1. ICT AND YOUR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

2. On the Agenda ICT: Beyond Google search and MS word
Online storage and questionnaires
An introduction to EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost walkthrough
Your Bibliography

3. 1. More than just ms word

4. Technology: Friend and enemy
Easy to make changes
Portable
Steep learning curve for some features
Technology FAILS

5. backup, backup, backup! Save your work in multiple locations
files to yourself as attachments
Do not be deceived by flash drives!
Easily lost
Breakable
Prone to viruses
Can become corrupt

6. Free Cloud storage
Install software on your computer/ phone or run it through your web browser
Access and edit your files safely anywhere you can get an internet connection
All files automatically backup online once your Internet connection is active
Google apps suite to help you work

10. Google Forms Live Form:

13. 2. Welcome to EBSCOHost

15. In and of itself, Wikipedia is not a credible source of information for your ia

17. What is ebscohost?

18. All of these local institutions also use EBSCOhost:
University of the West Indies (UWI)
College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT)
University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT)
University of the Southern Caribbean (USC)

19. EBSCOhost walkthrough
Go to

22. If you can’t remember your PIN, call the library at 624-4466
Logging in
Library Card number
Your password is a 4-digit number: the PIN that you were given with your library card. If you were not given a PIN, use
your year of birth.
If you can’t remember your PIN, call the library at
This same information will be used every time you have to log in to any of NALIS’ databases or to borrow ebooks.

23. Welcome to ebscohost

24. Other databases
Points of View: balanced information on a variety of topics. Especially useful for debates.
Student Research Center: information tailored for your coursework needs
Biography Reference Center
History Reference Centre
Hobbies and crafts reference center: hands-on projects and ideas

25. Ebscohost databases
You can search within specific databases for certain subject areas, or you can search multiple databases at once.
Choose your search according to your topic. Start with:
Full text searching for Secondary students
Caribbean Search: Full Text Searching

27. What’s the theme of your IA?

28. Using the database 1. Know what you’re looking for!
Look at your topic and identify the information you’ll need.
Think in terms of keywords to search, and synonyms that may work as well.

29. 2. USE Boolean operators
Boolean Operators operate like Venn diagrams. You can tell them that you want A AND B NOT C
So you can state that you want information on “poverty” AND “Trinidad” NOT “Jamaica”
In Caribbean search, you can also use the multiple input fields under Advanced Search.

31. 3. Narrow your results
Check the sidebar once you’ve run your search to see your choices.

34. Use this sidebar to reduce your results to those you can actually USE.
Search limiters
Use this sidebar to reduce your results to those you can actually USE.

35. MOST IMPORTANT LIMITERS
Full text
Date range: past 10 years (5 years for science/ technology)
Source types: books and academic journals
Subject: choose the most appropriate to suit your needs

37. Once you’ve found an appropriate source...
Save the citation
Save/ download the article
Look for another!

38. 5. Don’t forget to give credit!
Once you’ve selected a journal, click on “cite” to access the article’s citation information. Find out from your subject teacher if you’ll be required to use MLA or APA when you’re doing a Bibliography.
NOTE: The Bibliography should be one of the FIRST parts of your research project to be done.

41. Don’t forget to grab your cheat sheet!

43. REMINDERS
Use Google Drive so that you never have to worry about flash drives.
Use Google Forms and social media for peer surveys.
Create an EBSCOhost account and use it for research
The FIRST document you should create is your Bibliography. For each resource you choose to use, save your citation BEFORE YOU EVEN SAVE THE ARTICLE.

44. Need more help?
EBSCOhost tutorials are available on YouTube: user/ebscopublishing
Download these slideshows:
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