Resource Ontario ppt you may find useful in any presentations you might be making or that others might be making. It illustrates extremely well how the databases can be used to best advantage in many different situations.

1. Knowledge Ontario & Gale
A Partnership to Empower
Ontario’s Learners

2. Diverse, High Quality, Trusted Resources to Meet Ontario’s Needs

3. Spreading the Word
Customized Promotion Materials Placing Ads in Industry Publications

4. Building Awareness, Increasing Usage
Reaching More and More Ontario Communities
Usage in 2009 is up
208% from 2008 and
up 1385% from 2007!!

5. Why Google and Wikipedia Are NOT The Answer
Gale provides trusted, accredited information to users in Ontario. Google and Wikipedia are not always
reliable and often lead to information that is not FACT, but is influenced by outside sources.
The 3rd listed
cite in Google
is unreliable
and gives
unaccredited
information.

6. Scenario #1
Who? Megan, Student at University of Toronto
What? College Assignment on Financial Bailouts in the United States
Resource: General OneFile
What do I need to satisfy the professor?
What are financial bailouts all about?
Where do I begin?
Where can I go?
Will it be credible?
How many companies has this affected?

7. Which great KO resources will help Megan
with her paper?
U.S.
Financial =
Bailout

8. Megan goes into Knowledge Ontario, and finds many databases that will help
her with her paper. She searches General OneFile and finds 1,836 Magazines,
67 Academic Journals, 6 Books, and 5,507 News Articles, 416 Multimedia on
Bank Bailouts. Megan can toggle between Publication Date and Relevancy to
provide a different set of results within one search!
With such a wealth of information, Megan wonders where
she should begin…

9. Megan searched “related subjects” and was able to get a better
understanding of bank bailouts. She decided to narrow her paper to talk
specifically about Goldman Sachs.

10. But first she wants to compare and contrast the Financial Bailouts of
2008 with the Savings and Loan Crisis that occurred in the late 1980’s.
Megan is able to “Browse Subjects” to provide historical context and to
compare and contrast the two economic calamities.

11. Megan has written the background and comparative part of her paper, and now
needs to focus on a particular company. After narrowing her search to Goldman
Sachs, Megan finds up to the minute information for the remainder of her paper.

12. Megan was able to use the KO products to generate source citations for all
the articles she used in the paper! Furthermore, the functionality in the
Knowledge Ontario resources allowed Megan to obtain a deeper
understanding of her topic by providing an array of additional sub-topics,
historical context and current content from American and International writers.
Canadians need the ability to quickly search authoritative, trusted, educational
content that is indexed to provide pointed, relevant results. And that’s only
part of what the KO’s resources do for Ontarians!
I got an A!

13. Scenario 2
Who? Joann, askON Librarian at Thunder Bay Public Library
What? School Assignment on Bioterrorism
Resource: Health and Wellness Resource Center
Jarrod: : [typing instant message] “Hi I need research help!”
Joann: [typing a response] “How can I help.”
Jarrod: “I’m a sophomore in high school, and I need to do a
presentation on bioterrorism for my Current Events class. It
has to have multi-media and be from a reputable source. Can
you help?”
Joann: “Yes! This is similar to a question I got last week – we
can find everything you’ll need through Knowledge Ontario. Are
you sitting in front of your computer?”

14. Jarrod: “What is Knowledge Ontario?”
Joann: “Knowledge Ontario brings all the great resources of your library to your
home. Let’s take a look at what will work for your presentation…”
Bioterrorism =

15. Jarrod: “Where do I start?”
Joann: “Let’s go into the Health and Wellness Resource Center, and do a search on
Bioterrorism. This search yields 3,598 Magazines and Journals, 1,726 News articles,
and a video that you can add to your presentation…”

16. Jarrod: “Cool! Let’s check out the video!”
Joann: “The video is with Pete Williams, a renowned reporter, who talks
about the anthrax attacks that occurred in 2008…”
Jarrod: “Great! That’s a topic that interests me. I think I will focus on the
anthrax scare. It looks like there is a lot of really great information on it.”
Joann: “Here are lots of
authoritative magazines and
journal articles that are
updated daily”

17. Joann: “I just received a thank you IM from
Jarrod – he originally browsed Google, and was
only able to find sporadic articles from
reputable sources. Most of the information that
he found on the open web centered around
preparedness, which is not what he wanted at
all. He was able to use Knowledge Ontario’s
depth of unbiased information to find notable
articles, pull out relevant facts and data, and
add the video in to create a stellar presentation
for his class. And all of the information was in
ONE PLACE!! He also noted that he received
an “A” grade from his Current Events teacher.
Another success story for Knowledge Ontario!”

