Love your library databases inventors
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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?
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How to Find the DatabasesGo to your school’s websiteHover over Library
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How to Find the DatabasesClick “Library & Electronic Resources”
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How to Find the Databases
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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
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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
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ENCYCLOPEDIASWorld Book & Grolier
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WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
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WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
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WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIASearch # 1
Search # 2
Which search would work better? Why? Talk to your neighbor for 30 seconds to decide.
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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?
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WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
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WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
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WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
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WORLD BOOK: INVENTORS
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GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIA
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SIRS DISCOVERERGeneral Reference
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DISCOVERER
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DISCOVERER
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DISCOVERER
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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?
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IF WE HAVE TIME
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CULTUREGRAMS
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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?
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GALE POWERSEARCH
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GALE POWERSEARCH
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GALE POWERSEARCH – BOOK RESULTS
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GALE POWERSEARCH
Magazine and newspaper articles
Online reference booksScholarly journals
What kind of research would you do using Powersearch?
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? Thank you!