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Library Resources INSPIRE Adult Education

Library Resources INSPIRE Adult Education. Shauna Borger Indiana State Library INSPIRE.in.gov. Who are you?. Adult education straddles many disciplines. Libraries Educators/Teachers Career centers Business Literacy groups. Who are we?. Indiana State Library 140 N Senate Avenue

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Library Resources INSPIRE Adult Education

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  1. Library Resources INSPIRE Adult Education Shauna Borger Indiana State Library INSPIRE.in.gov

  2. Who are you? • Adult education straddles many disciplines. • Libraries • Educators/Teachers • Career centers • Business • Literacy groups Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  3. Who are we? • Indiana State Library • 140 N Senate Avenue • Indianapolis, IN • www.in.gov/library Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  4. Who are we? • Indiana State Library • Public services • Genealogy • State Data Center • Talking Books and Braille Library Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  5. Who are we? • Indiana State Library • Statewide services • Connections with libraries statewide • Regional Coordinators • Evergreen Indiana • InfoExpress • INSPIRE Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  6. Discussion • Work with 1 or 2 people next to you. • Discuss strengths and challenges of integrating electronic content (websites, online newspapers, Google) into curriculum and teaching. • Designate one person who will summarize your discussion for the group. Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  7. About • http://www.INSPIRE.in.gov • LSTA & Build Indiana funds • Coordinated sourcing projects • Collection of 100s of databases • Reliable, current information vs. blogs, youtube.com wikipedia • Preparing yourself Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  8. Content in • Organized in databases by subject • Database: Organization structure of content provided online • Databases allow us to organize magazine and newspaper articles, video and audio resources according to the audience age • Biography in Context, Science in Context • Newspaper source, TopicSearch • TalkingBooks.com Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  9. Biography in Context • Audience: Middle school and up • People are fascinated with people! • More than 600,000 biographies on people from science to literature. • Browse and Resources lists • Search by: • Name, Occupation, Nationality, Birth Place, Death Place Indiana State Library

  10. Biography in Context Indiana State Library

  11. Science in Context Audience: High school and up Subjects: earth science, life science, space, technology, math, biographies Indiana State Library

  12. Student Research Center • More search options • Types of documents • Full text • Top searches feature Indiana State Library

  13. Additional Tools Advanced search Saving search results Emailing search results Viewing full-text Downloading PDFs Teacher Resources Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  14. Teaching Books • Audience: Elementary and up • Offers an enriched reading experience • Supplemental materials • Indiana resources • Young Hoosier book lists Indiana State Library

  15. Testing & Education Resource Center (TERC) Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  16. High School Tools • Test prep • GED prep – HSE transition • High School Placement Test Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  17. Career Tools • Test prep • ACT WorkKeys • ASE Automotive • Clerical • Cosmetology • Teaching (PRAXIS) / CASA test • Other tools • Basic computer skills • Resume builder • Virtual career library Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  18. Other Tools • International tools • TOEFL • U.S. Citizenship Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  19. Discussion • Work with 1 or 2 people next to you. • What types of online articles, websites, activities do you already use? • Designate one person who will summarize your discussion for the group. Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  20. Searching • Federated search • Search by subject OR database Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  21. Searching • Search an individual database Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  22. Searching • Search all EBSCO databases Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  23. Searching • Search all Gale databases Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  24. Tips and Tricks • Don’t get overwhelmed! Practice with the exercises at the end of this presentation. • Break up the databases into chunks and tackle them as a group. • Identify some of the databases your audience could use the most and get to know those first. • Digital literacy training for patrons / Assistance for library staff. • Goodwill Community Foundation Online Classes Indiana State Library

  25. Continuing Education • ISL Professional Development Office • INSPIRE trainings • On-demand Gale trainings • http://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/on-demand-tutorials/ • EBSCO trainings • Support site: http://support.ebsco.com/ • On-demand EBSCO trainings • TeachingBooks.net • Video tutorials Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  26. Thank you! • Download this presentation from ISL’s Slide Share profile: • http://www.slideshare.net/isl_pdo/ • Contact your regional coordinator for more training opportunities: • http://www.in.gov/library/pdo.htm • Call me! • Shauna Borger, Indiana State Library, Professional Development Office Supervisor • 317-232-3718 • sborger@library.in.gov Indiana State Library

  27. Practice Exercises • A student would like to take a practice test for the ACT. Also, all of the guide books are checked out for the U.S. History AP exam. Find these resources using Inspire. • A third-grader is doing a short report on Guatemala. He needs a map and a flag of the country, as well as some basic facts about the geography of the country. • A high school sophomore is looking for primary source material written by Abraham Lincoln. She needs at least one speech and one letter. • A child comes into the library and doesn’t know what he wants. He is reading at a 6th grade level and his favorite class is P.E. He likes books on sports. Can you find him suggestions using an Inspire database? Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

  28. Practice Exercises • A teacher comes into the library. He wants to know the name of a poem he learned in school. All he remembers is that the last line is “under an English heaven.” • Does Inspire have access to a magazine called National Geographic Little Kids? • Someone calls the reference desk. The caller swears that there is a slide rule collection at Purdue, and he made a bet with a friend. The friend says no way, not even Purdue would have a collection that nerdy. Try to prove or disprove the caller’s claim by only using an Inspire database. • A student has to do a science fair project on gravity. Where can you find science fair projects on Inspire? • Where did Drew Brees grow up? • Some people in the circulation department are excited about the new Nick Hornby novel. You heard him give an interview on NPR’s Morning Edition some time ago, but you think your co-workers would like to read the transcript. Indiana State Library / INSPIRE.in.gov

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