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.
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INFOhio's Discovery Portal
 INFOhio's
Discovery Portal is provided through the online catalogs
INFOhio provides to more than 2,400 buildings participating in our library
automation program. Discovery Portal is linked
from both CAT and CAT Jr.
INFOhio Discovery
Portal Subscriptions
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The INFOhio Discovery Portal is provided to schools using INFOhio's
Library Automation Services for no additional charge. |
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Schools not using INFOhio for library automation can access the INFOhio
eBook collection with a subscription to
INFOhio's Discovery Portal. If interested in experiencing
INFOhio's Discovery Portal, including the new INFOhio eBook
Collection, contact
support@infohio.org for a trial username/password. When ready
to subscribe, please use the subscription form, which
is available in
Word and
PDF format. Updated
April 2012 |
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Discovery
Portal flier [PDF 2 pgs] Updated April, 2012 |
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The Basics - Introductory Materials |
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Getting Started Guide - Elementary. September
2011. [MS Word OR
PDF 4 pgs] |
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Getting Started Guide - Secondary. September
2011. [MS Word OR
PDF 9 pgs] |
Promotional materials |
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Bookmark Master.
February 2011. [PDF 1 pg] Note:
This
document is password-protected. To receive a password, contact your
Instructional Technology Center or
e-mail central@infohio.org. |
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Spotlights. Timely tips to get the most
out of the Discovery Portal, including specific, step-by-step
strategies for Elementary School, Middle School and High School
activities. |
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Inservice materials |
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INFOhio's
Discovery Portal
available to all
CAT & CAT Jr.
users.
Overview of
features, with
screen shots and
suggestions for
evaluating the
Portal. |
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INFOhio's
Discovery Portal
now includes the
INFOhio eBook
Collection.
Overview of
included
collections,
with additional
information
about content,
access, and the
development of
the INFOhio
eBook
Collection. |
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INFOhio's Discovery Portal
and Student
Learning.
Learn With INFOhio webinar, September 8, 2011, 3:30-4:15.
Are you making
good use of
INFOhio�s
Discovery Portal
in your
classroom and
library for
inquiry-based
assignments?
Join Stephanie
Newsom, Jackson
City Schools
elementary
librarian,
Gayle Geitgey,
Urbana City
Schools
Technical
Support and
INFOhio
Integration
Specialist, and
Jean Banks,
INFOhio
Technical
Support,
to discover how
they are
promoting this
amazing resource
and how their
teachers are
using it.
Link to webinar recording
and additional
materials. |
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INFOhio Discovery Portal Tutorial. Designed for new users of the Discovery Portal
─ students,
classroom teachers, librarians or parents, September 14, 2011. [PPT 29
slides] |
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Using INFOhio Discovery Portal In K-5. Designed for
classroom teachers and librarians offering ideas on how to use the
Portal in K-5 classrooms. Fourteen slides pulled from the
Learn With INFOhio webinar INFOhio's Discovery Portal and Student
Learning presented on September 8, 2011, September 14, 2011. [PPT 14
slides] |
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Search Box for the Discovery Portal. There is now a
search widget generator for the Discovery Portal. Answer a few
questions and viola - you have the HTML code that can be placed on your
library web pages to automatically search the Discovery Portal.
Find the link to this tool on the
DP Librarians' Guide Home page. |
What others are saying... |
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Discovery
Portal Group Discussion. Participate in this
INFOhio Knowledge Building Community Group. To join
the discussion, click on Join Group and follow the registration
directions.
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INFOhio's Discovery Portal: Fantastic Site for Eager Young Minds!
Case study by Stephanie Newsom, Elementary Librarian, Jackson City
Schools, March 21, 2011. |
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