When 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.
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!
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.
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!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
World Book
School Edition
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.
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.
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.
Public Library Edition
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.
Foreign Language Edition
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.
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.
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.
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.
Public Library Edition
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.
Foreign Language Edition
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.
Monday, December 22, 2008
librarything
I 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. www.freemanlibrary.org 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!!
Monday, December 15, 2008
wrap-up
What 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!
wrap-up
It is absolutely amazing what is out there to be used for our benefits if we just take the time to use them. For example, www.localendar.com is a great place to use a calendar on your web page. It is easily uploaded and easily edited. If only a person had more time to explore and try. This challenge was wonderful because it made me take the time to do just that. Thanks for doing this. I loved it!!
Wikis
Wikis definately have their place. If you don't know how to create a web page wikis would be a good place to start. Also I can see this as a great place for a "what should I read next type of interaction". If you could get patrons to start leaving edits on the book they just read this could be a great asset to your library.
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