ICONN The Connecticut Digital Library

1. ICONNThe Connecticut Digital Library

2. What is ICONN? ICONN, the Connecticut Digital Library, provides free access to a collection of information databases and other electronic resources to support teaching and learning.

3. How will students and staff access ICONN? Schools access the databases directly through the Connecticut State Library web site: www.iconn.org. Students and staff may also access the same web site at home by entering their public library card number.

4. How will students and staff benefit from using ICONN? ICONN provides a range of quality on-line information resources including reference, periodicals (popular & academic), newspapers and library catalogs. ICONN provides information on a variety of subjects to support the content areas.

5. How do I encourage teachers to use ICONN? Practice using the databases to become familiar with the content and search strategies. Analyze local curriculum maps or the state frameworks and trace maps to identify links between curriculum and the content of the databases: www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/index.htm. Publish information about ICONN in school newsletters and post on the school web site. Develop workshops for teachers that focus on their content area. Emphasize the opportunity to differentiate learning.

6. Let�s Look At The ICONN Homepage

7. Which databases are available in ICONN? General Reference Center Gold InfoTrac Kids Edition InfoTrac Junior Edition InfoTrac Student Edition Expanded Academic ASAP InfoTrac One File Informe Professional Collection Business & Company Resource Center Health Reference Center reQuest What Do I Read Next? Reference books (e.g.encyclopedias, almanacs) and periodicals Elementary school level periodical database, maps and almanacs Middle school level periodical database High school level periodical database Research database for academic disciplines Combination of all of the above databases Spanish-language and bilingual periodical database Periodical database for educators Company and industry database Medical information database Reader�s advisory tool (all ages) Statewide library catalogReference books (e.g.encyclopedias, almanacs) and periodicals Elementary school level periodical database, maps and almanacs Middle school level periodical database High school level periodical database Research database for academic disciplines Combination of all of the above databases Spanish-language and bilingual periodical database Periodical database for educators Company and industry database Medical information database Reader�s advisory tool (all ages) Statewide library catalog

8. General Reference Center Gold Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the arts, science, entertainment, etc.��� Access General Reference Center Gold Select Advanced Search Enter the words poem and nature Limit the current search to articles with text View the articlesAccess General Reference Center Gold Select Advanced Search Enter the words poem and nature Limit the current search to articles with text View the articles

9. InfoTrac Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc. Curriculum based.��� Kids Edition Junior Edition Student Edition One File

10. Expanded Academic From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text and images! Access Expanded Academic Select Advanced Search Enter the words censorship and books and schools. Limit the current search to articles with text View the articles Access Expanded Academic Select Advanced Search Enter the words censorship and books and schools. Limit the current search to articles with text View the articles

11. Informe

12. Professional Collection Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators.��� Access Professional Collection Select Advanced Search Enter block scheduling and high school View articlesAccess Professional Collection Select Advanced Search Enter block scheduling and high school View articles

13. Health Reference Center - Academic Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. Select Health & Wellness Resource Center Select Medical Encyclopedia and select a condition from the list or click on a letter to jump to that section of the encyclopedia. Click on the letter �I� and scroll down to influenza. Select one of the following from the Table of Contents: Definition, Description, Causes and Symptoms, Treatment or Prevention Select Health & Wellness Resource Center Select Medical Encyclopedia and select a condition from the list or click on a letter to jump to that section of the encyclopedia. Click on the letter �I� and scroll down to influenza. Select one of the following from the Table of Contents: Definition, Description, Causes and Symptoms, Treatment or Prevention

14. reQuest reQuest is the Statewide Library Catalog of Connecticut. In reQuest, you can search over three million titles located in over three hundred Connecticut libraries at once. You can also place interlibrary loan orders for items in reQuest if your home library offers the service through reQuest. Access reQuest at http://www.auto-graphics.com/cgicln/mmx/rqst/Access Select Word Search Limit Search to Public and Subject Select Add Date Qualifier and choose 1990-1999 Enter mathematicians View titles Select a title and view holdings (locations)Access reQuest at http://www.auto-graphics.com/cgicln/mmx/rqst/Access Select Word Search Limit Search to Public and Subject Select Add Date Qualifier and choose 1990-1999 Enter mathematicians View titles Select a title and view holdings (locations)

