eLibrary™ Standards Search

June 2004

eLibrary Standards Search

• Finds content aligned to state and national standards

• Covers all core curricula subjects• Covers all states (not all states available

in first release)• Available in eLibrary Curriculum

Edition™ and eLibrary™• Launches August 2004!

eLibrary Standards Search Benefits

• Helps educators save time during the lesson planning process

• Provides students targeted, on-task information

• Ensures library resources are aligned directly to learning benchmarks

• Provides schools a vast pool of reliable, relevant content to augment existing curriculum

Main Search

• Launch state and national standards searches directly from eLibrary

• Use Local Configuration to customize standards display and workstation access

Standards Search

Standards Search Selection

Select the State

Then, Select the Subject Standard

Standards Search Selection

• Review the standards related to the subject

• Use the navigational “twisty” to drill deeper into a content standard– In this example, The

Nature of Matter, A.2., has further benchmarks for grades 6-8 and 9-12

Standards Search Selection

• At the benchmark level click See resources to begin matching eLibrary content– In this example, The

Nature of Matter, A.2., grades 9-12, has six related benchmarks. We’ve chosen SC.A.2.4.5.

Topic Alignment

• eLibrary queries the benchmark against the eLibrary topic tree

• Results display all topics related to the benchmark– In this example,

topics related to benchmark SC.A.2.4.5. include The Atom, Atomic & Molecular Structure, and Periodic Tables & Elements

Document Results

• Topics lead to related websites, periodicals, reference works, and multimedia sources– In this example, we

selected topic The Atom>>Structure

• Dynamic searches ensure educators can find updated content as new documents are added to eLibrary

Sample Documents

Websites, full text articles, and multimedia

eLibrary Standards Search

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