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Why use EBSCO’s Offering via JCS Online Resources? Encourages independent learning through trusted sources All UK / Irish Universities and many colleges / schools use EBSCO services Useful for teachers as well as students Can be used in the classroom and in the home 3 Reference Centres being discussed – Literary Reference Centre Science Reference Centre History Reference Centre Two key points to remember when looking at new resources ContentInterface

EBSCOGoogle Content provided by reputable publishers, recognised by school library professionals and selected for use in a school environment Search tool is free of ads, sales messages, explicit material and sponsored results. There is no “phishing” for personal data. Just information to match student and educator needs Lexile Indicators - users can locate materials suited to individual or group reading needs if this feature is of interest to your school Students can view, save, print and citations for chosen articles using various pre-defined academic referencing standards (e.g. MLA or Harvard) directly from the database Students can save search results in a password-protected folder, offering a secure and organised personal holding area Free online training offered on a variety of topics, as well as marketing material (posters, flyers etc) to help support the library Even Google recognises EBSCO content is a recognised starting point for quality research and is a source of credible material Using EBSCO vs Google

Literary Reference Center Source Types Author Biographies Plot Summaries, Synopses, Work Overviews Literary Criticism Essays Full-Text Journals Full-Text Book Reviews Full-Text Poems, Short Stories & Plays Full-Text Classic Books Category EBSCO LRC 179,396 34,381 88, ,473 75,517 8,231

Literary Reference Center Contains… Hundreds of literary reference works from many different publishers Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism Comparative in Perspective Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature Complete Russian Folktale, The (5 volumes) Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Shakespeare Encyclopedia of British Women Writers Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism (Routledge) English Novel in History (3 volumes) Handbook of African American Literature Literary History of England (2 volumes) MagillOnLiterature Plus Masterplots & Masterplots II Masterworks of Asian Literature Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets Routledge Companion to Russian Literature Understanding Literature Series Who’s Who in Non-Classical Mythology

The Browse Authors screen provides access to editor-selected Author Profiles and filters by country, culture, genre or movement

History Reference Centre Content Types Cover-to-cover Historical Encyclopedias & Other History Reference Books Cover-to-cover History Magazines & Journals Historical Documents Historical Biographies Historical Photos & Maps Historical Film & Video Clips 1, ,996 79,418 37,487 2,338 * Figures as of June 7, 2010

Major Reference Works from Oxford University Press Oxford History of Christianity Oxford History of Ireland Oxford History of Italy Oxford History of Medieval Europe Oxford History of Modern Europe Oxford History of Modern War Oxford History of Roman Britain Oxford History of the Classical World

The Most Used History Magazine in EBSCOhost Available from: 1975 to Present

Photos & Maps More than 113,000 Historical Photos from an image collection Photos and Maps from the Encyclopedia of World History and other reference books Photos and Maps from full-text periodicals

Topics Covered Science Reference Centre Biology Chemistry Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Health & Medicine History of Science Life Science Physics Science & Society Science as Inquiry Scientists Technology Wildlife

Full-Text Science Periodicals180 Full-Text Science Reference Books625 Full-Text Science Encyclopedias23 Full-Text Science Essays812 Full-Text Full-Length Biographies3,226 Science Animations 61 Science Images18,025 Science Videos 519 * Figures as of January 2011 Cover-to-Cover Source Types Science Reference Centre

Examples of Major Periodicals in Full Text Science Reference Centre * Most of these magazines are exclusive to EBSCO

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