NOVELNY Databases

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NOVELNY Databases

• Your Name
• Your School
• Date

A workshop for elementary school teachers and
administrators
This product was supported by Federal Library
Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the
New York State Library by the Federal Institute
of Museum and Library Services. Southern
Westchester BOCES School Library System.
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Welcome

• Please introduce yourself and share one goal you
  have for this workshop.

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You will learn

• To successfully access NOVELNY databases
• To choose specific databases for your information
  need
• To use special features to narrow and refine
  their searches
• The benefits of accessing online databases
• The differences between the Internet/Google and
  NOVELNY databases

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Workshop Agenda

• Part One (30 minutes)
• Welcome and Introductions
• Who are we and what do we want to learn?
• The NOVELNY Databases
• What are these databases?
• Types of Resources and Information
• What do they contain?
• Differences between online databases and Google/
  Internet
• Why isnt Google good for all my information
  needs?
• Part Two (60 minutes)
• Hands-on Exploration
• How do I find what I looking for?
• Investigation of Searching Features
• Whats special about these databases?
• Wrap-Up
• How can NOVELNY resources support my teaching
  and learning?

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Have you ever wondered?

• How can I find reliable health information?
• Where can my students find information on why
  volcanoes erupt or what a tsunami is?
• Where can I find good primary sources for my
• unit on the Civil War?

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NOVELNY

• The New York State Online Virtual Electronic
  Library

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NOVELNY Databases

• An electronic collection of books, e-journals,
  full-text magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias,
  and other databases licensed on a statewide basis
  for free public access through local libraries
  and remote locations such as home, school, and
  office
• A source of high-quality, reliable, up-to-date
  information available only through
  licensing/subscription (not available free on the
  Internet).
• Levels the playing field for all New Yorkers by
  permitting individuals to share access to the
  same resources regardless of economic,
  geographic, or physical circumstances.

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NOVELNY Databases

• Business Company Resources Center
• global business information including over
  300,000 company
• profiles,
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
• contains full-text entries found in nine
  searchable
• online reference titles focusing on health and
  history.
• These reference titles include Gale Encyclopedia
  of
• Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of
  Cancer, Gale
• Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale
  Encyclopedia of
• Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied
  Health,
• American Revolution Reference Library, American
  Civil War
• Reference Library, Major Acts of Congress, and
  History
• Behind the Headlines.

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• General Science Collection
• provides information on all aspects of the
  scientific
• world and offers full-text coverage for more than
  60 of
• the most popular science publications.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center a source
• for both medical care professionals and consumers
• concerning important current health information.
• full text of over 650 journals and many reference
  services
• Informé Revistas en Español specifically
• designed to meet the research needs of Spanish
  speaking
• Users 40 full text Spanish language
• and bilingual magazine journals, reports and
• maps a total of over 75,000 articles are updated
  daily.

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• InfoTrac Custom Newspapers offers over 150
• full text newspapers including New York State
• newspapers and the New York Times full text for
  the
• current year.
• InfoTrac Junior especially designed for junior
• high and middle schools. It features hundreds of
  titles
• most critical to school libraries and the
  curriculum.
• This database includes hundreds of full text
  newspaper
• articles from the Knight-Ridder/Tribune News
  Service and
• more than 300 full color Rand McNally maps.
• .

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• National Newspaper Index provides indexing
• (1977present) of Americas top five newspapers
• the New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
  Christian Science
• Monitor, Los Angeles Times and the Washington
  Post.
• Primary Search via Searchasaurusdesigned
• specifically for the young researcher, it
  contains full
• text for more than 60 popular, elementary school
• magazines. All full text articles are assigned a
  reading
• level. It also features 30 full text student
  reference
• books, including Funk Wagnals Encyclopedia and
  the
• American Heritage Dictionary. An image collection
• contains over 100,000 photos, maps and flags in
• addition to full text access to the Encyclopedia
  of
• Animals.

