Tuesday, December 22, 2009

EBSCO host 2

 EBSCO is a great resource compiling mostly periodicals (newspapers and magazines).


When logging in to EBSCO from AEA’s website (www.aea11.k12.ia.us) and after you log into EBSCO using our school’s user name and password, you will have a number of different databases that are a part of EBSCO. one option that you have is EBSCO 6-12 search history. When you click on this link, there are a number of options and different types of searches you can do. Some of these I have already highlighted or discussed briefly. Some of these other searches I will identify how they might be helpful in what you may be doing in the classroom. The more specialized searches include:
Professional Development Collection, ERIC, MAS Ultra: School Edition, Newspaper Source, Middle Search Plus, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Primary Search, Academic Search Elite, Business Source Elite, Master File Premier, Topic Search, Health Source: Nursing/ Academic Edition, Vocational and Career Edition, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Regional Business Edition, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Teacher Reference Center, Advanced Placement Source, Literary Reference Center, Newspaper Source Plus, History Reference Center, Science Reference Center.
Below each of these links for a search is a brief description about each search and item that are included as part of the search.