Online Resources & Research Tools: Using EBSCO Databases Effectively with Your Students (Grades 7 - 12)

HOSTS Ray Fernandes Education Media Librarian FERNANRF@gov.ns.ca David Lubin Regional Sales Manager – EBSCO dlubin@ebscohost.com

AGENDA Content of EBSCO Databases Review searching different interfaces Review “MY EBSCOHOST” Folders, Alerts Audiovisual Tutorials Support Site Questions and Answers

CURRENT DATABASES AVAILABLE Advanced Placement Source Canadian Literary Centre Canadian Points of View Reference Centre Canadian Reference Centre Education Research Complete (& ERIC) History Reference Center Literary Reference Center MiddleSearch Plus Primary Search Science Reference Center Vente et Gestion

Canadian Reference Centre

Canadian Reference Centre Offers Full-Text Canadian Magazines

French Language Full-Text Content via Canadian Reference Centre

Fortune Good Housekeeping History Today Maclean’s Math Trek Men’s Health National Geographic National Wildlife New Scientist New Statesman Newsweek Full text from leading periodicals from the United States and United Kingdom, including: Available via Canadian Reference Centre International Magazines Archaeology Architectural Record Astronomy Aviation Week & Space Technology Billboard Business Week Consumer Reports Discover Economist Forbes PC Magazine PC World People Popular Science Red Herring Rolling Stone Science News Scientific American Time U.S. News & World Report 1999 to present Active Full Text is Unique to EBSCOhost (and NOT available via Gale or ProQuest)

Fortune Good Housekeeping History Today Maclean’s Math Trek Men’s Health National Geographic National Wildlife New Scientist New Statesman Newsweek Full text from leading periodicals from the United States and United Kingdom, including: Available via Canadian Reference Centre International Magazines Archaeology Architectural Record Astronomy Aviation Week & Space Technology Billboard Business Week Consumer Reports Discover Economist Forbes PC Magazine PC World People Popular Science Red Herring Rolling Stone Science News Scientific American Time U.S. News & World Report 1990 to present Active Full Text is NOT available via ProQuest

Fortune Good Housekeeping History Today Maclean’s Math Trek Men’s Health National Geographic National Wildlife New Scientist New Statesman Newsweek Full text from leading periodicals from the United States and United Kingdom, including: Available via Canadian Reference Centre International Magazines Archaeology Architectural Record Astronomy Aviation Week & Space Technology Billboard Business Week Consumer Reports Discover Economist Forbes PC Magazine PC World People Popular Science Red Herring Rolling Stone Science News Scientific American Time U.S. News & World Report 1975 to present (Not yet halted in other services, but soon will be)

Fortune Good Housekeeping History Today Maclean’s Math Trek Men’s Health National Geographic National Wildlife New Scientist New Statesman Newsweek Full text from leading periodicals from the United States and United Kingdom, including: Available via Canadian Reference Centre International Magazines Archaeology Architectural Record Astronomy Aviation Week & Space Technology Billboard Business Week Consumer Reports Discover Economist Forbes PC Magazine PC World People Popular Science Red Herring Rolling Stone Science News Scientific American Time U.S. News & World Report 1990 to present Active Full Text is NOT available via Gale

Fortune Good Housekeeping History Today Maclean’s Math Trek Men’s Health National Geographic National Wildlife New Scientist New Statesman Newsweek Full text from leading periodicals from the United States and United Kingdom, including: Available via Canadian Reference Centre International Magazines Archaeology Architectural Record Astronomy Aviation Week & Space Technology Billboard Business Week Consumer Reports Discover Economist Forbes PC Magazine PC World People Popular Science Red Herring Rolling Stone Science News Scientific American Time U.S. News & World Report

EBSCO has expanded full-text backfiles for magazines such as: Back to 1975 Back to 1931Back to 1974Back to 1975Back to 1934 Back to 1922 * Science News will be available in HTML back to 1975 (rather than in PDF)

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre 150 topics, each with: –Overview (objective background/description) –Point (argument) –Counterpoint (opposing argument) –Critical Thinking Guides Helps the student judge Fact vs. Opinion Enhances the student’s ability to read and think critically

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre The database contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints –400 main essays (all written by Canadian authors) –Leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle –Newspapers –Radio & TV news transcripts (including CBC Radio and CBC Television) –Primary source documents –Reference books

Full-Text Science Periodicals181 Full-Text Science Reference Books626 Full-Text Science Encyclopedias23 Full-Text Science Essays812 Full-Text Full-Length Biographies of Scientists Science Animations 61 Science Images18,025 Science Videos 519 3,219 * Figures as of June 7, 2010 Cover-to-Cover Source Types Science Reference Center

