1. The place to go to research controversial issues
Sirs
The place to go to research controversial issues
Sharon Flesher 2008/2009 – Z:\Nashua\Curriculum\library Skills\Plan B

2. Please ask for user name and password.
Type in the URL
Please ask for user name and password.
Click on SIRS Products

3. Click on SIRS Knowledge Source

4. The top ten research topics are in the icon area
There are leading issues on the left and you may browse those issues
You may also search via subject headings and keyword searches
Note that this defaults to subject heading which is controlled language

5. More Cool Stuff
There are some cool things on the right side of this page. Go ahead, you know you want to – Click on one of those boxes.
OK – things I like:
Under World Almanac and Maps
Contains: Tons of statistic and lots of maps (Including Historical Maps!)
Today’s News
Curriculum Pathfinders is fun. Check it out!

6. Research Tools
Click on a topic and you will get a screen that contains an overview, pro/con issues, and various other research tools.

7. Your Hit
Here is a hit. Notice the summary, subject headings. Click on the title to get the whole article.
You can sort by all kinds of things – Check these out

8. Your Article
You can print it, it, listen to it, see a summary, get a citation, or add it to a list.
You can click on the Subjects on the right for similar articles.

9. You can even make your bibliography here
You can even make your bibliography here. Just click in the boxes and tell it to create the bibliography. You can print it or copy and paste. Yeahhh
The Bibliography

10. Questions???