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Using Research Databases
Created for Mr. Ciancitto
By: Mrs. L. Bakanas and Mrs. A. Martinez
Mastery Objective:
Students will be able to: Use the Media Center databases to find
information on a country and its leaders. Find biographical information on a selected
leader. Locate current events on the leader and
country.
Research Databases:
Go to: www.lrhsd.org/chmedia Click on the Research Databases* Tab on
the left side of the page.
Selecting a Database
Read the summary of the content of each database. Since we need to search by country, look for atlases.
To find general information on a country let’s try using:
FACT ON FILE – WORLD ATLAS
Select a country
Example:
Pakistan
Chief of State:
For other famous Pakistanis
Benazir Bhutto
Biography information in World Atlas
For additional Biographical Information
Biography Resource Center
Databases for Current Events Ebscohost Web
Select Newspaper source
Fact.com World News Click on Reuters News to search the last two
weeks
InfoTrac Elite 500 Custom Newspapers
To use Ebscohostweb
Select only Newspaper source
Enter your person
Select full text
Select the data range
For news in the last two weeks