TIES 2006 Education Technology Conference Jennifer Hootman & Kristen Mastel

1. Improving Student Research – Connecting to ELM, Minnesota’s Virtual Library TIES 2006 Education Technology ConferenceJennifer Hootman & Kristen Mastel MINITEX Reference Services 1-800-462-5348 mtxref@umn.edu

2. 24 / 7 availability of full-text resources Multiple access points Databases specifically designed for different levels of researchers (e.g., K-12) as well as professional educators and librarians ELM provides reliableinformation on a wide range of topics Information comes from published resources and is selectedfor inclusion Manageable quantity of results Advanced search options help pinpoint exactly what you need Research helps/tools Print /view/download/ email options Why use ELM?

3. What curriculum-based subjects are in ELM? Social Studies Government Literature Arts Health & Medicine Consumer Information Geography & Culture Current Events Science Business Sports Computers & Technology

4. What can I find in ELM? • Full-text scholarly, popular magazine, & news articles • Image, video, sound files • Primary source documents • Reference resources • E-books & tools to locate resources in print • Special features (i.e. course web pages, journal alerts, search alerts)

5. ELM Portal

6. Grades K-5

7. Grades 6-12

8. Your Media Center

9. Databases – Grades K-12 • Kids InfoBits (Gale) • InfoTrac Junior Edition (6-8) (Gale) • InfoTrac Student Edition (9-12) (Gale) • MasterFile Premier (EBSCO) • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) • ProQuest Newsstand Complete (ProQuest) • Discovering Collection (8-12) (Gale) • Junior Reference Collection (6-8) (Gale) • NetLibrary eBooks (OCLC) • Minnesota Reflections (MDL)

10. Databases – Professional Development • Professional Collection (Gale) • Education topics in many curriculum areas, plus • Child/adolescent psychology and development • Health/nutrition/fitness • Learning disabilities • School law • Over 300 full-text journals/magazines selected for teachers, educators, school administrators, education students, and librarians • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)

11. Kids InfoBits (K-5) 550 full-color maps / 1,500 charts, graphs and tables / 2,600 pictures, flags and country and state seals / 7 reference titles / ~ 100 popular periodicals InfoTrac Jr. Ed. (6-8) & Student Ed. (9-12) Topics covered include current events, arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports / General interest magazines, newspaper articles, reference books, images, and maps Gale Databases K-12

12. Discovering Collection (8-12) Jr. Reference Collection (6-8) +15,500 biographies, +18,000 overview essays, +16,500 timeline events and +13,500 critical essays in core curriculum subjects • Images, audio, & video clips, plot summaries • +500 primary source documents, full-text poems, plays, and study questions Subset of Discovering Collection +7,000 reference documents / +7,000 images, maps, flags and seals / +50 audio and visual clips / +4,000 timeline entries Gale Databases 6-12

13. Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier 8,265 periodicals (6,905 are peer reviewed) ~4,650 periodicals full-text (+3,600 are peer reviewed) Includes all the academic disciplines 2,658 periodicals / 1,955 periodicals full-text 1,650 reference resources, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary documents, 202,164 images, 1,781 full-text pamphlets EBSCO Databases 6-12

14. +350 newspapers (250 titles full-text) Local, regional, state, national & international news sources Coverage is 1980-Present ProQuest Newsstand Complete 15,130 selected eBooks. Subject areas include – business, economics, social sciences, technology, medicine, literature, religion, education, psychology, history, law, science, sports, and more NetLibrary ProQuest & OCLC K-12

15. Minnesota Reflections ~11,500 objects Includes documents as well as images covering +75 yrs. of MN history Includes the objects of 65 institutional contributors -- libraries, museums, historical societies, and more Minnesota Digital Library K-12

16. Questions/Comments? Let’s do some sample searches!

17. InfoTrac Junior Edition (6-8) • Search 1 • What articles can you find by searching the keyword “myspace?” • Search 2 • What information can you find on the proposed legislation called DOPA? • Search 3 • What do you find when searching for information on the photographer Dorothea Lange? • Search 4 • What information can you find when searching the keyword “ipod?” • Search 5 • What articles can you find in the magazine Prevention when searching the keyword “vegetarianism?”

18. Professional Collection • Search 1 • Find information on library 2.0. • Search 2 • Find information on digital libraries. • Search 3 • Locate information on early childhood development in reading. • Search 4 • Find some information on second language acquisition. • Search 5 • A community member needs to find some information on binge drinking.

19. MasterFILE Premier • Search 1 • Find articles on stem cell research in the periodical Scientific American. • Search 2 • Find articles on the history of Thanksgiving. • Search 3 • What results do you get when searching “Internet gambling” as subject terms? • Search 4 • What primary sources can you find when searching information on Nancy Pelosi? • Search 5 • What images do you find when searching the keyword “NASA?”

