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I have been looking at Google Print recently and am finding it fascinating. It takes some time to "get the hang" of how it works - but once you do, it is amazing. Here is what I tried out today. A topic of interest every year for our big 9th grade research project is "violence in music". And the topic of "music warning labels" comes up for a 12th grade Participation In Government debate. I searched Google Print for books with music and violence as keywords and found a number of interesting books on the topic. Because I could look through a few pages of the books, I was able to quickly determine if they were at an appropriate level. I then went on to enter the following search: +music +"warning labels". I also found some interesting books. Once I clicked into a book, I could then enter just "warning labels" and see how much information was offered on that narrow topic within the book. Once you click into a particular book, you are given all the bibliographic info you need to copy/paste into a consideration file. You also have handy links to reviews that you could also cut and paste into a consideration file. This way you can make your final purchasing decisions based on a great deal of information. You have seen the cover, read a page or so of information to decide on readability for your patrons, AND you have looked at book reviews. Now - whether you can search by age level - I am just not sure yet. It does not appear so. I have to spend more time searching. I can see where searching for broad subject areas could be overwhelming if all levels of books are thrown together. And right now I am sure the database is somewhat limited. But for the 2 topics I was interested in, I was able to quickly identify 5 or 6 books on my rather narrow topic that were appropriate in level and well reviewed. Interesting...... Jacquie "The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American way." From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jacquie Henry, MLS Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) Gananda Central School District 3195 Wiedrick Road P.O. Box 609 Macedon, NY 14502 315-986-3521 x 3144 jhenry@gananda.org http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------