tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23553210179501256652024-02-20T02:11:25.540-06:00A Library is a terrible thing to waste322 S Main St,
PO Box I,
Freeman, SD 57029fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-24585430106718142562013-03-25T14:35:00.000-05:002013-03-25T14:35:24.893-05:00OverviewI have really enjoyed this review of the databases. They constantly change and I don't always just take the time to go back into them and see the changes. I really liked the newspapers section of Ancestry database. I hadn't used that before and could see some good possibilities coming out of there. Some of the databases I thought were more user friendly than others, but all provided good info. Since I have started this class, I have been able to recommend some of the databases to some patrons to help find what they were looking for. It was a great class and thanks for doing this!!!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-1601776007779443542013-03-25T14:23:00.000-05:002013-03-25T14:23:54.679-05:00Ancestry & HeritageQuest1.To find out information about Titanic's two sister ships, I went to Immigration & Travel and then ship pics & Descriptions. I typed in Titanic and it brought up the Titanic as well as her two sister ships the Britanic, which never saw commercial travel as it was commandeered by the British Government and then sank. It also had the Olympic which was eventually a WWI service ship.<br />
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2.Trying to find info on Dirigible, the Hindenburg, was a little tougher. I think it was errors with my browser and not the database. but initially no matter what I typed in, I would get no results, then I tried going into the newspaper & publications a different way and was able to find 322 articles. I read a few and found them fascinating. This would work great for searches for historic events to see what the papers of the day wrote about it. Pretty cool!<br />
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3.Searching in HeritageQuest for history of Freeman, SD, I didn't find much info. I tried under books, and mostly what I found, was a person who was either from Freeman, or made reference to Freeman. I really didn't find much historical information. I then tried Persi and had pretty much the same results. I think if we would try a bigger town, that would be in more books we would have better luck.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-3812987439836697572013-03-14T11:36:00.000-05:002013-03-14T11:36:51.401-05:00ArchiveGrid and CAMIOArchiveGrid- Material for Theodore Schultz can be found at Iowas State University. Even though you do not get full articles, I did find it interesting that he was involved and resigned in protest to the great "oleomargarine Controvery". He also won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. Even though he was from South Dakota. There were none of his papers available in South Dakota.<br />
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CAMIO - Hunting for Victorian Era fashion was a little time consuming. I first tried Victorian Era Fashion and got no results. Then I tried just Fashion and I just got results from 1800, which is a little before the era I wanted. I tried dress and was able to narrow that down to 1843 which gave me 10 results including a really cool wedding dress! I also tried 1870 and got 14 results. This would give the student some resources to use. I also tried using the keyword clothing and found nothing in the correct time period. I think if you enjoyed art and photography you could spend hours browsing through all the images. fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-91359033678870391882013-03-05T10:52:00.001-06:002013-03-05T10:52:50.837-06:00WorldCat1.To look for works about Martin Luther I Chose Martin Luther as a subject, then using the NOT I added Martin Luther King. This really reduced the numbers. I also limited it books and in Subtype Limits I chose Juvenile Non-Fiction. Here are 2 books that I chose. Martin Luther by May McNeer which is available at the Alexander Mitchell Library. and Martin Luther: a Man who Changed the Wolrd by Paul L. Maier which is available at the Brookings Public Library.<br />
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2. To see what Classic Graphic Novels are in libraries I typed in Graphic Novels and classics. I limited it to Fiction. I came up with Journey to the Center of the Earth Published by Barron's in Hauppauge, NY.<br />
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3. Looking for a musical score for My Fair Lady, I typed My Fair Lady as a title Phrase and in the Limit type to, I checked musical scores. the accession number was 26429906.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-35531646044721998402013-02-26T17:14:00.000-06:002013-02-26T17:14:49.297-06:00Ebooks on Ebsco Host1. I tried out the visual search and I tried several different topics. I struck out on Siamese Twins and didn't get much back on Mount Everest. I then tried South Dakota, I really liked how it drilled down to what you were looking for and you could see the results. I did open a couple of different books I thought that the reading pane was not the most effienct. I had to scroll down each page and then turn the page, seemed like a lot. The information was good and I think that kids could get some very useful information for reports and projects.<br />
