Want to find out which database has which journal without looking at each of them separately? Want to know if it's full-text or just a citation? From the Librarian in Black blog comes a recommendation for the CUFTS Journal Search, created by a Canadian library consortium. I have it on my del.icio.us account for easy access.
--Andrea
Monday, March 26, 2007
Taking a long car trip soon? Need something good to listen to en route? Consider taking along Rings, Swords and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy Literature - a wonderful Modern Scholar course. The fantasy genre seemed a huge gap in my life of reading, but I found I've read more fantasy than I realized and . . . I want to read more! You can choose specific lectures or listen to the whole course.
Barb S.
Barb S.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
HISTORY DAY RESOURCES WEBINAR
Every year secondary students do projects for National History Day. There is no limit as to country or time period, but each year there is a theme. This year's theme is "Triumph & Tragedy". Primary sources are an important part of National History Day projects. Thanks to the Internet, more primary sources are accessible than ever before. The official National History Day web site has a Research Central section which lists primary source web sites.
The online database Discovering Collection contains 500+ primary source documents, including images, audio & video clips. Searches can be limited to "primary documents". Masterfile Premiere has 88,000 primary documents. One tip with Masterfile is to sort a long list of items by relevance rather than the default setting by date, since currency is less important with historical research. Students may want to try Masterfile's "Visual Search" option as an alternative search method. Categories are represented by circles and articles by rectangles. It does not allow limiting to primary sources, however.
The Minnesota Digital Library now contains 11,500 objects, including documents as well as images, from 65 Minnesota institutions. It includes advanced search options and a teacher's guide.
The University of Minnesota has its own Research Guide and encourages class visits as long as preliminary search in MNCAT is done first. One new source is Remembering the Holocaust, the world's largest archive of visual histories of the Holocaust.
For students who don't know where to start, MINITEX & MNLink have come up with the Research Project Calculator, which breaks the process down into steps. The student types in the class, format (essay, Powerpoint, or video) and due date.
For further information, there is a handout in the "FYI" basket.
--Andrea
The online database Discovering Collection contains 500+ primary source documents, including images, audio & video clips. Searches can be limited to "primary documents". Masterfile Premiere has 88,000 primary documents. One tip with Masterfile is to sort a long list of items by relevance rather than the default setting by date, since currency is less important with historical research. Students may want to try Masterfile's "Visual Search" option as an alternative search method. Categories are represented by circles and articles by rectangles. It does not allow limiting to primary sources, however.
The Minnesota Digital Library now contains 11,500 objects, including documents as well as images, from 65 Minnesota institutions. It includes advanced search options and a teacher's guide.
The University of Minnesota has its own Research Guide and encourages class visits as long as preliminary search in MNCAT is done first. One new source is Remembering the Holocaust, the world's largest archive of visual histories of the Holocaust.
For students who don't know where to start, MINITEX & MNLink have come up with the Research Project Calculator, which breaks the process down into steps. The student types in the class, format (essay, Powerpoint, or video) and due date.
For further information, there is a handout in the "FYI" basket.
--Andrea
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
LIBRARY 2.0 TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
Want to know more about Web 2.0 and social networking web sites, but don't have time for long classes? Try Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day, from the Library Instruction Wiki.
Found via The Shifted Librarian
--Andrea
Found via The Shifted Librarian
--Andrea
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Minnesota Book Awards New Readers' Choice Award!
New this year is the opportunity for all Minnesota readers to vote for the Readers' Choice Award. From March 1st to April 15th, you can cast your ballot for Minnesota's top book. Look over the Minnesota Book Awards finalists and cast your ballot at this Pioneer Press website.
--Barb S.
--Barb S.
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