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Getting the most out of. Databases. What is EPIC?. electronic purchasing in collaboration a purchasing consortium on behalf of NZ libraries & information organisations Membership includes 55 Public Libraries 42 Special Libraries 36 Tertiary Libraries
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Getting the most out of Databases
What is EPIC? electronic purchasing in collaboration a purchasing consortium on behalf of NZ libraries & information organisations Membership includes 55 Public Libraries 42 Special Libraries 36 Tertiary Libraries The National Library of New Zealand + The Ministry of Education pays a subscription for all NZ Schools
What is available to NZ schools in 2014? free access to 24 subscription e-resources from 4 vendors Academic OneFile Biography In Context Books & Authors Discovering Collection Educator's Reference Complete General OneFile Global Issues In Context GREENR Health and Wellness Resource Centre Literature Resource Centre LitFinder Opposing Viewpoints In Context Science In Context Shakespeare Collection Online Student Resources In Context Virtual Reference Library World History In Context Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre MasterFILE Complete Britannica Online School World Data Analyst Oxford Art Online Oxford English Dictionary Online Oxford Music Online
How to find out more… EPIC Training & Marketing Resources for Schools epic.org.nz/marketing-resources/training-marketing-schools
Accessing EPIC Option 1: The TKI EPIC page www.tki.org.nz/epic
Accessing EPIC Option 2: N4L connected schools epic.org.nz/n4lschools
Accessing EPIC Option 3: Linking through your LMS Whangarei Boys’ High School example
Search across databases Search across all Gale Cengage Databases Select Gale Cengage Databases to search across Search across all EBSCO Databases Select the EBSCO Databases to search across (accessed through Oxford Music Online & Oxford Art Online)
Search across databasesLMS examples Oliver v.5 Federated Search Access-it One Search Worser Bay School Library example
Create direct links to high interest content Direct linking examples Searches New Zealand Newspapers in Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Direct linking instructions
Additional teaching resources & tools My Britannica Teacher Account • Access Britannica School • Pick a level • Login to • with the following logins: • username: EPICschool • password: EPICschool Instructions to set up your own account
Additional teaching resources & tools Britannica Educators pages Britannica School – Middle example
Additional teaching resources & tools Gale Cengage - In Context Curriculum Standards/Resources pages Science In Context examples