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SIRS ISSUES RESEARCHER

Summer/Fall 2014 Update

ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher: What’s New in 2014?

• ProQuest SIRS Mobile version

• Leading Issues Coverage

• New Features

• New Content

• Meeting Common Core Standards

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Unique URL:

http://m.sirs.com

Easy Access. No app to

download: Works on a wide

variety of smartphones and tablets

All activity rolls up to account

usage statistics

Authentication methods:

• User/pass

• IP

• Referring URL

• Token (by request)

ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher Enhancements

Introducing ProQuest SIRS Mobile

http://m.sirs.com/

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Sort default is By Date

Choose articles, images or links

as result types.

Ability to request more content as

you scroll down

Source information display

including:

• Format type icon

• Document Title

• Publication name

• Date of publication

• Lexile score

• URL (for links)



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100% Full Text

Document information at the top

Formatted for easy screen

reading

Options to turn to results list,

generate citation and share

document

Available in time for “Back to

School” 2014



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New Features

17 New

Leading Issues 3 New

Common Core

Guides

New

Infographics

Feature

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Total of 354 Leading Issues covering complex social issues debated today:

Every Leading Issue includes:

• A concise introductory overview, timeline, and reference

materials for context

• Essential Questions that introduce the issue’s pros and cons and

highlight key points under debate

• Relevant documents, statistics, and multimedia that present global

perspectives from all sides

ADHD Airport Security

Internet/Mobile Advertising

Gender Identity

Antibiotic Resistance

Just War

Women in

Military

Military Ethics

Prescription Drug Abuse

Autism


17 New Leading Issues added in 2014

Cyber- warfare

Common Core

Standards

Environmental Health

Peak Oil

School Environment

Virtual Currencies

World Cultures

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For use in the classroom and

library, these activity guides

directly correlate product

content and tools to standards

such as writing to support

claims, integrating quantitative

analysis, reading informational

text, and understanding

statistics.

Guides include: • Writing Arguments

• Understanding Infographics

• Understanding Primary Sources

• Understanding Statistics


SIRS Common Core Guide Collection

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In support of standards requiring

students to use quantitative data

and graphics to address a

question or solve a problem,

SIRS’ new Infographics feature

is just a single click off the

homepage.

Use SIRS’ new “Understanding

Infographics” guide to help

students understand how to

analyze, evaluate and apply

infographics to their classroom

and research assignments.


Infographics

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Source type

indicated on

article page.

Upgraded read

aloud feature

functionality--

now with variety

of personalized

setting options

such as text

speed and

highlighting. Export citation

information into your

EasyBib bibliography.

Now, MLA

and APA

citation formats.


New Features on Article Pages

Enhance reading comprehension and meet information literacy

requirements.

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6,200+ New Articles added by the dedicated

editorial team monitoring

the issues and selecting the

best content daily.

1,000+ New Graphics include charts, graphs, tables,

photos and editorial cartoons

targeted and selected to

promote critical thinking of

current issues.

27 New Sources support coverage of evolving

nuanced issues both locally

and around the globe.


Content Updates

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Meeting Common Core Standards Requirements

SIRS Common Core Guide Collection. Guides for

Writing Arguments, Infographics, Primary Sources and

Statistics that support CCSS requirements. Guides

directly correlate product content and tools to

standards such as writing to support claims,

integrating quantitative analysis, reading informational

text, and understanding statistics.

Common Core Standards correlations to SIRS content

available through a quick link off the homepage. Other

national and state standard correlations also available.

Learn how to use SIRS features to meet specific Common

Core Standards such as defining resource reading levels

and text complexity, gathering relevant information and

writing arguments & informational texts.

Leading Issues’ engaging Essential Questions and

viewpoint articles are a perfect match for completing

Literacy Design Collaborative’s template tasks and

modules.

http://sks.sirs.com/docs/SIRS Common Core Guide--Writing Arguments.pdf

http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/teacherweb/sirs/do/standards

http://media2.proquest.com/documents/commoncorestds_sirs.pdf

http://ldc.org/

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