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2. For the colored Fairy tale books, I stayed in visual search and typed fairy tales, then clicked on fairy tales again and 4 books came up they were all written by Andrew Lang and they were the Violet Fairy tales, Blue Fairy tales, Yellow Fairy tales, and Red Fairy tales. I had tried to do just a basic search using the same term fairy tales, and I could not find anything helpful. Now if I had grandma with me we could have drilled down a little further by getting a date range that they were published,but she wasn't here.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-86791743704335635452013-02-26T16:35:00.000-06:002013-02-26T16:35:02.128-06:00Gale Virtual Reference1.Spring Festivals:<br />
A. <b>United States: Mardi Gras</b><br />
<b>Food and Recipe</b>:Mardi Gras King Cake <br />
Ingredients<br />
1 package dry yeast<br />
¼ cup warm water<br />
6 teaspoons milk, boiled then cooled<br />
4 to 5 cups flour<br />
1 cup (½ pound or 2 sticks) butter, softened<br />
¾ cup sugar<br />
¼ teaspoon salt<br />
4 eggs<br />
2 teaspoons butter, melted<br />
Small ceramic figurine (available at religious stores) or bean (optional)<br />
Light corn syrup, for glazing<br />
Colored sugar crystals (green, yellow, purple), for topping <br />
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Directions<br />
1.Dissolve yeast in warm water.<br />
2.Add milk and about ½ cup of flour.<br />
3.In a large bowl, blend butter, sugar, salt, and eggs.<br />
4.Add yeast mixture and mix thoroughly.<br />
5.Gradually add 2½ cups of flour to make a stiff dough.<br />
6.Turn onto a clean, floured countertop and knead for about 8 minutes.<br />
7.Clean mixing bowl and coat it with butter. Place dough in greased bowl and brush with 2 teaspoons melted butter.<br />
8.Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise until double in size, about 2 hours.<br />
9.Punch dough in the center with a clean fist.<br />
10.Dust a clean counter with flour. Turn dough out onto counter and knead for 2 minutes. Roll into a 4-foot long rope.<br />
11.Form the rope into an oval and transfer it to a 14- × 17-inch greased cookie sheet. Pinch ends of dough together. (Add a few drops of water to seal the seam, if necessary.)<br />
12.Press the figurine (or bean) into the dough from underneath, so that it is hidden.<br />
13.Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in size, about 1 hour.<br />
14.Preheat oven to 325°F.<br />
15.Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned.<br />
16.Brush top of cake with corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar.<br />
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<b>Games or pastimes</b><br />
Parades are the most common event in Mardi Gras and the building of the floats is considered a local pastime.<br />
I found this by first typing in Mardi Gras and then narrowing it down by catagory.<br />
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B. <b>China: Ching Ming Festival</b><br />
celebrated April 5 or 6<br />
<b>Food and Recipe</b>: Hta-Ma-Ne<br />
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Ingredients<br />
4 cups cooked glutinous rice, kept warm (available at Asian food stores)<br />
1/3 cup peanut butter<br />
11/2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon ground ginger<br />
1 tablespoon vegetable oil<br />
3 tablespoons fresh garlic, finely chopped<br />
3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds<br />
1/2 cup shredded coconut<br />
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Directions<br />
1.Heat oil in a medium saucepan and stir together cooked rice, peanut butter, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and coconut.<br />
2.Cover and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes to heat through, stirring occasionally.<br />
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<b>Games or pastimes</b><br />
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During this holiday families make elaborate paper offerings to their ancestors that are burned at ceremonies. They also do Kite flying.<br />
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Recently added 2012 titles<br />
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After going to advanced search and typing in dates between 2012 and 2012 I chose these two:<br />
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<b>Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of the 20th and 21st Century America</b>. This was a fun look at cultural history. I read about the creation of SPAM to popular tv shows and fashions. I really enjoyed looking around and reading the articles.<br />
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<b>Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods & recipies of the world</b>. This just took a look at different culture food traditions and included recipes. I could really get lost in this just trying different recipes!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-6875522366983066192013-02-13T11:33:00.000-06:002013-02-13T11:33:29.002-06:00ProQuest1. While searching for Les Miserables I went under subject and just chose literary criticism and it gave me a bunch of reviews of the book. I found that a neat way to sort through all the possible hits you would have gotten otherwise. It is nice to be able to drill down to exactly what you want to save you time of sorting through all that yourself.<br />
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2. I really had trouble finding relevant material for this. I don't know if I was doing it wrong or what. But I tried several searches, such as, Hurricane Sandy AND Libraries, Hurricane Sandy then tried to drill down with subjects and such, and I would get results back, but not the impact on libraries per say. Maybe my searches were inaccurate and I need to keep trying, but I spent at least 30 minutes trying to find something that would work.<br />
fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-71014667736741347962013-02-13T10:27:00.000-06:002013-02-13T10:27:04.616-06:00SIRS <b> SIRS Discoverer</b><br />
1. When I was looking for solar system information for a third grader who reads below grade level, I went to the advanced search typed in solar system, then you can enter the childs lexile reading level. That way you are assured that you can give the child information that she can read and comprehend.<br />
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2. The two ways I searched for volcanoes were hitting the science button on the first page, then on the right side of the next page I clicked on Geography, then volcanoes. Finally I clicked on the graphics tab and came up with 152 images. The second way was a keyword search for volcanoes. I clicked on graphics again and came up with 137 images.<br />
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<b>SIRS Researcher</b><br />
1. The debate between using Google and SIRS website was interesting. I found a PDF that said that only 10% of a Google search would be k-12 relevant or editor/teacher-reviewed. By going through SIRS it would save you a lot of time because you are assured that the web sites are reviewed for content and are accurate. So you are getting higher quality results immediately instead of having to sift through a lot of google sites.<br />
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2. Finding information for a civic discussion, I used 2 different searches, water restrictions and water conservation. I think both of these can be helpful with the discussions, although I didn't quite find what I was looking for, but again a lot of good information, including court cases. <br />
fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-33558057283461871412013-01-30T16:17:00.000-06:002013-01-30T16:20:26.309-06:00Learning Express1. A fourth grader who needs help with reading comprehension should be shown to the reading skills improvement page and the 4th grade reading practice showing him/her the comprehension practice exams. I would also show this student that after they take the exams that they can go back and she what the correct answer is and why.
2. on improving office manager skills I went to job search & work place skills and went into the locating info practice test. This was a nice little test that gets you familiar with reading charts, graphs, invoices, etc. Although when I was going through the test I did find a typo. Is there any way to contact them and let them know? But this would definately help brush up on some of the skills you may be called upon to do as an office manager.
3. A student looking for info on nursing or pharmacy, I went into Jobs& Careers under nursing and caree guidance and found a downloadable book about the nursing field. I didn't see anything in there about Pharmacy and when I did a search it just came up with pharmacy exams.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-89399238249927803332013-01-22T16:20:00.001-06:002013-01-22T16:20:55.951-06:001c - World Book Foriegn LanguageI tried the spanish version and tried to search for house using the english word and I didn't get the proper results, I could browse and eventually get there, but that took awhile. In the browse feature, I clicked on the A-Z and then I was able to search in English, which made things easier to get to where I wanted to go. I again couldn't get the text to speech feature to work, so I might have to try a different computer. I think this is a great offering for Spanish speakers, that we can offer them some help in their native language.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-12939387801121945752013-01-22T16:10:00.001-06:002013-01-22T16:10:06.161-06:001B World Book Public Libraries1. World Book Online kids - I went into Science Projects had some great ideas for simple science projects that you could incorporate into class time or even kids could try at home. I thought the translate button was very nice, but I couldn't get the text read aloud to work.
2.World Book Online InfoFinder - I tried the Virtual tours of the Titanic, and it had some great information in it. This could be very helpful for students who have a hard time reading that they still could get facts and information.
3. World Book Online Reference Center - This is the same as the World Book Advanced so see previous post.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-36116908552458862072013-01-22T15:10:00.001-06:002013-01-22T15:10:53.275-06:00Lesson 1a: World Book School Edition1. World Book Kids - I went into the games & activities and found a lot of different games in different subjects areas. I went into english and tried the parts of speech matching game. I can see this being a fun resource to use to have kids practice their parts of speech. Anytime you can do these activities in a game format, I think kids enjoy it more and stick with it better.
2. World Book Student - I went into Behind the headlines and thought this would be great for current events. They had great information on the inauguration. You could also play a game that reviews some of the current events. How Cool!
3. World Book Advance - This would be a great resource for books! I really liked that you were able to download the ebook, so you don't have to be online the whole time. Also it was nice that it does quite a bit of work for you by tying in Web pages and content standards. I really liked the Back in time articles.
