Using Research Databases

Created for Mr. Ciancitto

By: Mrs. L. Bakanas and Mrs. A. Martinez

Mastery Objective:

Students will be able to: Use the Media Center databases to find

information on a country and its leaders. Find biographical information on a selected

leader. Locate current events on the leader and

country.

Research Databases:

Go to: www.lrhsd.org/chmedia Click on the Research Databases* Tab on

the left side of the page.

Selecting a Database

Read the summary of the content of each database. Since we need to search by country, look for atlases.

To find general information on a country let’s try using:

FACT ON FILE – WORLD ATLAS

Select a country

Example:

Pakistan

Chief of State:

For other famous Pakistanis

Benazir Bhutto

Biography information in World Atlas

For additional Biographical Information

Biography Resource Center

Databases for Current Events Ebscohost Web

Select Newspaper source

Fact.com World News Click on Reuters News to search the last two

weeks

InfoTrac Elite 500 Custom Newspapers

To use Ebscohostweb

Select only Newspaper source

Enter your person

Select full text

Select the data range

For news in the last two weeks