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Science Resource Center and Times Digital Archive

Science Resource Center and Times Digital Archive Jisc Collections for Schools 15 th July 2008 Science Resource Center Award Winning Platform Designed for Schools Covers the broad spectrum of science, including: Physical Science Life Science Earth and Space Science

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Science Resource Center and Times Digital Archive

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  1. Science Resource Center and Times Digital Archive Jisc Collections for Schools 15th July 2008

  2. Science Resource Center

  3. Award Winning Platform • Designed for Schools • Covers the broad spectrum of science, including: • Physical Science • Life Science • Earth and Space Science • Science and Technology • Scientist/Inventor Biographies • Science and History • And more! Overview

  4. Science Resource Center

  5. Notable Features • Three Content Level indicators (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) help students identify the most appropriate content (Content level indicators may be turned off if institution prefers) • 80+ commonly searched topics on home page offer simple, one-click searching • Provides topic introductions/overviews such as Photosynthesis • Provides up to date magazine and journal articles on ever changing areas such as Global Warming

  6. Science Resource Center Clicking on the link gives you access to the full text

  7. Content Overview Nearly 60 print sets Over 250 full-text, science-focused magazines and journals Continuous updating 14,600 images and line drawings

  8. The Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985

  9. The Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985 • Enter Your Search Term • Limit by date / newspaper section?

  10. Results • Full results in reverse chron. order - Help option - Mark articles • Results listed by ‘section’

  11. Articles • Re-size article ? • Keywords highlighted • View links • Retrieval options • Browser print: article • PDF Page: vary sizes • Email:citation only

  12. The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 Two Hundred years of fully searchable news in original form

  13. We’ve Come A Long Way!

  14. Content Overview • 200 Years of British and World News Covering: • Napoleonic Wars • American Civil War • Charles Dickens • Emily Bronte • Nelson • World Wars • Great Depression and New Deal • Russian Revolution • Heroes • Villains • Celebrities

  15. Notable Features • Not Only News • Reviews of curriculum books and plays • Images and Photographs to provide context • Everyone who was Famous or Infamous across all subjects • Adverts • Obituaries

  16. Questions and Answers • Thank you! • Stephen Lewis • stephen.lewis@cengage.com

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