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- 1. G A L E R E S O U R C E S from POWER Library
- 3. A young girl walks in and wants to find information on female scientists.
- 4. K-5th Grade •Full-text content •More than 16,600 images •Over 1,700 charts and graphs •More than 600 educational videos •Easy navigation
- 5. A middle schooler who helped with a volunteer crew over the summer wants to learn more about the effects of pollution.
- 6. Middle School •Cross-curricular content •Topic Portals •Articles, overviews, essays, news, multimedia, biographies, primary sources, and more
- 7. A high school student working on an assignment needs to learn more about blockchain.
- 8. Secondary School •Over 2,300 periodicals •Journals, newspapers, reference books •Over 65,000 image, audio, and video files •Document translation into 40 languages
- 9. A nursing student wants articles on ethics in nursing.
- 10. Post-Secondary School •Peer-reviewed articles from journals in a variety of topics •Multimedia like audio, video, images, and podcasts •Major reference sets
- 11. A hiker wants to learn basic information about the saw-whet owl.
- 12. General Interest •Over 8,800 full text titles •Reference, Newspaper, and Audio Content •Over 1.2 million videos and 59,000 images •Travel Guides •NPR programs •Full text magazines like USA Today and AARP
- 13. Full-Text Newspapers •Over 2,300 major regional, national, and local newspapers from the US and around the world •Almost 400 newswires •No embargo for 94% of titles •Updated 5 times a day
- 14. Reader’s Advisory! •Expert picks •Award winners •Read alikes •Create a reading room •Explore Genres •Who? What? Where? When?
Editor's Notes
- In August of this year, we suddenly had access to 16 new-to-us eResources through POWERLibrary.
- Many of our previous resources expired this year, but have since been replaced by Gale eResources. Links to the resources can be found on the CCLS database page, organized by category along the left, or directly at the powerlibrary website. (click) How do we keep them straight? PowerLibrary created this useful Crosswalk for us that you should all have in front of you. Use it to explore our options, read descriptions of each resource, and compare the new to the old. We’ll practice by using the crosswalk to help us determine which resource to consult in a number of scenarios. As we explore these resources, I’ll also demo a few really cool and useful tools that you can use across most Gale Resources.
- A young girl walks into your library and wants to find information on female scientists.
- Full descriptions of each database can be found on the PowerLibrary E-Resources page. Read slide, Click on the picture to get to database. Topic browse (People, Scientists) Listen to names/terms Results sorted into content type Content Levels Key Listen – settings
- A middle schooler who helped with a volunteer crew over the summer wants to learn more about the effects of pollution.
- Read slide, click picture to get to database Browse Subjects or search at top: Featured banner and categories are very much like in Explora Click on the subject type you want to look at—still image and icon heavy Retains difficulty rating More features at the top: Curriculum standards (gr 6-12) More > Dictionary Educator resources
- A high school student working on an assignment needs to learn more about blockchain.
- Infotrac student edition is great for secondary school students looking for magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia. Read slide, click picture to move to database Standard blue search interface Separate content types on right hand side Limit to full text Demonstrate highlights and notes
- Nursing ethics—college student
- Notice that the top result is no longer Magazine, but Academic Journal. Academic OneFile shifts the focus to peer-reviewed journal articles in topics such as physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature, and more. Topic Finder—tile and wheel Citation Tools
- General OneFile—Saw Whet Owls
- General OneFile is primarily for general interest inquiry’s. Magazine articles are again the default format, as opposed to the more complex peer-reviewed journals of Academic OneFile. For example, a search for saw whet owls in Academic OneFile would bring the patron data about flight irruptions and statistics about the prevalence of hemoparasites. In General OneFile, you find information about the birds themselves and basics about the studies being done to research them (with many more pictures). In addition to magazines, there is a large amount of newspaper content, videos and images, and even travel guides. Demo search: Saw Whet Owl. If you find an article you like, you can download it in a variety of ways. PDF will give you the original layout of the article, HTML will preserve any highlights or notes you may have taken, and you can also download the mp3 file of the read aloud. If you prefer to store it in the cloud, you can export to OneDrive or Google Drive. Find a publication you like? Search for it or click on it and see a list of what else is available.
- Unfortunately we don’t have time to do a scenario for each of the new resources, but I do want to feature a couple more before we move on to questions. Infotrac Newsstand allows you to search topics, view papers, and read newswires from around the world. You can read articles from the New York Times or the London Evening Standard on the same day they are published. It’s excellent for students doing projects on current events, or for those trying to get a pulse on the coverage of an event around the world. It is updated 5 times a day, so you’re likely to find up to date information.
- Books and Authors is Gale’s Reader’s Advisory tool, and it is so much fun to use. View lists of expert picks and suggestions, lists of award winners, use the read alike wizard to find the next favorite read, create a reading room with your favorites, book lists, and ratings, and explore different genres. My favorite tool on Books and Authors is the Who? What? Where? When? Browse. (click) I can type or choose categories for each question, then view results for matching titles. For example, if I want to read about a con artist who uses magic, Books & Authors created a chart for me with 13 results.
- What if you’re still really not sure where to start? Try to look in topic collections or do a power search. If looking for information within a specific topic, check here to see if those resources were grouped! 29 topics are currently available, ranging including such things as agriculture, business, home improvement, pop culture, and diversity. Power Search will run your search across 3 databases: Academic OneFile, General OneFile, and Infotrac Newsstand. While your search will be less specific and there is more to filter out, it will bring back the broadest range of results.
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