Welcome to NOVEL/Thomson Gale Beginner Level Database Training

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Welcome to NOVEL/Thomson Gale Beginner Level
Database Training
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What is NOVEL?

• NOVELNY is New York's first statewide online
  virtual library. NOVELNY is a collection of
  electronic databases that provide access from
  library, home, school, or office to thousands of
  full-text national and international newspapers
  and magazines, health and medical resources,
  business collections, Spanish language materials,
  and age-appropriate materials for youngsters.
• New York State residents can currently access
  NOVELNY via their local public library, academic
  library or school library.
• Your library must register with NOVEL to receive
  free access to the databases available.
  http//www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/novel/

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What is Thomson Gale?

• Thomson Gale (www.gale.com) is a world leader in
  e-research and educational publishing for
  libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for
  its accurate and authoritative reference content
  as well as its intelligent organization of
  full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the
  company creates and maintains more than 600
  databases that are published online, in print, as
  eBooks and in microform.
• Thomson Gale provides NOVEL with 11 databases.

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Thomson Gale databases available through NOVEL

• Custom Newspapers
• New York State Newspapers
• InfoTrac Junior Edition
• Health and Wellness Resource Center with
  Alternative Health module
• Informe
• Twayne Authors Series
• World, English, and U.S.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library

These databases are most popular in K-12 libraries
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-books)

• American Civil War Reference Library, 5v, 2000
• American Revolution Reference Library, 5v, 2000
• Americans At War, 4v, 2005
• Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 5-10, 1998 -2004
• Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2nd Ed., 2v, 2002
  
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North
  Africa, 2nd Ed., 4v, 2004
• Europe, 1450 to 1789 Encyclopedia of the Early
  Modern World, 6v, 2004
• Fashion, Costume, and Culture Clothing,
  Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through
  the Ages, 5v, 2004
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2nd
  Ed., 4v, 2005
• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2v, 2002
• Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, 2v, 2002
• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2v, 2002
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine , 2nd Ed., 5v, 2002
  
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health,
  5v, 2002
• History Behind the Headlines The Origins of
  Conflict Worldwide, 6v, 2001
• Major Acts of Congress, 3v, 2004

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Also available

• National Newspaper Index
• Health Reference Center Academic
• Business and Company ASAP
• Business and Company Resource Center

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How can the databases help you meet your
Information Fluency Continuum?

• Students have equitable access to the library
  and its resources.
• Current technology is available and operable to
  support multiple learning experiences in the
  library and remote access to library resources
• Thomson Gale databases are available 24/7.
• Standard 1, Inquiry Phase Connect Connects
  ideas to self finds personal passion
• Custom Newspapers provides access to local New
  York City newspapers

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How can the databases help you meet your
Information Fluency Continuum?

• Standard 1, Inquiry Phase Wonder Makes
  predictions about the kind of information needed
  to answer the questions and the sources that will
  be most likely to have the information.
• Make sure that students are aware of the NOVEL
  databases and where they can find in them.
• Standard 1, Inquiry Phase Investigate Uses
  successful information and technology strategies
  for locating sources of information.
• Librarians can use InfoMarks to guide students to
  appropriate articles.

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How can the databases help you meet your
Information Fluency Continuum?

• Standard 1, Inquiry Phase Investigate Uses
  information strategies to locate information
  within a source.
• Students use basic and advanced searching
  strategies to locate relevant articles.
• Standard 1, Inquiry Phase Investigate
  Evaluates information to determine value and
  relevance for answering questions.
• Students use critical thinking skills to evaluate
  search results.
• Standard 1, Inquiry Phase Express Uses standard
  language and citation conventions.
• Databases offer tool box and How to cite
  features.

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How can the databases help you meet your
Information Fluency Continuum?

• Standard 2, Personal Exploration Uses
  technology to solve real-world problems. Locates
  reliable information for personal growth.
• Once students are aware of whats available to
  them from NOVEL databases they will continue to
  access them for reliable, trustworthy content.

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Lets take a look!

• You can log into your own account
• or
• use this account (today only)
• http//infotrac.galegroup.com/
• itweb/nysl_me_nycitysl
• Password (if needed) empirelink

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A student is looking for articles on the planet
Mars.

• Use Junior Edition.
• Use Subject Search
• Search Term MARS
• Use subject headings to locate articles.

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A student is looking specifically for articles
about water on Mars.

• Use Junior Edition
• Use Keyword Search
• Search terms MARS AND WATER
• Remove checkmarks from boxes beneath search box.
• View results.
• Use relevance and full text options with the same
  search to see the difference.

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A student needs help writing a topic sentence.

• Use Junior Edition
• Use Toolbox on left side navigation bar.

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A student is looking for the current issue of
Newsweek.

• Use Junior Edition
• Use Advanced Search
• Search string
• JN NEWSWEEK AND DA JAN 22 2007

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Lets cross search!

• From the database menu choose to search in all
  databases available and click Submit.
• You are now searching
• Custom Newspapers
• New York State Newspapers
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Health Reference Center Academic
• Informe
• Business and Company ASAP

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A student is looking for a biography on Abraham
Lincoln.

• Use Basic Search
• Search string ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• Limit to documents with full text.
• View the results on the Reference Tab. Youll
  find biographies, topic overviews and primary
  documents.
• Check out the Magazines Tab for a recent article
  that takes a fresh look at the Gettysburg address.

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A student is looking for a current event topic to
bring to class.

• Use Publication Search
• Search string NEW YORK TIMES.
• Limit to documents with full text.
• Select a recent date from the issues list to view
  that days paper.

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A student needs a video source for her report on
diabetes.

• Use Health and Wellness Resource Center.
• Select DIABETES from the Healthology Health
  Library.
• A new window will open to video and brief
  articles regarding diabetes.
• Use Health and Wellness Resource Center basic
  search to find more reference and magazine
  articles.

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With the recent release of a film about Beatrix
Potter a student is interested in learning more
about her life and works.

• Use Twayne Authors Series.
• Use Authors A-Z.
• Select Potter, Beatrix from the list.

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Thomson Gale Customer Support

• http//www.galeschools.com
• http//support.gale.com
• 1-800-877-4253
• Stacey Knibloe x1919 stacey.knibloe_at_thomson.com
• Electronic Search Assistance
• Offers search and content help for any Thomson
  Gale product
• Available Monday Friday, 800am 500pm EST
• Technical Support
• Help for usage statistics, database
  configuration, remote access, etc
• Available 24/7