Examples of Major Periodicals in Full Text Science Reference Center * Most of these magazines are exclusive to EBSCO

Examples of Major Reference Works in Full Text Science Reference Center Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution Encyclopedia of World Environmental History Great Scientific Achievements History of Science & Technology Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography Peterson Field Guide to Atmosphere Peterson Field Guide to Geology Peterson Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals Peterson Field Guide to Stars & Planets Reader’s Guide to the History of Science Yearbooks in Science: 1900 to present

History Reference Center Content Types Cover-to-cover Historical Encyclopedias & Other History Reference Books Cover-to-cover History Magazines & Journals Historical Documents Historical Biographies Historical Photos & Maps Historical Film & Video Clips 1,618 150 56,996 79,418 37,487 2,338 * Figures as of June 7, 2010

Encyclopedia of World History (Houghton Mifflin) Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History Reader’s Companion to Women’s History Oxford History of Modern Europe 1,000 Things You Should Know About Modern History Early French Explorers of North America History Reference Center Includes 1,618 full-text reference books, including:

Literary Reference Center Contains… Hundreds of literary reference works from many different publishers Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism Bloom Series Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature Complete Russian Folktale, The (5 volumes) Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Shakespeare Encyclopedia of British Women Writers Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism (Routledge) English Novel in History (3 volumes) Handbook of African American Literature Literary History of England (2 volumes) MagillOnLiterature Plus Masterworks of Asian Literature New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets Routledge Companion to Russian Literature Understanding Literature Series Who’s Who in Non-Classical Mythology

Comparison of Literary Resources *Includes 22,000 In-Depth Biographies that are unmatched in quality **Information from Gale Literature Resource Center website, accessed July 28, 2010 http://www.gale.cengage.com/LitSolutions/lit_resources/lrc/more.htm http://www.gale.cengage.com/LitSolutions/lit_resources/lrc/more.htm Author Biographies Plot Summaries, Synopses, Work Overviews Literary Criticism Essays Full-Text Journals Full-Text Book Reviews Full-Text Poems, Short Stories & Plays Full-Text Classic Books Category Gale LRCEBSCO LRC 135,000** 11,000** 75,000** 414 513,000** 30,000** N/A 179,396* 34,381 88,457 450 681,473 75,517 8,231

Canadian Literary Centre Contains the leading Canadian literary periodicals with deep backfiles Books in Canada (full text from 1971 to 2008) Canadian Literature (abstracts from 1992 to present) Essays on Canadian Writing (full text from 1974 to present) Letters in Canada (full text from 1993 to present) Quill & Quire (full text from 1996 to present) Textual Studies in Canada (full text from 1991 to 2004) University of Toronto Quarterly (full text from 1975 to present)

“The only source of electronic access to the current issues and past archives of the leading Canadian literary periodicals”

Canadian Literary Centre  Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors  Canadian Biography Series  Canadian Fiction Studies  Canadian Writers and Their Works: Fiction Series  Canadian Writers and Their Works: Poetry Series  ECW’s Biographical Guide to Canadian Novelists  ECW’s Biographical Guide to Canadian Poets  Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace: A Reader’s Guide  And many more Contains leading Canadian literary reference books in full text

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SOURCE Content Includes: -More than 5,300 full-text academic journals and magazines Nearly 960,000 photos, maps and flags Subjects Include: The Arts & Music Biology Chemistry Computer Science Economics & Statistics

Vente Et Gestion Content Includes: Full-text coverage for French language business journals Subjects Include: Accounting and Tax Administration Industry and Manufacturing Logistics Marketing Technology

Middle Search Plus Content Includes: Contains full text for a variety of popular middle school magazines Subjects Include: More than 160 full-text periodicals Thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags Over 102,000 full-text biographies Over 106,000 primary source documents

Primary Search is the only magazine database which is truly appropriate for elementary students (based on Lexile reading levels) Reading Level Indicators are provided Primary Search

Top Quality Children’s Magazines

253 Reference Books, including Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and:

Lexiles Age-Appropriate Content Only

CONTACT INFORMATION Ray Fernandes Education Media Librarian FERNANRF@gov.ns.ca David Lubin Regional Sales Manager – EBSCO dlubin@ebscohost.com

EBSCO SUPPORT SITE Tutorials Promotional Materials Can be accessed anywhere on EBSCOHOST http://support.ebsco.com/

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