Online Resources for Schools

1. Online Resources for Schools

2. Why use EBSCO’s Offering via JCS Online Resources? • Encourages independent learning through trusted sources • All UK / Irish Universities and many colleges / schools use EBSCO services • Useful for teachers as well as students • Can be used in the classroom and in the home • 3 Reference Centres being discussed – • Literary Reference Centre • Science Reference Centre • History Reference Centre • Two key points to remember when looking at new resources • ContentInterface

3. Using EBSCO vs Google

5. Literary Reference Center Source Types EBSCO LRC Category 179,396 34,381 88,457 450 681,473 75,517 8,231 Author Biographies Plot Summaries, Synopses,Work Overviews Literary Criticism Essays Full-Text Journals Full-Text Book Reviews Full-Text Poems, Short Stories & Plays Full-Text Classic Books

6. Literary Reference Center Contains…Hundreds of literary reference works from many different publishers • Beacham’s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism • Comparative in Perspective • Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope • Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature • Complete Russian Folktale, The (5 volumes) • Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature • Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Shakespeare • Encyclopedia of British Women Writers • Encyclopedia of Literature & Criticism (Routledge) • English Novel in History (3 volumes) • Handbook of African American Literature • Literary History of England (2 volumes) • MagillOnLiterature Plus • Masterplots&Masterplots II • Masterworks of Asian Literature • Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature • Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets • Routledge Companion to Russian Literature • Understanding Literature Series • Who’s Who in Non-Classical Mythology

15. The Browse Authors screen provides access to editor-selectedAuthor Profiles and filters by country, culture, genre or movement

19. History Reference Centre Content Types Cover-to-cover Historical Encyclopedias& Other History Reference Books Cover-to-cover History Magazines & Journals Historical Documents Historical Biographies Historical Photos & Maps Historical Film & Video Clips 1,618 150 56,996 79,418 37,487 2,338 * Figures as of June 7, 2010

20. Major Reference Works from Oxford University Press • Oxford History of Christianity • Oxford History of Ireland • Oxford History of Italy • Oxford History of Medieval Europe • Oxford History of Modern Europe • Oxford History of Modern War • Oxford History of Roman Britain • Oxford History of the Classical World

21. The Most Used HistoryMagazine in EBSCOhost Available from: 1975 to Present

22. Photos & Maps • More than 113,000 Historical Photos from an image collection • Photos and Maps from the Encyclopedia of World Historyand other reference books • Photos and Maps from full-text periodicals

25. Science Reference Centre Topics Covered Biology Chemistry Earth &Space Science Environmental Science Health & Medicine History of Science Life Science Physics Science & Society Science as Inquiry Scientists Technology Wildlife

26. Science Reference Centre Cover-to-Cover Source Types Full-Text Science Periodicals 180 Full-Text Science Reference Books 625 Full-Text Science Encyclopedias 23 Full-Text Science Essays 812 Full-Text Full-Length Biographies 3,226 Science Animations 61 Science Images 18,025 Science Videos 519 * Figures as of January 2011

27. Science Reference Centre Examples of Major Periodicals in Full Text * Most of these magazines are exclusive to EBSCO

44. Thank You