6. DO YOU NEED A
USERNAME/PASSWORD?
Not if you’re at school
YES, if you are not at school
Get a bookmark from me
today or from your school
library
7. ELEMENTARY DATABASES
World Book & Grolier encyclopedias
SIRS Discoverer – general reference
Culturegrams – information about states,
countries, and cultures
Gale PowerSearch – magazine &
newspapers, reference books, and more
Opposing Viewpoints (in Gale
PowerSearch) – controversial issues, pro-
con arguments
11. WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA
Search # 1
Search # 2
Which search would work better? Why?
Talk to your neighbor for 30 seconds to decide.
12. ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Have you used World Book or Grolier
online? (thumbs up or down)
Would you find in-depth information?
Would you find opinions about a topic?
Would you find newspaper and magazine
articles?
Raise your hand:
Can you think of a question that an online
encyclopedia would answer well?
23. WHAT DATABASE WILL YOU TRY?
Take one minute to talk to your neighbor to
decide:
What database will you try
first?
What words will you use to
search?
What questions do you still
have about databases?
26. HAVE YOU USED CULTUREGRAMS?
Thumbs up for yes
Thumbs sideways for maybe
Thumbs down for no
What kind of information would you
expect to find here?
30. GALE POWERSEARCH
Magazine and newspaper
articles
Online reference books
Scholarly journals
What kind of research
would you do using
Powersearch?