20. Academic Search Premier • Search 1 • Using the Visual Search find information on the Civil War’s Gettysburg Battle. • Search 2 • A student is assigned to write a report on reality television and its impact on a screenwriter’s career. • Search 3 • What peer-reviewed articles are available on methamphetamine abuse? • Search 4 • A student is looking for some information on space exploration. • Search 5 • A student is looking for the most recent Consumer Report review on MP3 players.

21. ProQuest Newsstand Complete • Search 1 • Find an article in the Star Tribune on Tim Pawlenty. • Search 2 • Using the Smart Search (Topics Tab) feature find some information on wiretapping. • Search 3 • What kind of articles can you find on the topic of digital music? • Search 4 • What articles on terrorism can you find in USA Today? • Search 5 • Find an editorial on Iran’s nuclear program.

22. Discovering Collection (8-12) • Search 1 • Find a video on the Doppler Effect. • Search 2 • Find detailed information on Australia for a countries report. • Search 3 • Find literary criticisms for author Toni Morrison. • Search 4 • Find information on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. • Search 5 • Find a list of 19th Century African American scientists. • Search 6 • Find a speech by Albert Einstein. Find Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

23. Kids InfoBits (K-5) • Search 1 • An elementary school student needs to find information on an American president, such as George Washington. • Search 2 • An elementary school student needs to find information on his state, such as Michigan. He needs information about its past and present, including famous people, major cities and more. • Search 3 • What does the Pledge of Allegiance mean? • Search 4 • An elementary school student needs to find information on bicyclist Lance Armstrong, who won six Tour de France bicycle races in a row. • Search 5 • An elementary school student needs to find information on an experiment involving static electricity.

24. NetLibrary eBooks • Search 1 • When searching the keyword “geometry,” what books do you find? • Search 2 • What ebooks are available on the topic of anatomical display? • Search 3 • What ebooks are available on the topic of immigration? • Search 4 • Find the book, Windows XP for Dummies. • Search 5 • What ebooks can you find on wildlife and conservation? • Search 6 • Is there a Cliff Notes for book, The Bluest Eye?

25. Minnesota Reflections • Search 1 • Using the “Browse by Region” search feature, find an image from the Metro part of the state. • Search 2 • Using the “Browse by Topic” search feature, find an image on the topic of “weather.” • Search 3 • Using the “Browse by Contributing Institution” search feature, find an image that the Blue Earth County Historical Society contributed. • Search 4 • Using the basic keyword search, find an image searching the keyword “hockey.” • Search 5 • Using the “Advanced Search,” find an image searching “sports and recreation” as an exact phrase and limiting to Goodhue County Historical Society.

26. Research Project Calculator

27. Ideas for the Classroom • National Council of Teachers of English • ReadWriteThink (Lesson Plans, Standards, Web Resources, & Student Materials) http://www.readwritethink.org/ • National Science Teachers Association (Lesson Plans) http://www2.nsta.org/sciencesites/default.asp?category=14 • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics • Illuminations (Lesson Plans, Activities, Standards, & Weblinks) http://illuminations.nctm.org/Default.aspx • National Art Education Association (Curriculum & Lesson Plans) http://www.naea-reston.org/research_curriculum.html • Library of Congress – American Memory • The Learning Page (Lesson Plans) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/index.html

28. The Student The Teacher The Librarian Collaboration Collaboration = Higher Achievement “An Illinois study in 2005 found, for instance, that eleventh-grade ACT scores are highest when there is a high degree of true collaboration between library media specialists and classroom teachers in a wide spectrum of activities. Higher library staffing levels are linked to higher reading performance for all grade levels. “ -The State of America’s Libraries: A Report from the American Library Association – 4/06

29. Resources • Nichols, Janet W., Spang, Lothar, and Kristy Padron. "Building a Foundation for Collaboration: K-20 Partnerships in Information Literacy." Resource Sharing & Information Networks 18.1/2 (2005/2006): 5-12. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. 14 November 2006. http://search.ebscohost.com. • Bertoldo, Barbara. "Tools of the Trade Ground Rules for Collaboration." Library Media Connection 25.3 (Nov/Dec 2006): 46. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. 14 November 2006. http://search.ebscohost.com.

30. Resources • Tabor, Kim. “School Libraries' Positive Impact on Student Achievement." Teacher Librarian 34.1 (2006): 64-65. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. 14 November 2006. http://search.ebscohost.com. • “The State of America’s Libraries: A Report from the American Library Association.” ALA Press Releases, April. 2006. 14 November 2006. http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/march2006/stateoflibraries.htm

31. Resources • Teaching with Primary Sources • Veccia, Susan H., Uncovering Our History: Teaching with Primary Sources. American Library Association, Chicago 2004. • Knowledge Quest - "29-1 Table of Contents." American Library Association. 2000.http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/volume29/v29n1TOC.htm (Accessed 7 Nov, 2006) • Minnesota Reflections – Resources for Educators

32. Resources • Teaching with Primary Resources • History Matters http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/ • Using Primary Sources on the Web http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/ • Full-Text Primary Source Collections Online http://www.library.yale.edu/special_collections/onlineresources.html

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