18. Scenario 3
Who? Sarah, a 6th Grade Biology Teacher
What? Supplemental material to her H1N1 class discussion
Resource: InfoTrac, Junior Edition
I am so tired of being
bombarded by news and other
chatter about the swine flu!
Interestingly, my 6th grade
students either seem oblivious
or confused by what they hear
on the news or what their
parents are saying. I need to
address this topic in class, but
how can I do so to keep them
engaged?

19. Sarah knows that kids these days are bored unless discussions are dynamic
and include some multimedia, so she wants to find an interesting video or
podcast to add to the discussion. She has used Infotrac Junior Edition often for
her classes, and has students working with it as well. What a great opportunity!
She goes
through the
Knowledge
Ontario
databases
to access
Infotrac Junior.
A search reveals
183 multimedia
options, including
podcasts,
videos, and
images.

20. Sarah gives her kids a homework assignment to access Infotrac Junior from
home through Knowledge Ontario, an online library available 24/7. She tells
her students to listen to two short podcasts to inform them of what swine flu is
and how it affects them.

21. “Class, that was a great discussion and I’m
glad you are all excited to understand swine
flu better! See how much better it is to go
to a trustworthy source instead of relying on
Google or Wikipedia, whose sources are
not necessarily written by experts?
As a teacher, I don’t use information
from the open web for fear that I will get
misleading or even wrong information. I
am confident in Knowledge Ontario’s
resources because I know that the
information is accurate and was written
or sourced by subject matter experts.
For your assignment, I’d like for all of you to use Infotrac Junior to write a paper on any
epidemic in the last century. You can start here at school and finish at home. Be sure to
include the multimedia that you all enjoy! Infotrac Junior shows its value again! A preliminary
search in Infotrac Junior on epidemics yields 166 magazine articles, 34 academic journals, 20
books, 611 news articles, and 199 multimedia. Plenty for the kids to work with!

22. Scenario 4
Who? Ed, Sales and Marketing Professional for Ticketmaster
What? Drug Information on OsteoPure
Resource: Health and Wellness Resource Center
“I’m just returning back to the office
after my annual physical. I’m a little
concerned – the doctor is lacking in
bedside manner but didn’t indicate
that there was anything wrong, Yet,
he handed me a prescription for
OsteoPure and suggested that I be
part of a test market group. He
didn’t explain it very well.”

23. Ed remembers a few months
ago he went to the local
library and Mary, the
Exams
librarian, helped him do and Treatment
extensive research. His Prognosis tests s and
and medication
sister had just been
Options
diagnosed with Type II Dialysis
diabetes and he wanted to Insulin
levels
know everything he could
about the disease, her
Simple Resultin
upcoming tests and exams, Sugars Type II g
and her prognosis and Diabetes hypergly
-cemia
options. He found the
answers to all of his
Breakdown of fats
questions in the Health and and proteins for
Wellness Resource Center energy causes acid
compounds called
and had been back several ketones to form in
times since from home the blood
through Knowledge Ontario.

24. Knowledge Ontario is such a great resource! Ed has been back
several times since to get information for training in his marathon!
Ed especially likes the ones that are podcasts, so he can listen to
them while he is running!

25. Back to the task at hand… drug research on OsteoPure. It sure sounds like something he would need
to take for brittle bones, but Ed is in great shape, is training for a marathon, and is only 45, so he
shouldn’t have any signs of osteoporosis yet! He knows that with his library card he can access
Knowledge Ontario and get some quick answers to his questions,
I love
Knowledge
Ontario!
Ed logs into his KO products and goes to
the Health & Wellness Resource Center. He
inputs the drug name and breathes a sigh of
relief! Great news! It is just a dietary
supplement which will help build his bones
as he trains for the marathon, and it is even
made by Marathon Nutrifoods, a company
he has ordered from before! Thanks again,
HWRC!!!

