile Premier▫Hundreds of thousands of multimedia and primary
source documents▫Nearly 1750 full-text periodicals▫Nearly 500 full-text reference books
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LearningExpress Library 3.0
• Improve basic skills• Math, reading, and writing
tutorials• Learn about in-demand careers• Prepare for occupational exams• ACT®, SAT*, AP* test
preparation• Prepare for the GED® test • Tutorials, practice tests, and
eBooks
*Patrons need to create a LearningExpress account before using the tools and features.
NEW!
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School Center
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High School Equivalency Center
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College Preparation Center
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College Center
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Adult Learning Center
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Recursos Para Hispanohablantes
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Career Center
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Job & Career Accelerator
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Computer Skills Center
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How are the resources working for you and your students?elm4you.org/contact
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Thank you!