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Discovering Collection

Discovering Collection. Search a bunch of Reference Sources at once!. Sharon Flesher 2010/2010 – Z:NashuaCurriculumlibrary SkillsPlan B. Discovering Collection Contains:. Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of Canadian Provinces Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of the Mexican States Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of Nations

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Discovering Collection

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  1. Discovering Collection Search a bunch of Reference Sources at once! Sharon Flesher 2010/2010 – Z:\Nashua\Curriculum\library Skills\Plan B

  2. Discovering Collection Contains: Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of Canadian Provinces Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of the Mexican States Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of Nations Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of the States Jr. Worldmark Enc. Of World Cultures Math and Mathematicians Newsmakers Presidential Administration for Students Sick!: Diseases, Disorders, Injuries and Illnesses UXL Biographies UXL Jr. Discovering Authors UXL Multicultural UXL Science Worldmark Enc. Of Canadian Provinces Worldmark Enc. Of Cultures and Daily Life Worldmark Enc. Of the Nations Worldmark Enc. Of the Nations World Leaders Worldmark Enc. Of the States American Eras Discovering Authors Discovering Biography Discovering Multicultural America Discovering Science Discovering U.S. History Discovering World History Encyclopedia of World Biology Experiment Central Exploring Novels Exploring Poetry Exploring Shakespeare Exploring Short Stories Gale Encyclopedia of Science History behind the Headlines

  3. Good for: • Literature: author information and literary criticism… • History: Bios, overviews of events, timelines… • Biographies: many • Science: inventions, discoveries… • Social Studies: people, places, facts, figures…

  4. On your way • http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nash22236 • Ask for password This is an underscore If the page doesn’t look like this then try again

  5. Searching • Ignore all the stuff under the yellow box; otherwise search is very limited • Try Subject search first • If not successful try keyword

  6. Reference Hits Reference Hits – Biographies, criticism, overviews, and more

  7. Primary Documents Hits Primary Documents – Firsthand evidence of historical events such as: oral histories, speeches Not interpreted or synthesized

  8. Multimedia Multimedia includes such things as images, seals, maps, audio and video clips

  9. Browse Feature You can also browse information and add limiters

  10. Timeline Hover your curser over a time period for more info, you may also select dates at the bottom of the page

  11. Toolbox Research Guide: offers info about the research process Research Tools: Helps you get started or wrap it up – need help writing that topic sentence? Look here Search Tips: Shows how to create better searches using Discovering

  12. Any Questions?

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