Monday, March 9, 2015

Challenge Lesson 7: EBooks on EbscoHost

1. I looked up "vaccination of children" and was given multiple different resources raging from books on what you should know about vaccines, how to keep children healthy naturally, and then some books on vaccinating pets. I noticed that you can minimize the results given by clicking subjects on the left side of the screen and choosing a more specific topic. I also noticed how you can limit the results by publication date so if you are looking for more recent information, you have that option. When you choose a book that you would like to download or use, you can also make notes, highlight, or get a citation.

2. Some titles of books that may be appropriate for students who are doing research on the U.S. Constitution prior to constitution day that I found on EbscoHost are:
The Bill of Rights by Thomas T. Lewis- This title gives a history of the Bill of rights, how it came to be, and so on.
Colonies and Revolution by David C. King- This title is a Junior Reference book that gives information about the colonies and the history surrounding the time frame that the constitution was written.

3. When putting "Oklahoma" in the search bar, some of the results I was given were about Native Americans, Deserts, growing up in the Great Plains, and the fur trades as well as many other topics. This tool is a great resource to libraries, especially school libraries because it gives students a variety of other resources that they can use when researching and such without the library needing to own a physical copy. Many teachers want students to have print resources as well as online and this tool is a great way to help them find those sources.

1 comment:

  1. Excellent observations about Ebooks on Ebsco. The limiters in Ebooks on Ebsco can really help refine your search results. Yes, Ebooks on Ebsco can provide additional content to your library for research projects! Thank you for your post,
    Julie

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