Thursday, February 24, 2011
NetLibrary
1. I began by watching the videos about the use of NetLibrary, and then set up an acount for the use of NetLibrary. Thinking of the topics that our History Day students are working on, I did a search for "bay of pigs". I got 63 ebooks using the fulltext search. Many of these books would not be helpful to my students, but some might be helpful with their projects. I also tried a keyword search for "bay of pigs", but did not get any results for that search. I liked that there is a summary of what is in the books with the search words highlighted. Also, you can continue your search within the book for your search words by going to the "Continue Search?" on the lefthand side of the screen.
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Good comments, Mary. Other participants have mentioned trying different search terms and using the "Suggested Topics" links at the right of the page. Cuban missile crisis might be another term to try, as well as Kennedy. Thanks for giving this a whirl. We think NetLibrary is a way to expand the library's offerings 24/7.
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