To use this course:

Work through the power point. Make choices of databases when appropriate. Minimize this power point, and open up the Internet

browser to actually USE the Power Library. That way, you will not lose your place in the power point.

There is an attached file of documents to aid in the teaching and learning of Power Library.

Citing Sources:

If you are using the Power Library for research, you must cite your sources.

After each database there will be a link to the slide that has an example of citing resources.

What is the POWER LIBRARY?

POWER is an acronym forPennsylvania Online World of Electronic

Resources. Power Library is a service available to public

libraries, school, and state libraries and at home. It includes thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for people of all ages.

Why choose Power Library?

Pennsylvanians have access to credible, frequently updated information and resources and this cannot be guaranteed on search engines.

Comparing Google v.s. Power Library

Does your doctor, lawyer, financial planner, or other paid professional GOOGLE to solve your problem?

I hope not!

These professionals subscribe to expensive databases to keep current and solve clients problems.

Educators and Student Researchers

Deserve frequently updated information from reliable sources.

Deserve access to newspapers and journals that are copyrighted and therefore are ONLY AVAILABLE through subscription databases.

How is it free?

If every library negotiated these databases on their own it would cost each library over $22 million.

Our Governor and General Assembly established the Power library so that all libraries and their patrons have this service for about 1.75 million.

That is still about $20,000 in pre-paid resources waiting to be used.

This is a joint project of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education and the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. It was started in 1985 as a way to establish a catalog of all kinds of libraries. It was the first, and is still, the largest single catalog of library holdings.

These materials are all indexed. It has many teaching materials specifically for teachers within the various databases and includes ACCESS PA, (the Union catalog of all of the member libraries).

Patrons of member libraries are free to have materials sent to them through interlibrary loan, or to use other libraries facilities and materials.

There are three ways to ACCESS the Power Library:

Through a school or public library’s computers Any Internet connection by using the barcode

number on your public library card. Go to your local library’s homepage and find the Power icon

Pointing your browser to http://www.PowerLibrary.net

(Again using your barcode)

What does it look like?

This is the icon that is on desktop in libraries.

When you open it:

From a PPS Central( Teacher computer) at school:

Since all of our PPS schools are members of ACCESS PA/PowerLibrary, the Power library will open. It may say it is not configured correctly but it is totally accessible.

Copy and paste this address into your browser:

http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp

The Power Library will open in the same way as in the library.

At school:

Once you have opened the Power Library, you may bookmark it.

Also, you may want to create a shortcut on your desktop for the Power Library. Right click in the “white space” on the page and you will get a menu that includes “create a shortcut on the desktop”

From homes in Pennsylvania:

Any patron of an ACCESS PA public library may access these databases from a home computer.

Copy and past this into your browser:http://www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=eiNetwork

You will get the following screen:

You may want to:

Bookmark this entrance screen. Also, you may want to create a shortcut

on your desktop for the Power Library. Right click in the “white space” on the page and you will get a menu that includes “create a shortcut on the desktop”

Enter your library card barcode number- no punctuation, no spaces- just the number.

The next screen you see will be the Power Library Screen.

Remember that there is a Children’s and a General List, so it may look different than at school.

The Children’s List screen:

Children’s List vs. Subject List

These two screens are a “toggle” so you are free to switch between the Children’s List and the Subject List.

All of the Children’s List databases are included in the subject list. These are often used by young people and adults to locate information.

Tip of the Day

Each day a new tip calls attention to a feature of one of the Power Library databases.

Finding “the best” in Power Library

Obviously there is a lot of available resources in the Power Library.

While it is very tempting to go to one’s own grade level, and there will be opportunities to skip to these, adult patrons often find much in the children’s resources; and teachers of younger students often find much for enrichment of lessons or other interests in the sections above their own levels.

ACCESS PA

Access Pa The Access Pennsylvania Database is a

world wide web-based bibliographic union catalog and resource sharing guide to Pennsylvania library collections. The holdings of over 2,000 school, public, academic, and special libraries are searchable using a customized version of Brodart, Inc.’s. LePAC Search Software. Library customers, business and home users can search the Database by title, author, subject, any word, location, or a combination of any of these fields.

ACCESS PA

These resources can be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan

Also, if the library is near by, you can often reserve the book on line or by phone and pick it up

Example of Access: When Little Women is typed in:

Note: there are 3 copies of THIS EDITION.

Grove Art OnLine

provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). We offer ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.

Example of Grove Art Online

By keying in Andy Warhol, there is informative links including:• A brief biography of Andy Warhol

• Key collectors of Warhol’s work

• Artists who studied under Andy Warhol

• Artists who painted or photographed Andy Warhol

Grove Music OnLine full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and

Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001),

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992),

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).

Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.

Example of Grove Music OnLine

When a musician is keyed in there are small boxes next to the entry to indicate the genre of music that the entry represents.

