CORE COLLECTION

Item bullet The ART Collection
Item bullet Biography Reference Bank
Item bullet Digital Video Collection
Item bullet EBSCOhost
Item bullet Enc. Estudiantil Hallazgos
Item bullet Gran Enciclopedia Hisp�nica
Item bullet L'Encyclopdie Dcouverte
Item bullet LearningExpress Library
Item bullet Literature Online
Item bullet Mango Languages
Item bullet NewsBank Newspapers
Item bullet Oxford Reference Online
Item bullet ProQuest Ancestry Library Ed.
Item bullet Science Online
Item bullet World Book Early World of Learning
Item bullet World Book Web

CORE COLLECTION BY GRADE LEVEL

Item bullet K-5
Item bullet 6-8
Item bullet 9-12

CORE COLLECTION BY MATERIAL TYPE

CORE COLLECTION RESOURCES

Item bullet Help Resources
Item bullet INFOhio Toolkit
Item bullet Product Updates
Item bullet Technical Support
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INFOhio's Core Collection provides state-funded resources free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers for the 2011-2012 school year.

A username and password are required for home access; see your school library media specialist OR complete the username and password request form.

Funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Help Resources for EBSCOhost

Proceed to EBSCOhost.EBSCOhost delivers articles from more than 6,000 magazines and newspapers, most in full text, from children's magazines to professional research. Different interfaces make EBSCOhost easy to use for almost all researchers. The resource includes a database of pictures and an animals encyclopedia. The Professional Development Collection consists of almost 550 education journals.

Access EBSCOhost at school and at home. All Ohio K-12 students and their parents, as well as K-12 educators, can use the state-funded INFOhio Electronic Resources free-of-charge. Home access requires a username and password available from your school's library media center, technology coordinator or Instructional Technology Center (ITC) Staff Provider.

Resources for Specific EBSCOhost Components
Alerts | Business Source Premier | INFOhio All Databases |  Kids Search  | Page Composer | Professional Search | Searchasaurus | Student Research Centers

The Basics - Getting Started

Getting Started Guide, July 2008 [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]

EBSCOhost Databases and Interfaces, August 2007 [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]

Online Help available in the upper-right corner of each search screen.

Set an RSS Alert in EBSCOhost (download), November 2009. Chapter 2 of 21st Century Tools and Electronic Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents. [Flash 3:38 min.]

Title Lists and database specific informational fliers

Promotional Materials
EBSCO - INFOhio promotional posters, fliers and bookmarks

Success Center for K-12 Schools - resources for librarians to use to help educate teachers, administrations, parents and students about library resources and online databases.

Promote Your Online Resources - posters, fliers, bookmarks, etc. for you to use to get the word out about your EBSCO Databases.

Advanced Training Resources

EBSCO Training Resources. Sign up for free online training. Choose EBSCOhost Research Databases in the Which Service? box. Enter INFOhio in the Organization Name box.

History -- It's Happening!  Web collection of selected U.S. History resources from EBSCOhost databases and other sites.

Learning Activities for EBSCOhost are designed for about ten minutes of student time on task. Each relates to an Ohio Academic Content Standard indicator statement and is based on an essential question.

My EBSCOhost and Page Composer Users Guide. EBS 2533, April 2010 [MS Word 57 pgs]

EBSCOhost Visual Search Tutorial [Flash video 5:00 min.]

EBSCOhost Visual Search Tutorial [PPT 12 slides]
  Using Lexiles. Brief explanation and grade-level table.

Resources for Specific EBSCOhost Components

Alerts Resources

EBSCOhost User Guide - Advanced Topics: Search History, Searches & Alerts, Personal Account, Custom & Shared Folders, August 2010 [MS Word 27 pgs]

How to Create Search and Journal Alerts [Flash video 4:00 min.]

How to Create Search and Journal Alerts [PPT 12 slides]

Keeping Up: EBSCOhost's Alert Feature. By INFOhio, June 2009 [PPT 17 slides]

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Business Source Premier Resources

Business Searching: Basic Searching and Browsing [Flash video 4:00 min. OR PPT 9 slides]

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INFOhio All Database Search Interface (EBSCO 2.0)

Basic Searching: K-12 School Libraries [Flash video 4:00 min. OR PPT 13 slides]

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Kids Search Resources

Kids Search: Basic, Advanced and Teacher Resources [Flash video 4:00 min.]
 

PowerPoint [10 slides]

Interactive Quiz [Flash video 4:42 min.]

Kids Search Scavenger Hunt & Answer Key [MS Word 5 pgs]

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Page Composer Resources

Page Composer Tutorial [Flash video 2:52 min. OR PPT 13 slides]

Creating a Web Page With EBSCO Page Composer. By Sheila Benedum, Bay Village High School Library Media Specialist, and Linda Ehrnschwender, LEECA, April 2006 [PPT 35 slides]

EBSCOhost Page Composer Tip Sheet. By Sheila Benedum, Bay Village High School Library Media Specialist, June 2005. [MS Word OR PDF 1 pg]

My EBSCOhost First Steps and Helpful Resources. By Ann Tepe, INFOhio Consultant, June 2006. [MS Word OR PDF 3 pgs]

Sample Page Composer applications, created by INFOhio users.

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Professional Search Resources

Professional Research Using the INFOhio-EBSCO Periodical Index. By Sheila Benedum, Bay Village High School Library Media Specialist, August 2007 [PPT 35 slides]

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Search Box / Search Widget

Search boxes for EBSCOhost interfaces can be incorporated into school web pages by including the HTML code provided in the following text files:
 
Kids Search (see example)
Middle School Search (see example)
High School Search (see example)
  or create your own search box

If you do not see the HTML code after selecting the text file above, might need to right-click on the links and use your web browser's "Save target as..." feature.


Searchasaurus Resources

Searchasaurus [Flash video 4:00 min. OR PPT 15 slides]
Searchasaurus Scavenger Hunt & Answer Key [MS Word 3pgs]

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Student Research Center (6-8 and 9-12) Resources

Student Resource Center: Basic, Advanced and Teacher Resources [Flash video 5:00 min.]
 
PowerPoint [10 slides]
Interactive Quiz [Flash video 6:23 min.]

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EBSCOhost is funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Share your INFOhio Electronic Resources support materials. INFOhio welcomes materials from users which support the use and integration of the Electronic Resources available through INFOhio to students and educators across the state. Use our online submission form to begin the peer-review process.

 

Last Updated on July 13, 2011

By INFOhio Webmaster

Email: webmaster@infohio.org