Lib Preso Apr 2008
- 1. Online Resources Half Hollow Hills PTA Education Committee April 4, 2008
- 2. Today’s Presenters Diane Bishop, Candlewood Diane Calise, West Hollow Corinne Carriero, Instructional Technology Debbie Castiglia, Otsego Barbara Drayer, High School East Ralph DiCicco, High School West Linda Lennon, Sunquam
- 3. Today’s Agenda Online Book and Materials Catalog Selected Subscription Databases Tumblebooks World Book online AP Photo Archives Brain-Pop GaleNet
- 4. Web-based Materials Catalog Diane Calise, West Hollow
- 5. What is Destiny A completely web based automated system Accessible from any computer at school or at home, with Internet access
- 6. Searching Destiny Keyword Title Author Subject and series Advanced search
- 7. Destiny is image-rich Book covers pictured in search list Selecting the title, displays valuable information copies available locally (within school) description of the book book’s reading and interest level, etc
- 8. Features Destiny suggestions other subjects related to selected book Users can create citation list of book selections for a work-cited page Users can create a bibliography created from a booklist with a touch of one button Teachers can create an online resource list of materials for students’ use
- 9. TumbleBooks Linda Lennon, Sunquam
- 10. TumbleBooks.com Online collection of books to encourage reading www.tumblebooks.com username: hhh password: books Language Options - English, French, Spanish Picture Books, Story Books, Audio Books
- 11. World Book Online Debbie Castiglia, Otsego
- 12. Online Encyclopedia “ Meets the highest standards of editorial excellence while keeping pace with the technological developments that define the computer age” 22 volume set and more right at the click of a mouse Information, pictures, maps,and websites
- 13. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive Diane Bishop, Candlewood
- 14. Subscription Service Associated Press Multimedia Archive: 1,000,000+ Photos 1826-today 10,000s Graphics 4500 hrs Audio Clips: 1920s-today Text: captions for photos and clips Correlations Content connected NY State Standards K - 12
- 15. Brain Pop Barbara Drayer, HS East
- 16. Brain Pop Engaging, animated content that motivates and inspires children to learn, addressing different learning styles. Friendly, dialogue and tone for children Closed caption available
- 17. Brain Pop BrainPOP movies cover all academic areas Science Math English Social Studies Health Technology Arts and Music
- 18. Gale Student Resource Center Ralph DiCicco, HS West
- 19. Gale’s Student Resource Center Content from premium Gale Reference materials (scholarly research) Over 11 million articles Over 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers Primary sources, creative works, and multimedia
- 20. Search types Basic Advanced (allows Boolean operators) Topic Trees Publication Curriculum standards
- 21. Cross-Searchable With six other databases in NY’s NOVEL database collection (for over 83 million articles): Custom Newspapers NY State Newspapers (including The New York Times) Health Reference Center Academic Informe (Spanish language) Gale Virtual Reference Library Business & Company ASAP
- 22. Thank you for the opportunity to share!