15. What Do I Read Next? Readers advisory tool for all age groups.� � � The task may be expanded to post the review on amazon.com. Inform students not to include their name or email address to ensure their privacy. Access What Do I Read Next? Select Genre Search Open the drop down menu next to the box labeled Historical and scroll down to Historical-American Civil War Limit the search to Young Adults and Fiction View the titles and sort by author/title or score Select one title to view the summary, major characters, age range, genre, subjects, setting, and time periods Create a bibliography by selecting Add to Keeper List The task may be expanded to post the review on amazon.com. Inform students not to include their name or email address to ensure their privacy. Access What Do I Read Next? Select Genre Search Open the drop down menu next to the box labeled Historical and scroll down to Historical-American Civil War Limit the search to Young Adults and Fiction View the titles and sort by author/title or score Select one title to view the summary, major characters, age range, genre, subjects, setting, and time periods Create a bibliography by selecting Add to Keeper List

16. New York Times

17. Let�s look at search strategies

18. Effective Search Strategies

19. TYPES OF SEARCHES Subject Relevance Keyword Advanced

20. TYPES OF SEARCHES

21. SUBJECT SEARCH Subject Search � looks for info by topic Subject Event Personal Name Company/brand name Organizations Government agencies Legal statute Subject: global warming, diabetes Event: Olympics Personal name: Nelson Mandela Company/brand name: Nestles/Frito Lay Organizations: United Nations Government Agencies: CIA Legal statute: Americans with Disabilities Act Note: Subject search mode may not be activated by your library. Will not appear as a menu choice in the search interface. Activate via the Info TracConfig program. This is true for all of the search modes.Subject: global warming, diabetes Event: Olympics Personal name: Nelson Mandela Company/brand name: Nestles/Frito Lay Organizations: United Nations Government Agencies: CIA Legal statute: Americans with Disabilities Act Note: Subject search mode may not be activated by your library. Will not appear as a menu choice in the search interface. Activate via the Info TracConfig program. This is true for all of the search modes.

22. TO INITIATE A SUBJECT SEARCH Enter the subject term(s) into the search box Select any desired search limiters (date, journal name, etc.) Click the Search button

23. WILDCARDS Wildcards are truncation characters� The Asterisk (*) matches any number of characters The Question Mark (?) matches an exact number of characters The Exclamation Point (!) matches one or no characters May use multiple !�s And ?�s which will yield exact number of matches; e.g. ??? matches 3 charactersMay use multiple !�s And ?�s which will yield exact number of matches; e.g. ??? matches 3 characters

24. EXAMPLE OF WILDCARDS The Asterisk *

25. EXAMPLE OF WILDCARDS

26. EXAMPLE OF WILDCARDS

27. LOGICAL (BOOLEAN) OPERATORS Logical operators (and, or, not) can be used to create relationships between two or more search terms, with the effect of expanding or narrowing your search results.

28. LOGICAL (BOOLEAN) OPERATORS

29. LOGICAL (BOOLEAN) OPERATORS

30. LOGICAL (BOOLEAN) OPERATORS

31. LOGICAL (BOOLEAN) OPERATORS Order of Operations: and, not or To override the above order, use �nesting operators�

32. NESTING OPERATORS ( )

33. NESTING OPERATORS ( )(cont)

34. RELEVANCE SEARCHES Relevance Searches � lets users look for articles containing a word or words, and ranks each one by its relevance to the search terms. Relevance searches look for occurrences of search terms, alone or in combination, as well as word variants. Therefore, wildcards and operators are not needed or used in relevance searches.Relevance searches look for occurrences of search terms, alone or in combination, as well as word variants. Therefore, wildcards and operators are not needed or used in relevance searches.