4.World Book Disscover - I really liked the how to research. This would be great for students and teachers. Students learn some of the basics of how to do a research paper and the teachers side, gives you guidlines on how to set up the papers so they are more plagerism proof. Neat!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-60406627691351113952010-04-26T10:51:00.002-05:002010-04-26T11:02:45.419-05:00Wrap-upI have really enjoyed this class! I had taken classes on one or two of these before, but you always learn something new, like that there are several databases in Worldcat! This has been a great refresher and has inspired me to keep pushing the databases at our library. Thank you!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-58602928945953165422010-04-20T15:49:00.001-05:002010-04-20T16:44:25.892-05:00Genealogy ResourcesI have spent a lot of time on Ancestry doing my own family research, it is amazing on what little nuggets of information you can find on Ancestry. When I try my name the only thing that I can find is my phone #. But I love to go through the census to see what kind of information they asked, like do you own a radio? I also like to learn what their occupation was. One thing that I have learned through my own experience is to keep coming back and checking for new information. It is amazing how much information is added to this site. Also, if you cannot find a name in a census in Ancestry then try Heritage Quest. They have different indexes and sometimes they will spell things a little differently, giving you the ability to find what you are looking for. <br />When I tried the Photos and maps using the keyword South Dakota, I found a lot of interesting items, like baseball players? Didn't know we had any from SD. It was fun to snoop around, although there were a lot of hits either on South or North, so the use of quotes would help.<br /><br />Heritage Quest<br />For family research, I haven't had much luck with this program, although if you are doing research on a famous person or event, this would give you great references of where to find information.<br /><br />Sanborn Maps<br />I enjoyed looking at the Sanborn maps of my home town of Parker, to see what is different and what is still the same. I never knew that at one time there was a Presbyterian Church on Main Street that was heated by coal and had gas lights! If you would be doing any sort of research on a town's history, these maps would be a wonderful asset!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-58156604677033668692010-04-15T09:08:00.001-05:002010-04-15T09:18:25.027-05:00Learning ExpressI love Learning Express! It has so many useful exams and lessons available. I also like that you can access this from home. The testing format is easy and you get feedback immediately. I like that it also explains why you got a problem wrong, so you can learn from your mistakes. I neve saw that ebooks were available! How cool is that, to be able to have study help available on the same site! There are so many ebooks, it's a wonderful tool for anybody who needs to take an exam!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-27215115496917406542010-04-05T15:37:00.002-05:002010-04-05T16:18:36.842-05:00CAMIOUnder my search for Paul Revere I found that he was an excellent craftsman in Silver. He made bowls, spoons, sugar bowls, urns, platters, teapots, etc...<br />I never knew that he was such a craftsman. Neat!<br /><br />When I searched Sioux I found a lot of artifacts from the Sioux and some recent art pieces by the Sioux. I was able to narrow my search by time period, which would help if I was looking for a specific era. The photographs were a good quality and you can get a lot of details.<br /><br />I first did a search on Renoir and found lots of wonderful paintings, then I narrowed my search by typing Renoir bather and it did narrow the search to those that had bather in the title. I saw you could also narrow the search by format, date and subject. Pretty neat.<br /><br />As far as how my committe could use this, at this point I am not sure how I would use this. I think it would be great for research, especially in the art field.<br /><br />The favorites part is pretty cool, would be great for a presentation. I really liked the compare feature, so you could examine two works side by side. Pretty Cool!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-82675204367644421762010-04-05T15:33:00.002-05:002010-04-05T15:37:40.698-05:00ArchiveGridAfter putting in my search for Sitting bull I came up with 1 record that was located at Cornell University. The search also gave a brief summary of the life of Sitting Bull.<br /><br />On the second search I typed Thomas Edison and had 232 hits. I tried Thomas A Edison Manuscript: Story of a great American. Which is housed at Harvard University. It gave a brief discription of the manuscript (length, date, etc..)fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-86985064640788151062010-03-31T18:50:00.002-05:002010-03-31T18:58:13.375-05:00Net LibraryThis was a fun search to do, spent way to much time on it! The first search I did was on Mount Everest. I just did a keyword search and got a lot of results that had the word Mount Everest in it but didn't deal with Mount Everest. I did find some books that looked very interesting and upon inspection, loved the pictures and information I was able to find. 2. the fitness search I cam across a book called ultimate new York Body Plan by David Kirsch, which was a good book it had exercises with pictures and descriptions. 3. My last search I found a lot of books of western history I found a lot of books on the indians, Lewis and Clark and general history books. Very facinating! This would be great for research papers, and reports. Also I had a patron in mind who loves history who has trouble reading because of failing eyesight. This probably would work for him, because he can enlarge the print, since it is web based, to a size that he is able to read. I plan on mentioning this to him next time I see him!