NEW TEACHER DATABASE

INSTRUCTION

Shore Regional High SchoolOlivadotti Information

Center

Steps to access databases

Log onto the internet – Internet ExplorerGo to www.shoreregional.orgOn the left hand side of the screen go to

“Information Center” and click.Then, click on On-Line Databases and E-

BooksUsername: shorePassword: Devil07

Boolean searching…

Use words such as AND, OR and NOT to limit a search.

Use these Boolean operators to combine terms to broaden or narrow a search.

Many Internet searches will automatically use Boolean searches

EBSCOhost defaults to “Boolean/Phrase” searching.

EBSCOHOST

Your guide to current magazine and newspaper access

Database of newspapers and periodicalsUpdated dailyRemote accessFull-textDatabases in French, German, and SpanishAdvanced search techniquesBoolean search Defaults to keyword search

EBSCOHOST SERVICES

MasterFILE Premier Newspaper Source Business Source Elite ERIC (Educational Resource Information

Center) Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Middle Search Plus EBSCO Animals

EBSCO continued…

Primary Search Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition Health Source - Consumer Education Regional Business News TOPICsearch - current events Library and Information Science MAS Ultra - School Ed - 500 popular h.s.

mag

EBSCO continued…

Biography Collection Complete History Reference Center* Literary Reference Center* Science Reference Center* Professional Development Collection GreenFILE - environment Academic Search Premier

*useful for these subjects

Facts.com Database

Defaults to story and title textWorld News Digest 1940-2005

World Almanac World Almanac Encyclopedia

Issues and ControversiesToday’s Science

Science Encyclopedia

Information comes from Reuters News

Gale DatabaseStudent Resource Center Gold

Defaults to subject search

Accurate and authoritative reference content, magazines, and newspaper articles.

Full-textCurrent topics

TOPICS:GeographyCulturesHistoryMultimediaLiteraturePerson SearchScience and HealthTimeline

Gale Database cont…Opposing Viewpoints

Information on today’s hottest social issuesFull-textViewpoint articlesTopic overviewsAcademic journal articles to newspaper

articlesStatisticsLinks to websites

Gale Database cont…Custom Newspapers

Defaults to keyword search NJ NewspapersNY Times (full-text from January 2000 to

present)National and international newspapers

Gale Database cont…Literature Resource Center

Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.

Search across several major Literature databases to find:

full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, and biographical information.

Overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Gale Database cont…Science Resource Center

Defaults to subject searchThousands of curriculum-related topic overviewsExperimentsBiographiesPictures and illustrations The latest scientific developments Articles from over 200 magazines and academic

journals and links to quality web sites. Database offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to

identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.

Gale Database cont…Scribner Writers Series

Writers A-Z - View a biography of an author's life and works. (Author’s listed alphabetically)

In-Depth Search - Design your own search, using words or phrases, or customize a search by genre, gender, ethnicity/nationality, time period, and language.

Research Ideas - View topics with a highly selective, curriculum-related list of writers to use as research starting points.

Gale Database cont…LitFinder for Schools

Covering world literature and authors throughout history

Contains a wealth of literary works, including over 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, speeches, and dramatic works.

For students seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder for Schools also includes biographies, work summaries, author images and a full glossary of literary terms.

From Shakespeare's sonnets to the poetry of Maya Angelou or short stories by Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder for Schools has you covered.

Grolier Online Kids(http://go.grolier.com)

Databases:

o New Book of Knowledgeo Grolier Multimedia

Encyclopediao Encyclopedia

Americanao Lands and Peopleso New Book of Popular

Scienceo Dictionaries and Atlases

Some features:o Lesson Plans and

teachers guideso Can search the

curriculum standards

o Timelineso Experimentso Current events,

news

ProQuest Database

Can select interface languageHistorical Newspapers The New York Times

(1851 - 2005)

SIRS Knowledge Source Database

SIRS Researcher

Defaults to subject search

Leading issues Natural disasters Terrorism Today’s news Maps World Almanac

SIRS Gov’t Reporter

Can browse topics Country Profiles Federal Agencies Historic Documents Archives U.S. Congress U.S. Presidents U.S. Supreme Court

WilsonWeb Database

Defaults to advanced keyword searchBook Review Digest Plus

Full-text book reviews from over 8,000 sources

OmniFile Full-text Select* Full-text multi-disciplinary database with information

from a variety of databases including art, science, education, humanities, legal and business.

* Not all articles come up full-text. WilsonWeb is currently converting all documents to full-text.

Web Feet Core Collection(Not a search engine, but a collection of preselected websites)

Defaults to keywordCan limit by grade levelWeb Feet is a comprehensive subject guide

database including such subjects as: Arts & Social Studies Science & Technology Ready Reference

Includes New Topics as recent as this month.

JSTOR

Defaults to advanced search in EnglishCan change languageJSTORs mission is to preserve a record of

scholarship for posterity and to advance research and teaching.

JSTOR has archives that include scholarship published in over one thousand of the highest-quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Project Muse

Defaults to a advanced article searchCan limit by journal, discipline, and languageProject MUSE offers full text articles in

humanities and social sciences journals. Project Muse is a collaboration between

libraries and publishers.

Remember…

Most databases give you an option to either E-mail Print Save

If you decide to convert an article to a word document you can make comments/notes in the margin. Go to insert, then comments.

Explore the many aspects of these databases and see which work best for curriculum area.

Created by Patti Forsman, Library Intern, Rutgers University, September 2008