Transcript San Diego County Library & Earl Warren Middle School

San Diego County Library for
Solana Beach Branch & Earl
Warren Middle School
Research using the SDCL Online Databases
Social Studies classes
October, 2006
Polly Cipparrone, SDCL Training Coordinator & Web
Services Manager, SDCL Online
Patricia Tirona, Youth Librarian, Solana Beach Library
Online Searching: Key Concepts
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Search Engines
Keywords
Online/Web Databases
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Free Databases:
 Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
 Allmusic.com (www.allmusic.com)
Free Databases (with option to purchase items or pay to
become member)
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Amazon
Netflix
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Online Searching: Key Concepts
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Free Database
(with membership—i.e. SDCL library
card)
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San Diego County Library online library
catalog
Premium (for a fee) Databases
(SDCL pays
subscription fees, so that SDCL library card holders can
access for free)
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Example
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World Book Encyclopedia Online
NoveList
Morningstar
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What are the “Online Databases”?
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“Premium (Subscription) Internet”
Content from respected publishers
of reference resources
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Information from their books
Information they’ve written for the web
Search in same way as Google and
other search engines.
Free access (with SDCL library card)
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Logon to the Online Databases
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http://www.sdcl.org
From the Library
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Public Use computers
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Catalog/Database Only PCs
Internet Computers (with signed SDCL Parental
consent form on file & SDCL Net sticker)
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From Home
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Need current San Diego County
Library card number and PIN
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Where should I start my research?
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SDCL Home page-Databases
Example Assignment
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Research Life in Medieval Europe
Encyclopedias—good overview
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Database to use: World Book Online
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Suggested keyword: “medieval”
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Where should I begin getting
information about the topic?
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Subject-Related Online Databases
 Suggested databases in Homework Help:
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Daily Life & History Through World Cultures Today
History Resource Center-World
ABC-CLIO: World History: Ancient & Medieval:
HomeWorld History: Ancient & Medieval Eras
Keywords: “medieval”
Use “And” in search string
Use links in sidebar
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More Search Strategies
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Select era on Timeline
Search by Time Period, Subject or Region
Select region on map
Select ‘Primary Sources’ – Original
documents from period
Select Periodicals – Scholarly articles
which pertain to keyword
Do not forget to note your citations by
selecting citations link
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Search Strategies
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Sidebar search-’Advanced Search’
Select ‘Documents’ for Primary
Sources, Original documents from
period
Select ‘Maps’ for a choice of maps
outlining major events
Do not forget to note your citations
by selecting How to Cite link
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What are some other medieval
resources on the web?
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Annenberg
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/cl
othing.html
A number of sites from Chico USD
http://www.chicousd.org/libraries/elementary
/medieval.html
And these look like a lot of fun:
Medieval technology
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Subjec
ts.html
Medieval siege – PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/tr
ebuchet/
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What is a citation?
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Citations are the same as your
bibliography. Students must “cite” your
sources, whether you use quotes or just
used information from the source.
Citations for your papers use the MLA
format
Fill in the blanks citation website:
Son of CitationMachine
http://citationmachine.net/
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In Case You Need Help:
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Pat Tirona, Librarian I, San Diego
County Library, Solana Beach
Branch & Earl Warren Middle School
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Phone: 858.755.1404
Judith Gregg, Branch Librarian, San
Diego County Library, Solana Beach
Branch & Earl Warren Middle School
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Phone: 858.755.1404
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