eLibrary Elementary

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eLibrary Elementary The user-friendly general
reference solution for your elementary
school2008
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Why Schools Choose eLibrary

• eLibrary Elementary is the easiest to use
  research solution available
• Provides quality, proprietary licensed content
  not available on the free web, Google, etc.

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Why Schools Choose eLibrary

• Online delivery provides currency, diversity of
  content, and variety of access methods all in
  an engaging environment
• Provides powerful, compelling resources for
  extending and reinforcing student learning and
  achievement

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Why Teachers Choose eLibrary

• Students need to retrieve a manageable amount of
  quality content
• Need a tool to do research that will quickly
  bring back safe, selected, reading level and
  age-appropriate resources

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Why Teachers Choose eLibrary

• Access reading-level and curriculum-specific
  resources from multiple sources
• Teachers can create electronic BookCarts
  lesson modules and resource collection pages with
  links to eLibrary Elementary items

The BookCart tool is only available through
ProQuest!
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Why Schools Choose eLibrary

• Students need an integrated resource with varied
  content, media types and search methods, saving
  training research time
• Teachers require multiple types of resources to
  be referenced in student work

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Why Families Choose eLibrary

• Students need an integrated resource with varied
  content, media types and search methods
• Parents need the assurance their students are
  doing research in safe resources, unlike Google
• Remote access enables parents to participate in
  the study process

Parent use guidance available _at_ proquestk12.com
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Why Libraries Choose eLibrary

• Public libraries need to offer an easy-to-use
  research solution to kids
• Widest range of media types from traditional
  periodical content and pictures and reference
  works
• Point-and-click functionality ensures that users
  find the information they need
• Visual resources maps, pictures, audio and
  video clips
• Daily content updates

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Why Libraries Choose eLibrary

• Reference desk gives integrated access to
  dictionary, encyclopedia, almanacs, and much more
• Library staff can create electronic BookCarts
• Webpages on topics of community interest or
  research activities for patrons of all ages and
  reading levels

Free marketing kits and newsletters boost usage
and interest _at_ proquestk12.com
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About ProQuest Solutions

• ProQuest resources unites high quality content,
  standards-based curriculum, and online
  technologies
• Provides resources wherever learning takes place
• We advocate the WISE use of technology
• Widespread throughout the school, library, and
  community
• Interactive engaging for users and extended
  into community through BookCarts, local
  configuration, and supplied activities
• Sustained research, presentations,
  fact-checking, lesson planning, instruction, and
  more
• Effective promotes technology and information
  literacy

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Seven Unique Source Types
Newspapers Magazines Books Maps Images Audio/Video
Clips Radio/TV Transcripts
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Easy Search Methods
Keyword Boolean Natural Language Publication Title
Author Reading Level/Lexile more
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Results Sorting Lexiles
100 Full Text
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Best Part, More Like This Feature
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Documents Like This My List
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Send Resources Email
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Highlight Lookup Feature
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Volcano Lookup My List Add
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My List Collecting Resources
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Boolean Search Example
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Pictures Source Sort
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Picture Result
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Browse Publications
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Sort Publication Source Types
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Topic Search
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Topic Search
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Topic Search
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Topic Search Results
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Reading Level Search
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Reading Level Search Results
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BookCart Tool Collection Creator
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BookCarts Hundreds of Models
Essential questions, standards, readings,
publication links, and much more, help students
make the grade with our model BookCarts
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Help Access
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Why eLibrary Elementary?

• Comprehensive, yet easy-to-use searching for
  young researchers
• Curriculum integration tools are built in
• Seven different media types, plus
  editor-selected websites
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Books
• Pictures
• Maps
• Audio/Video Clips
• TV/Radio Transcripts

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Help Solution Information

• ProQuest Support Center
• Support materials to help you encourage
• use throughout your school
• Quick Start Guides
• Posters
• Free Newsletters
• Training Videos Podcasts
• Product Logos
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Press Release Templates
• Student Teacher Flyers
• And more!
• http//www.proquestk12.com

• Local Configuration
• Manage and edit their default eLibrary account
  settings
• Change default settings
• Configure multimedia access
• Create local library holdings
• Add additional account settings for specific
  workstations
• And more
• BookCart Administration
• Create new BookCarts
• Edit and delete existing BookCarts
• Search and locate available BookCarts across your
  school/district and others
• http//www.proquestk12.com

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eLibrary ElementaryQuestions? Call our ProQuest
representatives at 1.800.521.0600 http//www.proq
uestk12.com