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Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing

Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing Providence Public Library Karen Mellor, MSLIS Office of Library and Information Services June 24, 2009. Agenda. What’s AskRI? Services and resources Students Parents Teachers How to use the resources.

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Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing

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  1. Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing Providence Public Library Karen Mellor, MSLIS Office of Library and Information Services June 24, 2009

  2. Agenda • What’s AskRI? • Services and resources • Students • Parents • Teachers • How to use the resources

  3. Office of Library & Information Services • Support and aid to RI libraries • Programs for RI libraries • Summer Reading Program • Statewide delivery of library materials • Services for Rhode Islanders • Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped • www.info.ri.gov AskRI – June 2009

  4. www.info.ri.gov

  5. www.provlib.org 8

  6. Statewide Reference Resource Center @ Providence PL • State grant to Providence Public Library (RIGL 29-6-9) provides: • Phone reference • Online reference: email & chat • Access to librarians and collections at PPL • Consultant services to libraries • Databases for libraries & Rhode Islanders AskRI – June 2009

  7. www.askri.org AskRI – June 2009

  8. Library Resources • Reference assistance • Phone • Email • Chat • Resources at PPL • Online • At the library AskRI – June 2009

  9. Your Public Library • Materials • Books, books on tape, video, audio, art, fishing poles . . . • Business resources • Computers • Research assistance • Helpful people • www.olis.ri.gov/libraries AskRI – June 2009

  10. http://www.211ri.org/ 18

  11. AskRI Databases • A collaborative effort of - • Office of Library & Information Services • Providence Public Library • Ocean State Libraries (Public Libraries) • Higher Education Library Information Network (HELIN) • Rhode Island Library Information Network for Kids (RILINK) AskRI – June 2009

  12. Electronic resources • HomeworkHelpRI.org • World Book Web • EBSCO databases • HeritageQuest • Statewide access – anyone, anywhere, any time • Free! AskRI – June 2009

  13. Access to onlineresources Public Libraries and schools: no user name or password needed Home: geographic authentication World Book (library card outside state) Tutor (library card outside state) EBSCO (zip code; geographic - summer) HeritageQuest (library card) AskRI – June 2009

  14. HomeworkHelpRI.org • Online tutors • 2-10 pm / 7 days a week • Learners: K-12 / intro college • Adult learners • Topics: English, math, science, social studies • Available in Spanish AskRI – June 2009

  15. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  16. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  17. HomeworkHelp Learning Suite • Services for adults: • Help with job searching and resume writing • Test preparation • GED • Citizenship test assistance • SkillsCenter Resource Library AskRI – June 2009

  18. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  19. World Book Web • World Book Kids (K-4) • World Book Student (5-8) • World Book Advanced (9-12) • World Book Discover (Adult learners, reading challenged) • Spanish Language Encyclopedia • Educator Tools (Curriculum correlations) AskRI – June 2009

  20. World Book Discover AskRI – June 2009

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  22. More World Book • Hispanica Saber • Comprehensive Spanish encyclopedia • Native Spanish, bilingual, ESL • http://tinyurl.com/wbsaber • Digital Libraries • Living Green • Inventions & Discoveries • Early Peoples • http://tinyurl.com/wbdiglib

  23. HeritageQuest

  24. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  25. EBSCO Databases

  26. EBSCO Databases • Premium resources • Full text articles (magazines, journals) • Reference books • Primary source documents • Images - photos, maps etc. AskRI – June 2009

  27. Full-text backfiles for magazines such as: Back to 1922 Back to 1975 Back to 1975 Back to 1976 Back to 1921 Back to 1975 Back to 1975 Back to 1931 Back to 1975 Back to 1934 AskRI – June 2009

  28. Reference Books AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  29. EBSCO Core Databases • Academic Search Premier (scholarly) • MasterFILE Premier (magazines, reference) • History Reference Center • TOPIC Search • Assorted resources through EBSCO interface: • MEDLINE • GreenFILE • Resources for children (Searchasaurus, etc.) AskRI – June 2009

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  32. Got questions? Get answers!your source for answers and a whole lot more. AskRI – June 2009

  33. Tonia Mason, Director of MarketingProvidence Public Librarytmason@provlib.orgKaren Mellor, Library Program ManagerRI Office of Library & Information Services KarenM@olis.ri.gov AskRI – June 2009

  34. Thank you! AskRI – June 2009

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