Auto Repair Reference Center

• Complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing,publisher of Chilton® information.

• Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturersof domestic and imported vehicles

• Database content includes approximately 23,000 vehicles covered from 1954 to present

• Over 100,000 factory drawings and step-by-step photographs

• Over 60,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer

• Wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing

• Specifications & maintenance schedules

• Labor Time Guide & Estimator

• Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance

• New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously

You will be asked to key in information in this order:

Year Make Model Sub model

The topics found include:

 Repair Procedures Service Bulletins and Recalls Wiring Diagrams Labor Specifications Maintenance Intervals

AP Multimedia Archive

This is the archive of the Associated Press. There are a half a million current and historical photographs and graphics searched by date, place, and subject.

800 Photos are added daily!

Example:

Key in a name in the WHAT field ex. Theodore Roosevelt Key in a date range in the WHEN field ex. 1890-1920

What When

To cite AP Multimedia

Citing a photograph

Citing graphics or media

Biography

American Idol Results

Biography Reference Bank

An example of citing Biography Reference Bank

Contemporary Authors® online offers your students and patrons continuous access to current biographical and bibliographical data on modern authors.

Each Contemporary Authors® online entry contains the most complete and up-to-date entry, accessible through an easy-to-use interface with a variety of search paths to help you locate the information you need quickly and efficiently.

Over 118,000 author biographies Updated bi-weekly Best of all—a plain text version of any article can be e-

mailed to you!

Contemporary Authors Content

Contemporary Authors

Contemporary authors has four search paths:• Author Search

• Title Search

• Subject Search

• Advanced Search

Contemporary Authors provides information including:Example-Judy Blume

Nationality: American Year of Birth: 1938 Place of Birth: Elizabeth, NJ Genre(s): Novels, Children's fiction, Fiction Table of Contents: Personal Information Career Writings Media Adaptations Sidelights Further Readings About the Author

To cite Contemporary Authors:

Example of citing Contemporary Authors

Business Source Premier

provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.

By keying in Bill Gates in Business Source Premier:

The full text results are coded according to:

   Academic Journals      Trade Publications     Magazines      Books/Monographs      Industry Profiles      Market Research Reports      Product Reviews    

Regional Business News

this incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States

Regional Business News

After you key in a business it can be sorted by date, source, author, or relevance

These can be added to a folder and then saved, moved, or printed at a later time

DHL : example of a search for Business Regional News

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center

access to education literature and resources. access to information from journals included in

the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.

full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

Example for ERIC: Literature Circles

Citing the business indices:

The Pro Quest Citation Guide provides full information on citing articles, journals, etc. found in indices.

Professional Development Collection designed for professional educators, provides

a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.

This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

This is the most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 900 journals.

Example for Professional Development Collection: NCLB

Book Index with Reviews

(BIR) helps you find information on the books .

BIR is a cooperative effort between NoveList, EBSCO Publishing and Baker & Taylor.

Example :Books in Review

Results for Dragonfly in Amber

Citing the business indices:

The Pro Quest Citation Guide provides full information on citing articles, journals, etc. found in indices.

NetLibrary eBooks

digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction.

There are now 8,926 e-books. Need a craft book quickly? A number of

the K.Ross craft books are available on-line.

Sections can be printed or referenced.

NetLibrary

Key in a title or an author

ex. Crafts to Make in Winter Choose an activity from the table of

contents

ex. Jar Snowman Click on “show acrobat tools” at the top Click on the printer to print the activity.

NoveList

This is an adult and young adult reader’s guide to fiction.

The database can be searched by author, title, series, or plot.

There are book discussion guides and curriculum support.

Using Using NoveListNoveList™™

in a School in a School SettingSetting

NoveList is an electronic resource that:

Contains information on over 100,000 fiction titles

Provides expanded subject access via 36,000+ headings

Includes full-text reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, and others

Displays over 1000 booklists on popular topics and themes

Tracks over 200 book and literary awards

NoveList also contains:

BookTalks for selected titles to grab the interest of your students (Children and Young Adult levels)

Lesson plans for key titles at the high school level

Links to web-based teacher resource files for 150+ authors

Links to over 2500 author home pages

Novelist’s search strategies let you:

Use a favorite author or title to find similar authors/titles Search for titles on a specific lesson or curriculum topic

(historical period, setting, character, theme) Draw on the information contained in reviews through

full-text searching Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to refine your

search Limit your search by publication date, number of pages,

or Lexile score

Example NoveList: King Arthur

Books to accompany the alphabet!

Novelist K-8 is producing lists of books that focus on letters of the alphabet. Preschool and Elementary teachers looking for new ways to teach letters will want to check out this series.

After opening NoveList K-8 just scroll down to find these books.

