Infotrac for K-12 Schools May, 2007

Today’s Objectives  Review Infotrac Databases used in K-12 Schools  Review periodical databases that support general research papers  Review periodical databases that support AP and IB classes  Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library with Power Search  Share the future direction of PowerSearch with Power Search Plus  Demonstration: samples searches from lesson plan’s across the country

AcademicGeneral Reference InfoTrac Student InfoTrac Junior

InfoTrac Solutions DatabasePrimary Focus More than 11,000 magazines covering all subject areas. Strengths in trade publications, travel, hobbies, news, health and academic journals. More than 4,000 core magazines across disciplines. More than 1100 magazines and journals appropriate for grades This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum More than 300 titles selected for grades 5-7. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum Periodical Databases for General Research

 Largest collection of full-text magazines available  95% with no embargo  Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek)  Includes 86% of the titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text  Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies  Almost 65 million articles at the students fingertips InfoTrac OneFile

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?  More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and  Great for geography classes including information on cities around the world.  Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts.  A valuable source of information for students looking for different perspectives on current events  Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present day.  Updated daily, students will have access to up to date news information from this trusted newspaper  10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine  Supporting many areas of the science curriculum.

What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?  Articles can now be translated into 8 different languages.  Helps your ESL students  More than 3,000 active, full-text titles recommended by Magazines for Libraries.  Titles that are picked are recommended titles used in libraries across the country  More than 20 reference sets, including the Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Gale Encyclopedia of Science.  Award winning reference is included to offer additional resources to the student  11,000 magazines in all, 70% of which are not found in EBSCO or ProQuest databases.

Examples of full text titles in: Infotrac One File/Infotrac Student

InfoTrac Solutions DatabasePrimary FocusCollege level International Baccalaureate Advance Placement More than 10,000 academic journals across disciplines.  More than 4,000 academic journals across disciplines.  Periodical Databases for Academic Research

The Premier Academic Database  Largest collection of peer-reviewed journals – Over 10,000 titles  Largest collection of active full-text journals with no embargo  Targeted sub collections come at no additional charge with this database  Advance Placement Science Collection  Advance Placement US History Collection  Advance Placement Psychology Collection  Advance Placement Honors Literature Collection  Advance Placement Government and Social Studies Collection  Advance Placement Fine Arts and Music Collection  Advance Placement Global History

The PowerPack  Information Science and Library Issues  InfoTrac OneFile  Insurance and Liability Collection  Military and Intelligence Database  Nursing and Allied Health  Pop Culture Collection  Psychology Collection  Religion & Philosophy Collection  Small Business Collection  Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy  Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure  Vocations, Careers and Technical Education  War and Terrorism Collection  Agriculture Collection  Business Economics and Theory  Communications and Mass Media  Computer Database  Criminal Justice Collection  Diversity Studies Collection  Environmental Studies and Policy  Expanded Academic ASAP  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues  General Business File ASAP  General Reference Center Gold  General Science Collection  Health Reference Center Academic Other Targeted Collections are also available

Examples of full text titles in: Academic One File/Expanded Academic

“POWER SEARCH it” with Gale Virtual Reference Library Imagine… No shelf space issues. No torn pages. Equal access and full circulation of multi-volume sets. No Readers No Check In/Check Out 24/7 Remote Access Free MARC Records Fully Cross-Searchable

 Circulate your Reference Content  Availability only through Thomson Gale  Accessibility and Customization  Seamlessly cross-search periodicals and e-books simultaneously Gale Virtual Reference Library

It’s Not Your Traditional eBook  Full flexibility with your collection  No readers, no check-outs, no barriers  Unlimited usage  You own the content forever

And Multiple Ways to Access DIRECT LINK INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS OPAC UNIQUE COLLECTONS ALL TITLES POWERSEARCH 24 hours a day… 7 days a week… with unlimited usage…

A Look Further Inside GVRL  More than 1600 volumes of reference to choose from  Hundreds of Award Winners  More than 33 publishers  Flexible pricing  Significant discounts for titles you already own in print

Build Your Own You can also build your own collections… Break out a Newspaper or magazine of your choice

And Now on to PowerSearch… Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the world’s leading periodicals More than 1,000 of the world’s leading reference books

PowerSearch: User Selection 1. Select your products 2. Submit your selections

Or, create a default to a Power Search Pre-selected databases

PowerSearch: Cross search results E-Books Displayed Here

Infotrac Custom Journals Infotrac Custom Newspapers E-Books Or customize your own database Combine popular journals with reference titles. Tailor the database to meet the needs of your curriculum

Easy access to all your resources Add a search box to your web pages

In 2007, expect a research experience unlike any other…

A New Common Menu

PowerSearch Now

Changes in 2007 Narrow by subject Number of results displayed on the tab Search within results

New Document Display , Print, Cite, Translate Hyperlinked Fields

Additional New Features in Early 2007  Visual Search  Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export capability  Cleaned up user interface, with easier access to limiters  Better document display, with easier access to InfoMarks and tools  Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality  Tab configuration and “All Results” tab  Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as “limit by subject”  Search within Results

The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus” Search all Gale Databases Search All Other Databases Search Library Catalog Search Open Web

PowerSearch Now

Power Search now: Additional Databases Tab Search Additional Gale databases

PowerSearch Plus Visual Search Infotrac Search ALL other library databases Articles display from all sources Clustered results by topic

Article Display

Visual Search

We welcome your questions…

Demonstration: Sample Assignments from across the country:

Topic 1: Subject/Content :  Social Studies (Current Issues, Government or Global Studies)  Summary of Lesson: Students will evaluate and propose government policy related to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina  Basic Search, Reference results, Newspaper results, Magazine results  Coverage from Primary sources, News Coverage, NPR audio broadcasts, magazine articles, and academic journals.

Topic 2:  Summary of Lesson: Students will create a display reflecting the development of hominids.  Focus Question: How have humans developed over time? Students will research the following species  Australopithecus Afarensis  Homo Habilis  Homo Erectus  Neanderthal  Homo Sapien For each specie the group should locate the following information:  Approximate year of emergence  Physical Features  Fossils discovered (place, time discovered, by who)  Lifestyle