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-41218749682278264222010-03-31T17:08:00.002-05:002010-03-31T17:17:44.660-05:00WorldCatI have skipped the Netlibrary chapter because I am having some technical difficulties, but will return as soon as it is up and running. I have used WorldCat in the past for ordering books and obtaining MARC records, but I never realized that there were other databases that you could search through!I also never saw before that you could cite your book through WorldCat. It will give you 5 versions of citations. I appreciate that when you search the SD libraries come up first and then the neighboring ones. That really helps in trying to keep material as close to in-state as possible without extra searching.Also having some full text articles in OAIster was nice, although I tried a couple of searches and had trouble getting exactly what I was looking for.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-89307011385449218652010-03-22T17:15:00.002-05:002010-03-22T17:30:50.112-05:00Gale Virtual ReferenceI selected the Gale encyclopedia of Medicine and searched for Polycythemia. I found the information in here much easier to understand for a non-professional than the search I did in ProQuest. It was very easy to use and I can see the medical books being used a lot. Also kids needing to do papers would have a great resource here.<br /><br />I used the same search term, Polcythemia, and had a few more options than I did in the first search. It was very nice to see the listen feature for non-readers, although I wouldn't want to listen to that voice very long!<br /><br />There is a lot of neat stuff in Gale, if a person would just take the time to investigate it a little.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-75171714364522971282010-03-08T14:42:00.002-06:002010-03-08T15:08:52.996-06:00ProquestI actually did two searches, one was on polycythemia, which is a blood disorder, and I found the articles on that were all way over my head! I didn't know a lot of the medical terminology so I switched and did a search on wind generators, There were 89 articles and they ranged anywhere from policy, types of generators, new designs, and practicality. I found these articles much more user friendly. When I did a search through publication, I tried librarian and found 4 publications, mostly related to schools, I then tried public libraries, and found 1 publication. They all were interesting reading. I am really glad they have the full article button or you could really waste some time going through articles. I was really amazed at how many periodicals are in proquest, you could have a lot of fun browsing through some of those periodicals!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-82902886726512308072010-03-02T14:26:00.002-06:002010-03-02T15:00:29.883-06:00SIRS Discoverer and ResearcherWhen I looked up Lindsy Vonn on SIRS Discoverer, I found 6 articles, 3 had pictures, and they all had a moderate reading level. Discoverer was easy to navigate. I liked that from a glance you could see if there were pictures, activites and reading levels in the article before you even opened it. The articles were recent and relevant. <br /><br />When I looked in Country facts for Bahamas. I found a map and picture of the flag. They also offered teacher resources, facts, population, geography and weather, economy, government, and history. The database features are nice, they have lots of information and can help with reports and research, or even some fun fictional articles!<br /><br />On SIRS Researcher I picked abortion for the leading issue. It had a lot of good information and artlicles, along with timelines, charts, statistics, and pros and cons.<br />Under the curriculum pathfinders, each heading had a wide variety of sub headings to narrow your seach. There was a lot of information under each sub heading and there were some interactive articles that were fun!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-89203674797552485642010-02-24T16:22:00.004-06:002010-02-24T17:23:35.226-06:00World BookSchool Edition<br />I found that World Book Kids is a very simplistic easy to understand description, geared to the younger audience. Pictures are readily available. Student version is similar but the information is more in depth.<br /><br />Advanced has the left and right columns broken down into subcategories for quick and easy access to the information you are looking for. I think users will like the ease in finding exactly what they are looking for without having to read the whole article.<br /><br />World Book Discover will help those who have trouble reading or reading English with the read aloud toolbar. Again this is very easy to navigate.<br /><br />Public Library Edition<br />I found that the Kids,Info Finder, and Reference is very similar to the school edition kids,Student, and Advanced version. The kids edition if very bright and appealing. I like that you can double click on a word and the definition comes up. Also it can read the text to them. The Info Finder is more in depth. The Reference edition has a nice feature on the right hand side where it will point you to more information on the subject, such as other books, web sites, magazine articles, and interactive maps.<br /><br />Foreign Language Edition<br /><br />Since we do have a small Spanish speaking section, this edition would be of great assistance to them. It can even be of benefit to those trying to learn Spanish. The picture dictionary had each word printed although no sound to help in pronunciation.fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-53703279473399224212008-12-22T17:00:00.002-06:002008-12-22T17:04:54.616-06:00librarythingI just have to say, that I am one of those who use librarything and just love it! I put our new books on it and then post it on our website. check us out under new items. <a href="http://www.freemanlibrary.org/">www.freemanlibrary.org</a> It is so easy! The customers can than see a cover of the book and even read the blurb. It is great. Another similar program is listal.com. I use this service also because it has a section for DVDs. It is wonderful!!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355321017950125665.post-31731007261761206292008-12-15T15:07:00.001-06:002008-12-15T15:09:12.431-06:00wrap-upWhat I am going to try to do is to take the half hour twice a week that I use for this class, to continue to explore and learn more. Since I already built this time into my schedule it should be a very doable project!fplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649166255678166110noreply@blogger.com1