Ebscohost (Ebsco Publishing)

There are a number of databases from EBSCO within the Power Library

These are listed as both Children’s and Subject resources because they are often useful to everyone.

Elementary School Module

Homepages for all grades or a specific grade determine level of all search results and listings.

Grades 2-5 Home

Middle School Module

Click on tab for “Grades 5-8” to access the Middle School module

Topic SearchIntuitive drill-down topic search

101 Facts about animalsclick on tab :grades 2-5

More on 101 facts

Key in an animal’s name:iguana

Click on the 101 Facts about Pets : Iguanas

Also note: at the left top of page is the citation for these articles

Find Materials by Source (top buttons)

Click to see menu listings

Full-Text Search Always AvailableFull-text search box appears on all screens

Search Results for “Everglades”

Search results are grouped by source with the most relevant at the top of each column.

Article Screen

Search terms highlighted

Links to related articles

Links to matching Topic Search listings

Source and link to full citation (at end of article)

Reference Library

Reference Library contains standard types of reference resources:• Atlas• Interactive Dictionary• Picture Gallery• Children’s Encyclopedia• Curriculum-aligned books

Special Features: Library/Research Skills

Information and fun activities that teach about using library resources – plus Homework Help from The World Almanac for Kids

Special Features: Homework Corner

Assignment Subjects, broken out by grade, link to listings of content by category – for example, Weekly Reader and World Almanac for Kids.

Special Features: Picture Gallery

Alphabetical image listings bring up pictures with full credit, caption, and citation – plus a link to more information about the subject.

Special Features: Brainteasers/Activities

From Teacher Created Materials, series of lessons and activities based on The World Almanac for Kids – accessed by subject and grade range (1-2, 3-4, 5-6). PDF files, linked to World Almanac for Kids articles and to Answer Keys, can be copied for classroom use.

Special Features: Top Five of the Month

Monthly articles on current topics, with follow-up writing activities and links to elementary content and appropriate websites.

Special Features: Calendar

Calendar for each month showing major holidays, birthdays and historic events by day – links to other months and to a perpetual calendar.

Middle School Module

Click on tab for “Grades 5-8” to access the Middle School module

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.

Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display.

The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.

This database is updated annually.

Example: dogs

Oxford Reference Online

The Core Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.

Each entry contains hyperlinked cross references where applicable, a “How to cite this entry” guide, a list of adjacent entries, an “E-mail this entry” feature, and a Cross-Reference button - highlight any word in an entry and create a new search by clicking the button.

The “Links” tab at the top of the page will pull up a list of web resources….

How to make the most of your subscriptionHow to make the most of your subscription http://www.oxfordonline.com

Cover to Cover Full Text for 23 National (U.S.) & International Newspapers, including

Newspaper Source

Full text transcripts from Face the Nation, 60 Minutes,CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR), etc.

Transcripts (in Newspaper Source)

Newspaper Source example: Tony Hawk

Children may use the very popular Searchasaurus interface with Middle Search and/or Primary Search

Searchasaurus – Children’s Interface

Provides children with thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals

Primary Search Offers…

Provides children with more than 25,000 easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids

2003 Edition

Primary Search Offers…

MasterFILE Premier full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering

a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.

In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,700 titles.

This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 433 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,135 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.

MasterFILE Premier example: Queen Noor

DartClix

Brodart Automation's DartClix is a collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high quality websites designed to enhance curriculum learning and research in many subject areas..

Author Search

• Order of terms doesn’t matter.

• Use spaces between initials.

• Can use author pseudonyms or variant names.

Title Search

• Unsure of author’s name? Try Title Search!

• Can use a portion of the title.

Subject Search

• Can search by genre or subject.

Article View

Hyperlinked Table of Contents

for biography

PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION

Article View

Inventions Time Line

What's a fast way to find out whether cameras, telephones or zippers were invented first? From FactsforLearning's Middle School module, click on Timelines (from right-hand side of screen) and then on "Inventions Timeline."

Tip of the Day #149 POWER LIBRARY

Overview of Lit Finder

Poetry• 125,000 full-text poems including 25,000 copyrighted poems• 800,000 poem citations and excerpts• Subject Navigator• The Year’s Best Poetry• Kid’s Korner• Poem Explanations• Biographies & Pictures

Short Stories• Over 5,000 full-text short stories• Genre Navigator• Just Published Stories• Explanations• Biographies & Pictures

Overview of Lit Finder (cont) Essays

• Thousands of full text essays• Biographies, Literary criticism, History, Art, Science, Drama

Speeches• A collection of the best and best-known speeches of the

past 2,500 years• Speeches categorized into easily searchable genres

Plays• Over 1,000 complete plays covering the range of dramatic

expression• Most complete single-source of full-text plays available• Plays are analyzed for subjects, and also list all characters

SIRS DISCOVERER

Scroll to the bottom of the opening screen.

