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I-Search Library Orientation Worksheet

Name:

Teacher:

Today’s date:

Today is an opportunity to “scratch the surface” of many of the resources that are available to you though the AT Library Media Center.  Your goal is to learn where the items are located, how to access and use the resources to answer your question.  Like all good research questions, you will not find the information in a single source.  You will consult many sources to gather your data!  Reread YOUR question and now Get READY, Get SET, GO!

My question is:

 

*Keywords: What words (keywords) should you begin to search? 

 

Your keywords:

*Virtual Thesaurus:  Search one word KEYWORD Virtual Thesaurus

Which word did you search and what new words did you add to your search?

 

*AT Catalogue:  Access the AT Catalogue.
Identify and locate a book on your topic.

Call #
Which area is it located in within the Library?

 

Title of the book_______________

Locate book                Staff initials______

*Magazine Databases:  Which magazine database did you use?

- Proquest
- Wilson Plus

How do you know if AT has this magazine in the upstairs collection?


Select the best paragraph and do a copy paste it here:

 

 

What is the Bibliographic information for this article?

 

 

 

 

 

*e-Library:  Locate another source from either e-Library:

What kind of source is it?  (Book, newspaper, transcript…)_______________

Select the best paragraph and do a copy paste:

 

 

 

 

 

What is the Bibliographic information for this article?

 

 

 

*Gale Student Resource Center:  Locate another source from either Gale Student Resource Center:

What kind of source is it?  (Book, newspaper, transcript…)_______________

Select the best paragraph and do a copy paste:

 

 

 

 

 

What is the Bibliographic information for this article?

 

 

 

WWW:  Locate a resource related to your topic from the World Wide Web.

Select the best paragraph and do a copy paste:

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the Bibliographic information for this article?

 

 

Primary Source Documents:  Locate both a print source and an online Primary Source document.

Which search engine did you use?
Select the best paragraph and do a copy paste:

 

 

 

What is the Bibliographic information for this article?

 

 

 

History Resource Center: Locate a source related to your topic. 

 

What is unique about this resource?

How can this database help you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What questions do you have about the search you just completed?

 

 

 

 

Define Primary and Secondary sources:

 

 

 

 

How do you access the resources from home?

 


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