35. EXAMPLE OF A RELEVANCE SEARCH Christmas trees: Christmas trees (highest relevance) Christmas tree (high relevance) Christmas (less relevant) trees (less relevant) tree (less relevant) Relevance searches look for occurrences of search terms, alone or in combination, as well as word variants. Therefore, wildcards and operators are not needed or used in relevance searches.Relevance searches look for occurrences of search terms, alone or in combination, as well as word variants. Therefore, wildcards and operators are not needed or used in relevance searches.

36. SEARCHING TECHNIQUES Searching for exact words or phrases: Use quotation marks - �Christmas trees� Ensuring inclusion of specific terms: Use a plus sign before the word or terms � +television actors Ensuring exclusion of specific terms: Use a minus sign before the word or terms -football shoes Exact words must have everything in the quotes +television must have television in all the results -football will find all shoes but will reject any results that contain shoes and football Exact words must have everything in the quotes +television must have television in all the results -football will find all shoes but will reject any results that contain shoes and football

37. THE CITATION LIST Results of a relevance search are evaluated by: Where the words appear in the article (title, text, etc.) and How closely the words match the search terms Relevance is given a percentage with 100% indicating the highest relevance

38. KEYWORD SEARCHES Looks for articles containing a word or words specified by the user, and presents the results in reverse chronological order � newest to oldest. You must indicate your choice of: Titles, citations, and abstracts or The entire article content (citations, abstracts, text, etc.)

39. KEYWORD SEARCHES Use keyword searches for: Common phrase or slogan Topic not in the Subject Guide Article author Book title and common phrases Product name Samples for above: kick-backs, Going My Way, Amy Tam, Catch-22, DoritosSamples for above: kick-backs, Going My Way, Amy Tam, Catch-22, Doritos

40. TIPS FOR KEYWORD SEARCHES Limit search expression to no more than a few terms Check your entry for mistyped or misspelled words Use wildcards Use operators to expand or narrow your search results

41. ADVANCED SEARCHES Offers the greatest flexibility - Can search for: Specific indexes such as title, date, company, source, and author Browse specific indexes Refine, merge, or expand prior result sets Specific database components

42. ADVANCED SEARCHES In addition to using wildcards, logical operators, and nesting operators, you can use: Proximity operators Range operators and Restoration marks

43. PROXIMITY OPERATORS Indicate how far apart two search terms can or must be from each other in any articles There are 2 proximity operators: W and N Each proximity operator consists of: A letter to indicate direction A number to indicate distance

44. EXAMPLES OF PROXIMITY OPERATORS W: (second term must follow the first) e.g., family W2 values N: (terms may appear within either direction of each other) e.g., fleas N6 dog Example: The word �values� must appear within 2 or fewer words after �family�; fleas and dogs must appear within 6 or less words in either direction of each otherExample: The word �values� must appear within 2 or fewer words after �family�; fleas and dogs must appear within 6 or less words in either direction of each other

45. RANGE OPERATORS Restrict numeric searches to a desired range. Range operators include: since after gt or > (greater than) ge (greater than or equal to) before lt or < (less than) Le (less than or equal to) to - (hyphen)

46.  Prevent conflicts between search terms and search operators Example: food not bombs

47. INFOMARKS To create an InfoMark, go to your browser�s book mark function, and bookmark it! Uses include: Predefined searches Links to articles Search setup Reading list

48. LET�S TRY A SEARCH TOGETHER��

49. Cooperative Learning - Jigsaw Each group has a folder with 3 task sheets and is assigned 2 databases to explore Two of the sheets are structured searches One is for you to search on a topic of your choice within one of the 2 databases you are assigned

50. Let�s try a task together�

51. How did geographical features impact westward expansion �

52. Who do I contact for help? Bill SullivanTelephone: (860) 344-2475Email: wsullivan@cslib.org Gail HurleyTelephone: (860) 344-2652Email: ghurley@cslib.org Jane EmersonTelephone: (860) 344-2521Email: jemerson@cslib.org Toll Free: 1-888-256-1222

58. Thank you.