Copley High School Media Center

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Copley High SchoolMedia Center

• Connecting You to
• Print and Electronic
• Resources

Introduction to Resources Mrs. Casida, Mrs.
Stratton, Mr. Turakhia
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Whats Your Plan?
Books?
Google?
Friends?
Yahoo?
Teachers?
Magazines?
Library Staff?
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Information Resources
Print Resources
Library Online Catalog
Electronic Resources
American National Biography
Britannica Online
EBSCO Host
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Library Online Catalog
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History of Internet??

• Academic communities (late 60s/early 70s)
• Email, chat rooms (1970s)
• WWW (1990s)
• Format change (comm., urban legends, etc.)

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Wise Consumer of Information?
Are you critically thinking or barely thinking?
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Does Google Have All the Answers?
http//ucomics.com
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Evaluation Criteria
Authority who created the site? Accuracy can
a print source verify the info.? Purpose
personal site? academic? commercial? Content
site include reference to research? Currency
when was the site last updated? Usability are
all the links working?
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InfOhio Electronic Resources
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InfOhio Resource Examples

• National Biography
• Annals of American History
• The Art Collection
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online (School Edition)
• EBSCO Host

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Colonial America Resources

• Librarians Index to the Internet
• Questia
• Wikipedia
• Salem Witch Trials The World Behind the Hysteria
• Colonial American Database
• KnowItNow