Not a

GOOGLESearch

Introducing Databases at the

Elementary Level

Ciara Kelly – Kingsford Smith Gwen Ingham – Walter Moberly

Why not Google?

• only search engine

• commercial

• question of authority, authorship

• authenticity

• reading levels and needs of students

Demonstrate: Search for

Pacific Northwest Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Male Pregnancy

http://www.malepregnancy.com/

Other Sites http://

www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/TCEA/hoaxtable.html

What is a database?

Lists of information for a particular need Subscription Examples – Phone Book, Medical,

Police

Why use them?

Reliable Authority Fits Learning Outcomes Streamlines search Paid for – use them / lose them

How to Access

Library Catalogue Go to Database Tab on top of Page Four columns

Magazines , Journals Reference Web Resources Professional

Webcat Database Access

EBSCO

Huge Central Database – different ways to access- Ebsco – Searchasaurus

- Ebsco - Elementary

- Ebsco - Secondary

- Ebsco - Professional

- Ebsco - Novelist K-8 - Handout

VSB Catalogue- http://webcat.vsb.bc.ca/#focus

EBSCO

Good for…up to date info

examples: articles on medicine, space travel Not great for…

history, young learners and/or low readinglevel

Need to provide specific search criteriaexample: scavenger hunt

EBSCO Elementary – Try it Ebsco - Kidsearch Backround info. Terms:

- article, abstract, lexile, pdf file,

html file Navigate Sample:

Gr. 6 Extreme Environments

Canadian Encyclopedia

Youth is best edition here

Canadian Encyclopedia Good for Canadian content

Gr 4 Native Peoples

Encyclopedia of British Columbia

Good for specific BC Topics

Encyclopedia of BC Higher reading level Text heavy Example – Immigration – Gr 4/5

Electoral System – Gr 7

World Book

World Book Student World Book Kids

Navigational Tools World Book

World Book – Try it

Example:

Grade 3 Province Scavenger Hunt

E Library / Culturegrams

Good for country research – Gr. 6 Easy to navigate, lots of diagrams,

photos etc E Library

EBSCO NoveList K-8

Last page of handout The best book talks I found listed Take a look

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