2. Are There Owls in Your Library? Jane Barron and Linda Matthis

3. What is WiseOwl?  WiseOwl is a database supplied and supported by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The database was originally constructed to take the place of Reader’s Guide in the facilitation and access to research materials.

4. Welcome to NCWiseOwl! What does NCWiseOwl offer?  Magazine Database  Encyclopedias  Kids InfoBits  Jr. Reference Center  SAS inSchool  Kaleidoscope  Elementary section  Middle School section  High School section  Professional section  Media/Tech section  Parents section

5. How is NCWiseOwl Organized?  NCWiseOwl is divided into four separate areas: Student, Teacher, Reference, and Parents.  Student section = Web sites related to NC Course of Study  Teacher Section = WebQuests that supplement the curriculum

6. How is NCWiseOwl Organized? (continued)  Reference Area = periodical databases, encyclopedias, and child-friendly search engines  Parents = Web sites that encourage Internet searching and helping children with homework

7. How do I access NCWiseOwl?  School access does not require a password  Home access requires: Gale InforTrac password : wiseowl Username: 490-000 Password : school

8. Which Section has the most Usage?  The General Reference Center Gold gets the most access because it is a research database for magazine articles.  All articles are full-text with the bibliography at the beginning and can be e-mailed to your computer at home.

9. How do I Search on NCWiseOwl?  Types of Searches: Subject Guide Relevance Search Keyword Search Advanced Search Journal Search Start Over  You can search the entire site with a General Search, or you can limit your search by using a Limited or Advanced Search.

10. Example of a Keyword Search Keyword: Holocaust Out of 22, 826, 806 articles found on the General Reference Center Gold (started in 1980), 7901 contained the keyword Holocaust. Limited searches almost always need to be used to limit the amount of information presented.

11. Facts About NCWiseOwl  General Reference Center Gold was started in 1980.  Kids InforBIts meets the needs of K-5 research.  Newspapers are on current events, science and math, government, health and sports.

12. More Facts About NCWiseOwl  Books include the Junior Reference Collection for school and libraries.  Featured are easy-to-read information bases, information on authors, people and places, and multicultural topics.  There are more than 1,600 authors of jounrals.  There are over 5,600 Web links.

13. What’s the Best Part of NCWiseOwl? It’s Free to all North Carolina Residents!!!!!

14. Newspaper Resources  Greensboro News & Record  Asheville Citizen- Times  New York Times  Naples News  Savannah Now  London Guardian  And many more!!!!

15. PathFinders in NCWiseOwl  PathFinders about NCWiseOwl can be found at: www.sasinschool.com

16. Kaleidoscope  Kaleidoscope is another way to access information from NCWiseOwl.  This section is for teachers.  To access information, click on the appropriate grade level.

17. PathFinder for NCWiseOwl  Go to http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/ http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/  List outcomes and assessment  Implement stratagies  Identify keywords/subtopics  Select WiseOwl resources and determine search strategies

18. PathFinder Continued  Reference Centers: –Infobits search strategies –Junior Reference Center search strategies  Encyclopedias –New Book of Knowledge –NBK News –Grolier Multimedia

19. PathFinder Continued  Professional Page –Featured Web sites –Evalutech –Lesson plans

20. Bibliography  Gale General Reference Center Gold  Gale InfoTrac Student Edition  Gale InfoTrac Kids Edition  Kids InfoBits  Gale Professional Journals  Scribner Writers Series  Grolier New Book of Knowledge

21. Bibliography Continued  Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online  Lands and People  The New Book of Popular Science