We subscribe to Electric Library primarily because our science teacher
wanted to keep it for her classes.
This database provides a "topic" search method that provides groups of
topics such as SCIENCE---->PHYSICAL SCIENCE----->CHEMISTRY------->(and then
more specific topics such as "Acids and Bases"). When you "click" the term
that interests you, there are articles dealing with specific topics from
books, reference sources, magazines, newspapers, etc.
This is just one example (there are other areas of chemistry in this
database that are broken into searchable topics, such as Biochemistry,
General Chemistry, Laboratory Methods of Analysis, Organic Chemistry,
Physical Chemistry, and even a Reference area for "just chemistry." Under
each of these areas are subtopics that can be searched for articles.
You might want to contact ProQuest to ask for a trial subscription for your
teacher. If this is what she needs, I'm sure she'll love the features of
the database--- it provides video clips, audio clips, full transcripts of
news stories, TV and radio transcripts, tons of pictures, and my favorite,
the ability to create a "book cart" of information for your students to
refer to--- sort of like putting articles on "RESERVE" at the college level.
But instead, the students can go to the ELibrary database and check
"BOOKCART" and find what information their teacher has left for them to read
from either the database holdings (actual articles that are placed there for
them to access through hyperlinked terms) or preferred websites that the
teacher wants the student to always be able to locate online (this is great
for those teachers who DO NOT want to create a website but DO want students
to have access to online sources that the teacher refers to often.)
To sign up for a free trial of ELibrary go to:
http://www.proquestk12.com/trialsignup.shtml
Unfortunately, I can't say, "tell 'em, Shonda sent you!"....but after
working for the last four weeks with my website in order to get ready to
start teaching my teachers how to access, utilize and find the "bells and
whistles" in our online databases, I feel like I could!
Just some ideas....
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lili, Library" <Library.Lili@ESTHERVILLE.K12.IA.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 4:30 PM
Subject: TARGET, SEC: Chemistry search terms
> My high school chemistry teacher would like her students to research for
> articles related to chemistry which they would then review and
> summarize. We subscribe to EBSCO. Does anyone have a list of "tried
> and true" search terms they've used successfully for this type of
> searching? My teacher doesn't have a specific area of chemistry she'd
> like to emphasize, just help students see that there are connections
> between chemistry and the "real" world, as well as give them an
> opportunity to hone their summary writing skills. =20
>
> =20
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'll post a hit, if there's an
> interest. TIA
>
> =20
>
> Lili Jensen
>
> Library Media Specialist
>
> ELC Schools
>
> Estherville, IA
>
> lili.jensen@estherville.k12.ia.us
>
> =20
>
>
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