Current articles

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IntroducingPowerWeb. This tutorial is for
professors interested in learning more about this
great new Web product.

• Current articles
• Course-specific news
• Weekly course updates
• Interactive exercises
• Hundreds of student study tips
• Web research
• Thousands of research links
• Daily news
• Northernlight.com

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PowerWeb is...

• A series of course-specific Web sites developed
  by the leading supplements publisher --
  Dushkin/McGraw-Hill
• A suite of original Web-based materials that will
  enhance your course and your students Web
  experience
• The culmination of years of research regarding
  what professors and students want in a
  course-specific Web site

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What does PowerWeb offer your students?

• A current, dynamic source of constantly updated
  Web-based content
• Original -- not re-purposed -- extended Web
  content
• Vetted, qualified and refereed Web content
• Course-based/topically arranged Web content
• A consistent interface that is simple to use

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Why offer your students PowerWeb?

• PowerWeb is the first Internet tool to help your
  students learn how to research online.
• PowerWeb offers daily and weekly course updates
  to bring currentness to your classroom.
• PowerWeb includes access to key articles on
  important course topics -- with self-assessment
  built in to the site!
• Dushkin offers you access to Using PowerWeb in
  the Classroom, a detailed Web site to help
  professors integrate PowerWeb into their course.

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PowerWeb contains...

• Current, refereed, course-specific articles --
  Annual Editions Online
• Assessment tools for all PowerWeb articles
• Student study aids
• Free access to the Northern Lights Research
  Engine
• Weekly course updates by content experts
• Course-specific, real-time news
• A Web-links database of over 6000 high-quality
  academic links of interest

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How do my students access the PowerWeb site?

• PowerWeb is a password-protected Web site.
  Students access PowerWeb through a password that
  is bundled with a McGraw-Hill textbook.

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How do I preview PowerWeb for possible classroom
adoption?

• Faculty can access the PowerWeb site through a
  generic user name and password.
• Point your browser to the PowerWeb Home Page and
  then click the Professors, click here to learn
  about PowerWeb link.
• From there, you can request a user name and
  password.
• We will send you the user name and password via
  email within two hours (If you request
  information in the evening or over the weekend,
  we will respond to your request the morning of
  the next business day).

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What is our deal with Northern Light?

• Students and faculty receive 25 worth of free
  research time when they enter NorthernLight.com
  through the PowerWeb portal.
• Northern Light offers access to over 6,000
  journals -- as a PowerWeb customer, you have
  access this material. This is a great research
  tool!

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In closing, PowerWeb offers...

• PowerWeb offers current, relevant, and validated
  Web content for use in the classroom or for
  assignment.
• PowerWeb provides supplemental content that is
  course-based.
• PowerWeb provides a means to assess students
  learning experience.
• PowerWeb saves time.
• PowerWeb is FREE to students who buy selected
  McGraw-Hill titles.

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Please check out the PowerWeb DEMO...

• It can be found at www.dushkin.com/powerw
  eb/