Transcript DISCUS Overview - Dillon School District Four

DISCUS - South Carolina’s Virtual Library
An Overview for Schools
www.scdiscus.org
9/2004
DISCUS* is an online LIBRARY
• The best online information &
learning resources
• For South Carolinians of all
ages & interests
• Available online - all the time
*Digital Information for SC USers
DISCUS gives you free access to -Subscription *databases*
• From reputable publishers
• Organized & regularly updated
• Selected, age appropriate materials
• Delivered over the Internet – but NOT
the free Internet
DISCUS is better than the free Internet !
DISCUS *databases* are . . .
• Large, organized, electronic
collections of . . .
• Articles, books & other types
of published information . . .
• That may be easily searched to
find the information you need.
DISCUS includes . . .
Articles from -
Information from -
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Professional Journals
• Encyclopedias
• Dictionaries
• Reference sources
DISCUS has over 26 million articles
from over 5000 periodicals!
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DISCUS also includes . . .
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Pictures & photographs
Maps
Lesson plans
Student & teacher activities
Primary sources
Links to the best web sites
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DISCUS covers . . .
• Arts & Literature
• Government
• Biography
• Health & Medicine
• Business
• History
• Current Events
• Science & Technology
• Education
• Social Sciences
and more!
Find information on all subjects!
Use DISCUS for . . .
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K-12 homework
school projects
college research
speech preparation
term papers & reports
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teacher preparation
independent study
political awareness
consumer decisions
lifelong learning
and much more!
DISCUS goals & vision for SC
• Equal access to information
• Serve information needs of all
• Expand library resources
• Offer library resources 24/7
• Cost efficient use of public funds
$1 spent on DISCUS buys over
$12 worth of resources.
DISCUS is for all South Carolinians !
Through the services of your . . .
• Public library
• Public school
• Private school
(SACS-accredited)
• College or university
Coordinated by the South Carolina State Library
DISCUS Web site - www.scdiscus.org
K-12
users
Click
here
DISCUS site for K-12 users
Kids go here
Click on the name of the database you wish to use.
Click Subject, Grade Level or Search Tips tab for
help in choosing the best database
DISCUS Kids page
Use DISCUS at home, too !
To use DISCUS at home, just ask your school library
media specialist for the username & password.
Grolier encyclopedias for all age groups
All 3 include
teacher
resources,
magazines,
Web links
& more!
New Book of Knowledge
for
grades 3
& up
Info
News
Pictures
Games
Web
links
&
more!
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
for
grades
5 & up
Encyclopedia Americana
for
grades
8 & up
SIRS Discoverer
For
grades
1-9
Find
articles &
Web sites
by topic
&
reading
level
SIRS Knowledge Source
Articles,
Web links
& more
for
advanced
middle
grades
& up
SIRS Knowledge Source – features
News, audio clips,
maps & more!
The State
Columbia, SC newspaper
Gale databases for children - adults
14 periodical &
reference
databases to
meet your needs
Kids InfoBits
Junior Edition
Easy to use &
has helpful tools!
Junior Edition – Tool Box
Build
information
literacy
skills, too!
Biography Resource Center + Who’s Who
Find individuals
by occupation,
ethnicity, gender
What Do I Read Next?
Scribner Writers Series
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Focus your
search with
limit options
InfoTrac OneFile
Over 26
million
articles
at your
fingertips!
More “InfoTrac” databases from Gale
Broad subject coverage –
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Student Edition
General Reference Center
Expanded Academic ASAP
Custom Newspapers
and . . .
More “InfoTrac” databases from Gale
Specialized subject coverage –
• General BusinessFile ASAP
• Health Reference Center- Academic
• LegalTrac
Thank Your Legislator!
DISCUS is funded by the South Carolina General
Assembly, through the K-12 Technology Initiative.
Supplemental funding is provided through the federal
Library Services & Technology Act.
DISCUS is coordinated by the
South Carolina State Library in cooperation with school,
college & public libraries.
Start using DISCUS Today!
www.scdiscus.org
To learn more, ask your librarian!