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| Magazine and newspaper articles for grades K-9 on school subjects. The articles are full-text (not just summaries). Also included: maps, photographs, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, thesaurus, transcripts of radio and TV shows, how to write reports, and more. You can sort the articles in several ways (for example, by reading level). The database will also give you good websites on the topic you're looking for. You will need to have your library card or a Michigan driver's license or state ID to use this database. Teachers can make lists of articles they want their students to read ("Bookcart" - they will need a special log-in, obtained by calling MEL 800-530-9019 or writing meldatabaseshelp@mlcnet.org), as well as post quizzes for their students to take. This is an amazing database that will take you months to explore for fun, but minutes to use for a specific homework topic! Have fun ! |
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- Type in your search word and then click or unclick newspaper, magazine, book (this includes reference books like encyclopedias), maps, pictures, or transcripts. Click "Start".
- For a list of magazines and newspapers in the database, click on the picture/icon (newspaper, magazine, etc.).
- Click on "Topics" at the top for a subject list.
- Click on "Reference Desk" at the top for the dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedias, almanac, and atlas. From there you can click on "Browse Reference Desk Publications" to see a list of all the reference titles available.
- Click on the "Pictures" icon and "unclick" the other icons, then type in a search word to get pictures only of the topic you're interested in.
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Under "Reference Desk"
- Maps (U.S., world, cities, states, historical, current)
- Biographies
- American Heritage Dictionary
- Compton's & Britannica Encyclopedias
- Roget's Thesaurus
- DK Eyewitness books (entire books!)
- New Encyclopedia of Science (computers, plants, animals, environment) full of detailed pictures of such things as components, biomes, water cycles, weather and more)
- Inventions and Technology
- Historical documents
- Poetry and song texts
- Best of Shakespeare (10 tales from Shakespeare retold by E. Nesbit)
- Encyclopedia of Native American Indians
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Stack of Decades (timeline) and Lists
- Multicultural Cookbook
- Great Literature (among them: The Aeneid, Aesop tales, Alice in Wonderland, The Three Muskateers, the Bible)
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Under "Topics"
- How to write a report (click "English Language Arts", then "Doing Research" (under "Featured Topics")
- Poetry forms and examples (under "English Language Arts", and then click on "Poetry")
- Biographies (under "Famous People")
- U.S., black history and ethnic history (under "United States History")
- How to perform CPR (under "Sports & Gym", then "First Aid" under "Health Issues")
- Language dictionaries (under "Languages", then "Multilingual Dictionaries" under "Resources")
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| Magazine and newspaper articles, pictures, maps, photographs, encyclopedias (Compton's), dictionaries (American Heritage Dictionary), the World Almanac, and Roget's Thesaurus, all carefully selected for their educational content. The articles are full-text (not just summaries). It is geared for grades K - 9, and you can search it by reading level (lexile score). You can sort the articles in several ways (for example, by reading level). Teachers will find "Workbooks", "Educator's Resources", "Pathfinders" and "Activities" provide homework or quiz activities or independent research. You will need to have your library card or a Michigan driver's license or state ID to use this database. |
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Sample of Some Special Things You Can Find Here
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- Type in your search word and click "Search"
- Click on "Advanced Search" to search in more detail and search by reading level (lexile score)
- Click on the icon/pictures to search by topic (animals, countries, science, sports, etc.)
- Click on one of the "Reference" sources at the bottom ("Current Events", "World Almanac", "Thesaurus" or "Encyclopedia")
- Click on one of the "Database Features" on the right.
- Click on "how to cite" at the bottom of the page for making bibliographies.
- Click on "Workbooks" at the bottom, or on"Educators Resources" to the right (teachers)
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- Activities (science projects, puzzles, magic, jokes, recipes, plays, writing projects, art projects and more)
- Challenge Quests (scroll down under "Pathfinders")
- Biographies
- Serial stories from Los Angeles Times(under "Fiction") for children
- Plays (under "Fiction", then click on "Plays" on the right)
- Countries of the world
- Maps (state, country, historical, current, and outline)
- Kids Speak Out (under the subject icons) - see what other kids think
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- Pictures (search by the word or topic)
- American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, World Almanac
- How to Cite (make footnotes) when you make a bibliography (MLA, APA, and Turabian styles).
- Elementary Workbook (lesson plans and quizzes using the database found under "Educator's Resources" at the very bottom of the page)
- Problem Solving, analyzing graphs and charts, and map skills (under "Educator's Resources")
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| Kid's Edition Infotrac database covers about 125 magazines/newspapers for elementary students, among them: Cobblestones, Scholastic and Time, as well as newspapers, reference books, a dictionary, and information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports. The articles are full-text (not just a summary). You can make a list of the articles you have marked. You will need to have your library card or a Michigan driver's license or state ID to use this database.
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- Type in your search word and click "Find".
- Click one of the icon/pictures for a subject (plants, animals, government, art, literature, sports, etc.).
- Click on "Tool Box" for how to write a report, and how to make a bibliography.
- Click on "Dictionary" to look up a word.
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- Scroll down to the bottom of an article and click on "Acrobat Reader" to see the article the way it looked in real life.
- Scroll down to the bottom of an article and click on "Browser Print" to make to get the best print-out of the article.
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| Articles for homework and entertainment. This is the expanded version of Infotrac Kids' Edition above. It is designed for students in junior high or middle school, and includes magazines, newspapers, and reference books. Not all articles are full-text, many are abstracts, a description of the article. You are supposed use this to find the article in a larger library (for example, a univerity or college library). You can search only peer reviewed articles in this database. You can sort the list by date it was published or by relevance. You can make a list of the articles you selected. You will need to have your library card or a Michigan driver's license or state ID to use this database.
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- Type in your search word and then make sure you click either "subject", "keyword" or "entire document" under the search bar.
- Under "more search options" you can search by date, by name of magazine, and by subject.
- Under "more search options" you can "browse subject" for a list of subjects to search by
- Click on "Dictionary" at the top to look up a word.
- Click on "Title List" at the top to see what titles are covered in the database
- Full text of plays for school classes (click on "Publication Search" at the top, then type the word "plays" and click "search". Click the journal title "Plays", click on the year and issue until you get to play titles.
- On the right, click on "within these results" after you've done a publication search in order to search for a topic just in that one publication.
- Click the "mark" box in order to make a list of selected articles.
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Articles for homework and entertainment, as well as a dictionary and other homework help.
- Type in your search word and click "Search".
- Click on "Advanced Search"
- Click on one of the icon/pictures for a subject (animals, plants, people, science, history, etc.).
- Click on "Dictionary" to look up a word.
- How to write a report, from start to finish (Click on "Teacher Toolbox" at the top).
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| Find books like ones you already know and like ("read-alikes"), or search for a certain plot, or by author, title. Also has many booklists by age or by subject, as well as book talks and school resources for school teachers and media specialists. This is a terrific way to find more titles you will enjoy. |
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