1. Do a basic search on something of interest to you. Report your findings and observations.
I used the topic "Polar Bear" to do my search. I chose this one because it is a topic that one of my students might look up. I typed it into the engine and it came up tie 24,427 results. Although I am glad to see that there is a ton of information on this subject, students at the grade level that I teach (4th & 5th grade) might be overwhelmed and not be able to sort through all of the information to find what they are looking for. There are tabs on the left hand side that you can use to narrow the information down, but if you don't know how to use that, you might get stuck surfing through far to many articles to find what you need. I think that as long as we can sort through the info, this will be a very valuable source.
1.a. See what your Challenge cohort is discovering. Choose at least one other Challenge blog, read that person's post (about this or a previous lesson), and comment on it. You may like to check each other's blogs throughout the Challenge as you learn together.
I commented on "eResource Challenge - Alissa Adams" Blog, then I read that she had commented on mine! Alissa pointed out a lot of great ideas that I hadn't thought about. I have looked at other blogs, but I definitely will read and comment more often.
2. Click the Publications tab at the top of the page. You will see an alphabetical list of the periodicals indexed in ProQuest and the years included. Notice that this list is "Full text only." Do a search for a journal in your profession by typing a title or keyword in the search box. Report your findings and observations.
I typed in library and found 29 results including Booklist, which is a publication that we use often. I liker that when you clicked on the magazine it gave you the option of reading the current article, or going back and reading previous issues.
Common Core Challenge
In Lesson 4, spend some time exploring ProQuest article content. Consider how you would use this resource to meet a Common Core standard.
In your blog post, name the standard and briefly and specifically describe the lesson you will teach using ProQuest to help meet the standard.
SD Library (3-5) - 1.5.5 Critique resources for accuracy, currency, reliability, usefulness, purpose. (Evaluate)
In our library we are currently working on research papers, specifically on finding good sources and citing sources. We are also working on presenting information using technology and writing bibliographies for those presentations. ProQuest gives students a way to find great sources that meet source criteria. They can trust the source, and easily cite it in their papers. It think that this would be a very useful resource for middle, high school or college level students. It might be a little tough for elementary students to navigate on their own, but I'm going to give it a try and see how it goes!