Note the topics:tutorial

helphow to cite

workbooks tips bookmark

SIRS DISCOVERER

By clicking on WORKBOOKS:

educators’ guide

student workbooks• elementary• middle• research strategies• overview and

worksheet

SIRS DISCOVERER

An example of citing SIRS

Health Source®: Consumer Edition- Clinical Pharmacology database

provides access to 1,100 drug monograph entries and 2,700 patient education fact sheets.

Medical definitions—click on the Medical Dictionary" button on the green toolbar at the top of the screen and you can look up the definition for any medical word or phrase. Once you locate the definition, you can also launch a search of the entire Health Source®: Consumer Edition database for articles related to your term.

Clinical Pharmacology current, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S.

prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.

Drugs may be searched by their generic or brand names. Clinical Pharmacology is made up of Drug Monograph and Patient Education Records.

Drug Monographs include description, mechanism of action, and pharmacokinetics. Patient Education Records contain such information as what the medication is used for, what their health care professional should know before taking the medication, how the medication should be taken, what they should do if a dose is missed, what other medications can interact, what side effects may be noticed, what to watch for, and where to keep the medication

. Patient Education records are available in English or Spanish.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

more than 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

Also featured are abstracts and indexing for more than 800 journals

streaMed Patient Education Solution

Videos and informational segments related to topics including surgeries

(currently only available from within your library)

Citing Health Sources

Example of EBSCO Health Database citation

APA Citation Format

The general format is:

Author (date of original source). Article title. Original source of article, page numbers. (Retrieved)

[Indent 5 spaces][month day, year,] from [source] database [name of database].

Example of EBSCO Health Database citation

Tator, C., Carson, J. D., & Cushman, R. (2000)Hockey injuries of the spine in Canada, 1966 -1996. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 162(6), 787+. Retrieved November15, 2000, from EBSCOhost database (Academic Search Elite).

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Example of citing Contemporary Authors

Battersby, John (1999, May 10). Nelson Mandela's Moral Legacy. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved November 21, 2001, from InfoTrac Web InfoTrac OneFile CJ54593610.

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Example of citingBiography Reference Bank

Citing a Full Text Periodical ArticleWillwerth, J. (1998, August 24). Get off my

turf. Time [Online], 152, 68-69. Retrieved 30 September, 1998 from H.W. Wilson database (Readers’ Guide Abstracts Full Text) on the World Wide Web: http://www.hwwilsonweb.com

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Example of citingBiography Reference Bank

Citing a Biographical Profile

Edgar Lee Masters. (1966). In World Authors 1900-1950. Retrieved from H.W. Wilson database (Wilson Biographies Plus) on the Word Wide Web: http://www.hwwilsonweb.com [30 Sept. 1998]

Example of citing fromSIRS Discover

All about... dinosaurs. (2001). The World Almanac for Kids 2002, n.p. Retrieved Nov. 10, 2001 from SIRS Discoverer.

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AP Photo – MLA Citation Example:AP Photo – MLA Citation Example:

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“Canada Sars”. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. 29 May 2003. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. PA Power Library, Pennsylvania. 30 May 2003 <http://ap.accuweather.com>.

Title or Heading of fileName of Database in Italics or underlined.

Name of Library you accessed the Database from.

Date of file.

URL typed within < > Date of access

Name of Subscription Service

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Example of citing graphics and media

Starchild. (2001, Oct.15). Armstrong, Neil. [graphic]. U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration. Retrieved November 10, 2001, from SIRS Discoverer on the Web database (SIRS Discoverer).

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More Information for general and specific citations:More Information for general and specific citations:

To document an image, article, or other material accessed through a library or institutional subscription service such as AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive, provide the following information:

•Publication information for the source (Title/Heading or Image number of the AP Photo, AP Graphic, AP Text Story/Headline, or AP Audio file) *If specific citations per file used are required.

•Name of the database, in italics or underlined

•Name of the Subscription Service

•Date of file

•Name of library

•Date of Access

•URL of subscription service's home page typed in < >

General:

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. Home Page. 28 May 2003. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. 30 May 2003. <http://ap.accuweather.com>.

Specific:

“Today Search”. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. 30 May 2003. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. PA Power Library, Pennsylvania. 30 May 2003 <http://ap.accuweather.com>.

Sources for this Power Point

The Power Library and all of the companies that provide guidance, power points, tutorials, and information about its use.

ACCESS PA and the State of Pennsylvania for providing guidance and information related to using the Power Library.

Some slides were used from the promotional materials that the database companies provided.

National Education Technology Standards for Teachers and Students

Using this tutorial advances all of the standards, particularly standards II, III and V. These standards are included in the documents section.

After finishing the various sections of this Power Point:

Please go to the document files and complete the evaluation for this course.