Online Subscription Database Workshop

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Online Subscription Database Workshop

• Vista Murrieta High School Library
• Deborah Jacobs
• Teacher Librarian

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ICT Literacy

• Information and Communications Technology Literacy

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Four elements of an ICT Program

• Resources
• Specific skills
• Engagement in learning activities
• Reflection and documentation of learning
• Christine Bruce (2002)Information literacy as a
  catalyst for educational change a background
  paper. White paper prepared for UNESCO, the US
  NCLIS and National Forum for Info

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Resources

• Resources to facilitate the learning of specific
  skills
• Web based information sources
• Library resources
• Instructional materials

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Database vs. Google
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Periodical Research

• Popular
• People
• US Weekly
• Sports Illustrated
• National Enquirer, STAR, The Globe

• Scholarly
• English Journal
• Scientific American
• U.S. Dept. Newsletters

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DATABASE COMPARISON
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KEYWORD SEARCH SCREENBOOLEAN SEARCHING

• AND
• COMBINES SEARCH TERMS FOR ALL
• HALLOWEEN AND PUMPKINS AND CARVING
• OR
• COMBINES SEARCH TERMS FOR AT LEAST ONE
• PUMPKINS OR JACK 0LANTERNS

• NOT
• EXCLUDES TERMS
• HALLOWEEN NOT PUMPKINS

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Online Database PortalVMHS Library Web Page

• Click on the moving stack to access the page

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Full Text Databases

• EBSCO click on the hyperlink for access
• Articles from periodicals
• Newspapers - 200 United States and International
• New York Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Magazines 2000 magazines
• Time
• Newsweek
• Scholarly Journals over 3000 journals
• Oxford University Press
• Cambridge University Press

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JOURNAL ALERTS

• Click on the graphic to View a short Training
  Video

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STUDENT RESEARCH CENTER
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Video
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OPPOSING VIEWPOINT RESOURCE CENTER

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the
  acclaimed social issues print series published by
  Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference
  content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference
  USA sources. Unique features include Viewpoint
  articles frameworks that allow students to
  explore each topic's many facets and exclusive
  electronic access to Gale's Information Plus
  series featuring statistics and government data
  placed in context.
• Selections culled from Greenhaven Press vast
  social issues content vault include these
• Opposing Viewpoints series At Issue,
  Contemporary Issues Companions, Current
• Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints Digests,
  Opposing Viewpoints and Teen Decisions.
• Seamless integration of secondary sources and
  full-text articles from more than 190 major
  newspapers and news magazines provides up-to-date
  coverage of the issues behind todays headlines.

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Online Reference Books

• E-Books / Online Reference Works
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Click on the logo to View a short Training Video
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SIRS Online Database

• http//www.proquestk12.com/ Click on the
  hyperlink to access the database
• Researcher is a highly acclaimed reference
  resource containing thousands of full-text
  articlesmany accompanied by charts, maps,
  photos, diagrams, and illustrationsexploring
  current and enduring topics. 

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Social Issues Resource Services
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VMHS Library Web Page

• Valuable Resources
• Links to Online Databases
• MLA Formatting Instructions
• MLA Citation
• Webliographies for Research Topics

Click on the graphic access the Library web page