Using Research Databases

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Using Research Databases

• Created for Mr. Ciancitto
• By Mrs. L. Bakanas and Mrs. A. Martinez

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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.

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Research Databases

• Go to www.lrhsd.org/chmedia
• Click on the Research Databases Tab on the left
  side of the page.

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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 lets
  try using
• FACT ON FILE WORLD ATLAS

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Select a country Example Pakistan
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For other famous Pakistanis
Chief of State
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Benazir Bhutto
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Biography information in World Atlas
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For additional Biographical Information
Biography Resource Center
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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

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To use Ebscohostweb
Select only Newspaper source
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Enter your person
Select full text
Select the data range
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For news in the last two weeks
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