INFOhio Databases

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INFOhio Databases

• Locating resources online
• Use this power point tutorial to learn more about
  what INFOhio has to offer you!

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Databases

• A database is a collection of websites or
  information that is primarily academic in
  nature
• Use databases for your school research, instead
  of search engines (like ask jeeves or dogpile) as
  your 1st source of information

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INFOhio Databases

• INFOhio is a website collection provided FREE to
  students in public schools throughout Ohio
• These sites are found at http//www.infohio.org
  and can be accessed from home with the username
  tccsa and the password

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INFOhio Website
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Highlights of INFOhio

• The following slides will highlight just a few of
  the MANY resources available through INFOhio
• Be sure to use the hyperlinks provided at each
  slide to examine the sites in more detail
• These sites are located in the CORE COLLECTION

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American National Biography

• American National Biography Online
• This is a collection of biographies of Americans
  no longer alive

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Britannica Online School Ed.

• Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition
• Choose from Elementary, Student, or regular
  version
• Browse the Internet guide or look for video/media
  materials only!

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Sirs Discoverer

• SIRS Discoverer on the Web
• Thousands of articles marked by difficulty of
  reading level
• Icons indicate text, actions, people, pictures,
  etc.
• Great place to search for items by subject
  especially countries!

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Ebsco Host

• INFOHIO EBSCOhost
• Many times students need journal or magazine
  articles for researchthis is THE SITE to find it
  (or try Electric Library available through OPLIN
  see Databases at the Hillsdale Library
  Website for help)
• Search for results in Primary, Middle,
  Secondary, Professional, Topic or all
  database
• Full text articles from 6,000 magazines and
  newspapers

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Newsbank

• INFOHIO Newsbank
• You can find current info. in the news
• Look for local or national papers
• Choose search Americas papers and then locate
  the type of area for your search by the tabs at
  the top of the screen

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Resources for Grades 7-12

• 7-12 resource choices

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7-12 Additional Resources
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Other Resources A.D.A.M.

• Health Topics
• A.D.A.M. Net Wellness Health Encyclopedia is a
  GREAT resource for any type of illness, disease,
  condition you can search by name, symptom
  more!
• Great for HEALTH class!

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Other Resource Am. Memory

• Home Page American Memory from the Library of
  Congress
• A great place to find digital resources from many
  different collections
• Great for HISTORY class!

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Other Resources First Gov

• FirstGov -- The U.S. Government's Official Web
  Portal
• Anything you want to know about the U.S.
  Government you can probably find the link to it
  here!
• Great for GOVERNMENT class!

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Other Resources - MEDLINE

• MEDLINEplus Health Information from the National
  Library of Medicine
• This site has a nice medical dictionary
• Find out about illnesses through the health
  topics tab
• Look up drug information for prescription and
  over-the-counter meds

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Other Resources Oh!Kids!

• OH!Kids Home Page
• Find sites for webtots, webkids, and webtweens
• Lots of fun and games here, especially for
  younger children

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Other Resources Ohio Gov.

• State of Ohio Government Info and Services
• Great place to find any government information
  for the State of Ohio
• Great for SOCIAL STUDIES class!

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Other Resources

• This site contains many of the sites we just
  viewed, and also some for younger ages as well
• You can also located Online Catalogs of all
  automated schools in OH or Curriculum Resources
  from the INFOHIO opening page as well

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OH! Teach

• OPLIN OH! Teach / INFOhio
• Links for Educators
• Contains a really neat section for Elementary,
  Middle, High School Students
• Find Current Events links here and also
  Reading Lists!

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INFOhio conclusion

• Use these databases as a 1st choice for
  authoritative research
• Better than a search engine
• Factual, accurate, and academic
• Use the tutorial on citing electronic resources
  to correctly identify the authors of these sites
  in your research