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• Topic Search This current events database
  allows
• researchers to explore social, political and
  economic
• issues, scientific discoveries and other topics.
  There is
• full text for over 64,000 articles and more than
  3,000
• diverse sources, including international and
  regional
• newspapers.
• Twaynes Author Series features the content of
• over 600 books that comprise three print series
• United States Authors, English Authors and World
• Authors. This series is devoted to literary
  critical
• interpretation and discussion for readers ranging
  from
• high school students through college and above.

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• MasterFILE Select contains full text for nearly
• 750 periodicals covering general reference,
  business,
• health, education, general science, multicultural
  issues
• and much more. This resource also includes full
  text
• for more than 1,200 pamphlets, 40 reference
  books,
• 6,900 Magill Book Reviews and includes Essential
• Documents in American HistoryU.S. Constitution,
• Speeches and more.

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Your students are researching penguins. They have
thought about what they want to know and have
developed questions to research. Lets start
with Primary Search
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Primary Search via Searchasaurus

• Designed specifically for the young researcher,
  it contains full text for more than 60 popular,
  elementary school magazines.
• All full text articles are assigned a reading
  level.
• It features 30 full text student reference books,
  including Funk Wagnals Encyclopedia and the
  American Heritage Dictionary.
• An image collection contains over 100,000 photos,
  maps and flags in addition to full text access to
  the Encyclopedia of Animals.

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Lets look at another database
InfoTrac Junior especially designed for
junior high and middle schools. It features
hundreds of titles most critical to school
libraries and the curriculum. This database
includes hundreds of full text newspaper articles
from the Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service and
more than 300 full color Rand McNally maps
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Choose which type of information you want
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How to Access NOVELNY Databases

• IMPORTANT Type in the local information on how
  to access NOVELNY databases via public and/or
  school libraries including the URL, IDs and
  Passwords

Reminder The access information is on the
NOVELNY brochure you received as a handout
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Part 2 Hands-on

• First, lets do a search together in Primary
  Search via Searchasaurus.
• We are 4th graders researching the planet Jupiter
  and we want to know how it
• compares to the other planets as to size,
  composition, surface temperature,
• unique features, distance from the earth, etc. We
  have lots of questions so we
• need some good articles that we can understand.
• Log onto NOVEL home page with school password,
  and click on EBSCOhost.
• Click on Primary Search via Searchasaurus.
• Click on the Primary Search island
• Type planets and Jupiter into the dialogue box
• Limit the Lexile Reading Level (below)
• Select 620-910 for the average fourth grade
  reader
• Click on the box beside Please only find full
  text articles
• Click the red Search icon

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Now its your turn to search

• Before you start searching first take a minute to
  think about
• What are my questions on this topic?
• What are my keywords?
• Which database will most likely have the
  information I need?
• What special features does this database have?

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Final questions to ask

• What have I learned in searching this database?
• How can I use these resources with students?
• Be prepared to share your search experience

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Compare to a Google search

• Go to Google http//www.google.com
• Type in your search terms
• Compare the hits in Google to what your found
  in the NOVELNY databases
• Is the information authoritative? Can you
  identify the author?
• Is it age appropriate for your students?
• Be ready to share your findings

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Whats the difference between Google and the
NOVELNY databases?

• Internet
• Anyone can publish
• no evaluation
• Is free to everyone
• Is targeted to adults
• Uses key words
• Cannot limit by reading level

• NOVELNY Databases
• Contains up-to-date, reliable information --
  magazines, newspapers, and encyclopedia
  articles authoritative sources
• Is free to NYS citizens
• Has specially designed searching screens and
  databases for children and young adults
• Uses key words and controlled vocabulary (subject
  headings) to help uses find what they want
• Some databases can be limited by reading level

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Wrap-Up

• What curriculum units are best to integrate
  NOVELNY Databases?
• What challenges exist?
• What are the next steps?

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What you have learned

• To successfully access NOVELNY databases
• To choose specific databases for your information
  need
• To use special features to narrow and refine
  their searches
• The benefits of accessing online databases
• The differences between the Internet/Google and
  NOVELNY databases

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Thank-You!Email me with your questions (add
your email address here)