Getting the most out of Databases. What is EPIC? electronic purchasing in collaboration a purchasing consortium on behalf of NZ libraries & information.

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Getting the most out of Databases

What is EPIC? electronic purchasing in collaboration a purchasing consortium on behalf of NZ libraries & information organisations Membership includes 55 Public Libraries 42 Special Libraries 36 Tertiary Libraries The National Library of New Zealand + The Ministry of Education pays a subscription for all NZ Schools

What is available to NZ schools in 2014? free access to 24 subscription e-resources from 4 vendors Academic OneFile Biography In Context Books & Authors Discovering Collection Educator's Reference Complete General OneFile Global Issues In Context GREENR Health and Wellness Resource Centre Literature Resource Centre LitFinder Opposing Viewpoints In Context Science In Context Shakespeare Collection Online Student Resources In Context Virtual Reference Library World History In Context Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre MasterFILE Complete Britannica Online School World Data Analyst Oxford Art Online Oxford English Dictionary Online Oxford Music Online

How to find out more… EPIC Training & Marketing Resources for Schools epic.org.nz/marketing-resources/training-marketing-schools

Accessing EPIC Option 1: The TKI EPIC page

Accessing EPIC Option 2: N4L connected schools epic.org.nz/n4lschools

Accessing EPIC Option 3: Linking through your LMS Whangarei Boys’ High School example

Search across databases Search across all Gale Cengage Databases Select Gale Cengage Databases to search across Search across all EBSCO Databases Select the EBSCO Databases to search across (accessed through Oxford Music Online & Oxford Art Online)Oxford Music Online Oxford Art Online

Search across databases LMS examples Oliver v.5 Federated Search Access-it One Search Worser Bay School Library example

Create direct links to high interest content Direct linking instructions Direct linking examples Searches New Zealand Newspapers in Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre

Additional teaching resources & tools Instructions to set up your own account My Britannica Teacher Account 1.Access Britannica SchoolBritannica School 2.Pick a level 3.Login to with the following logins: username: EPICschool password: EPICschool

Additional teaching resources & tools Britannica Educators pages Britannica School – Middle example

Additional teaching resources & tools Gale Cengage - In Context Curriculum Standards/Resources pages Science In Context examples