Re: [LM_NET] HIT: Questia

[Lin Zop <linzop@OPTONLINE.NET>]

I did not look at your replies, but I would not suggest it. I was a subscriber 
myself, and the books and resources were not complete, pages were left out and 
srambled, and very difficult to search. I could not even say that it is only for 
the gifted..it is the most poorly organized database of information I ever 
experienced/   Good luck    Linda

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From: Betty Cruikshank <BCruikshan@AOL.COM>
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2005 9:11 pm
Subject: [LM_NET] HIT: Questia

> I only received two responses to my request for information about
> Questiafor use in secondary schools.  One requested information
> and the other is
> listed below
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> Our school subscribes to Questia for about 150 IB and AP students.
> The
> response is underwhelming. Some students do use it and swear by
> it,  but
> their use was for WWII projects and other past historical events.
> Thereseems to be plenty of that type of info. Students researching
> NAFTA  and
> other more current issues had more luck with Proquest. I don't
> think  the
> regular ed student would have any use for it, at least not our
> regulared students. The company has been helpful to me as I have
> "managed"  it
> here for our school, mostly giving out the logons and passwords to
> the
> students who have forgotten. If the teacher required the use of
> Questia,the student's used it. If the teacher did not require it,
> on the  whole,
> Questia was not used. I did have short training sessions for many
> of  the
> students, but the thing they seemed to be most impressed with was  the
> citation maker aspect. Good luck.
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> I also spoke with two school schools that were given as a
> reference by
> Questia.  One liked it and used it with their juniors and  seniors
> and wanted to be
> able to use it with all students.   That school primarily used it
> for the
> required reading books.   Another school purchased for all their
> students but
> only about half  actually activated their accounts.  She said that
> really only
> those  students whose teachers required it, actually used it.
>
> Thank you to those who responded.
>
> Betty Cruikshank, Librarian
> Lamar CISD
> Rosenberg, TX
> bcruikshank@lcisd.org
>
>
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