eLibrary Canada & CE K-12 Newsletter

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August 2007
eLibrary Canada & CE Updates
Our product development team is constantly reviewing customer feedback and making changes to our learning resources to meet your needs. Several updates or content additions were recently completed, and we wanted to bring them to your attention:

   eLibrary Canada: Now 2,132 Pubs & 59.3M Documents (New)

   eLibrary Science: Added Newspaper icon to Search Page
        Moved New York Times Science Times to Newspaper area
        Loaded UPI Space Daily into Newspaper area

Classroom Activity
Good news for librarians and teachers! There’s a growing collection of ProQuest model BookCarts that integrate significant Canadian curriculum topics/issues for you
to copy and use in your library or classroom. Learn
how to access our Canada-specific models, and
assess student knowledge with QuizCarts.

eLibrary Canada Stories
"As a teacher-librarian, there were two things that I often found frustrating: students getting distracted while researching by all the extraneous "stuff" on the Internet, and teachers who gave research topics without checking to see if we actually had information. I was thrilled to discover the BookCart feature..."

Read more about how this intrepid teacher-librarian
is using our BookCart tool in creative ways.

How do you use eLibrary Canada with students/staff?
Send us your ideas and stories today.

CultureGrams in Focus
CultureGrams can help broaden your students' understanding of the world.
Visit Congo-Brazzaville online.

Top 3 Websites
Each month, our editorial team scours the Internet for top-quality sites for teachers and students. Get connected.

eLibrary Podcast

Introduce staff and students to eLibrary Canada.

See ProQuest

Oct. 3-5, Springfield, Missouri
Missouri Library Association

Oct. 3-6, Nampa Civic Center, Idaho
Idaho Library Association

Oct. 17-19, Nashville, Tennessee
T+L Conference

Oct. 25-27, Reno, Nevada
American Assocation of School Librarians (AASL)

Nov. 14-16, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
NCSLMA Conference

Spread Knowledge: Marketing Kit
Help spread the word in your school about eLibrary Canada!
Print all-new, full-color handouts, notices, and bookmarks; retrieve fresh static and animated icons; link to new videos explaining the importance of the media center and your digital subscriptions; and much more. Available mid-August here.

Tips & Tricks: Event Photo Sets
eLibrary is your source for today’s hottest news photos. Here's how to gather sets of photos related to current events. Type space shuttle into the search box. Next to Publication under Advanced Search, type Getty Images by event. Click Search.
Sort results by Size, scroll to the bottom of the results page, then click to the last page of results. Scroll down to the end; you’ll see large sets of thumbnails related to recent "space shuttle" events. Click each link and image until you see
full sets and large resolutions.

K-12 Website Updates
The newest additions to proquestk12.com, your single source for hands-on K-12 solution information:
New eLibrary Canada & CE Information Pages (Web)
eLibrary Science Quick Start Guide (PDF)
eLibrary Science Search Tips (PDF)
New Quick Start Guides: History Study Center
ProQuest Learning: Literature

Free Online Training Opportunities
Our ProQuest product trainers are standing by to help you get the most out of your subscription. Attendees can obtain a Certificate of Attendance for any of our online courses. Our training sessions cover after-school hours within several time zones. Tap into this month's free training schedules (by class
or date) then register for a course today. (Monthly training dates reminder email signup.)


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