26. Scenario 5
Who? Jenna, Sixth Grader
What? History Assignment on Inuit People
Resource: Student Resource Centre: Canadian Edition
I know very little about the Inuit and
Canada’s First Nations people other
than that many of them live in
northern communities.
I know the Inuit People are a very
important part of Canadian
history, and that my teacher gave
this assignment to make the
students more aware of Canada’s
First Peoples

27. Teacher: “Class – I’m going to
give you a tip – if you have a
library card, you can access
Kingston Public Library from
home. Within the library are
Knowledge Ontario resources,
and this is where you will find
Student Resource Center
Canadian. You can do this
assignment without leaving
home!”
I know my teacher gave
me the Knowledge Ontario
tip, but I really would rather
use Google because I
think it would be faster and
easier. Let’s see what it
has…

28. Great!
Google has
more than 7
million hits for
“Inuit!”
This looks
like a good
source… I’ll
click here..
Uh oh – it is not sourced,
and there is a really
annoying advertisement at
the bottom. I wonder if it
is even credible… Maybe
Google is not a shortcut
after all…

29. Jenna goes to SRC Canadian and on the front page of the resource, she finds Inuit listed under
“Popular Topics.” After she clicks on the topic, she finds 105 reference articles, 205 magazine
articles, and 221 academic journals and 1,323 newspaper articles, along with 4 primary
sources and 29 photographs. She also finds some audio files.

30. Jenna even finds the Ontario Curriculum within Student Resource Centre Canadian, which links
directly to Ontario curriculum articles and results broken down by grade. Jenna sends a quick
email to her teacher, knowing she might get extra points for telling her teacher about additional
classroom tools. Jenna hones in on the Inuit culture, and writes a comprehensive paper for her
class about the religious rituals, language, and way of living for Inuit People. Jenna not only
ends up enjoying the assignment, but she wants to learn more about Canadian history!

31. Scenario #6
Who? Gabby, a stay at home mom to a 5 year old and a 8 year old
What? Need to stay informed about the 2010 Canadian Olympians
Resource: Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly
I could not be more excited
about the 2010 Olympics in
Vancouver! I’ve just been out
buying all of the magazine and
news articles I could find about
the athletes on the Canadian
Olympic team! I can’t wait to
get the scoop on them!

32. Gabby quickly realizes that keeping up on all of the Olympic news will be much harder,
and more expensive, than she thought! How can she stay up to date while not spending
a lot of money and time subscribing to all of the best publications? It really would be
great to have one place to go to get all of the latest Olympic information…
Money!
Time!

33. RSS feed icon
sends new
information to
Gabby
through
email..
Ability to
limit to
Canadian
only
sources…
Gabby has to go to the library anyway to get some books for the
kids, and she asks the librarian if she can help. The librarian
tells her all about Knowledge Ontario, and the Canadian
Tons of Periodicals Index Quarterly! Gabby is so thrilled! Not only will
Canadian she get updated information on a daily basis from all of the
resources
all in one Canadian newspaper and magazine writers, but the librarian
place! also showed her that she can set an RSS feed delivered to her
email so she doesn’t even have to search at all! Everyday, the
RSS feed automatically sends Gabby new articles on Olympic
news from Canadian writers to her email inbox.

34. “Hi, this is Joann from the library! More good
news! I just called Knowledge Ontario to verify
that Gale, the company that provides Student
Resource Centre Canadian, has been
commissioned to write special essays on
roughly 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the
games! This special content will be available
through RSS feeds also, so you will be able to
get current information that cannot be found
anywhere else outside of SRC-Canadian!”
YIPPEE!!

35. The Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly is so much better than Google which does
not offer RSS feeds and thus can not provide up to the minute information. Knowledge
Ontario’s RSS feeds provide Gabby with up to the minute information every day, week,
or month depending on how often she wants it. To make it even better, the new AML
(Access my Library) iPhone app is free and allows Gabby to connect to her Knowledge
Ontario electronic resources via her iPhone. She can get updates – anytime, anywhere!
Gabby couldn’t be happier! Go Leafs Go!!