Traveler – What You Traveler – What You Need To KnowNeed To Know

Traveler – What You Traveler – What You Need To KnowNeed To Know

Sally HawkesSally Hawkesshawkes@asl.lib.ar.usshawkes@asl.lib.ar.usArkansas State LibraryArkansas State Library

www.asl.lib.ar.us/travelerwww.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler

Funding

• 87% Federal– Library Services and Technology

Act• 13% State

– Arkansas Department of Education• Averages out to approx. $625 per

library– At least $100,000 per library to

replicate

Subscription Renewal

•EBSCOhost    •Encyclopædia Britannica•Gale Discovering Collection•NetLibrary•OCLC/FirstSearch Base

Package   http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/

databasesFY06_07.htm  

Quick Guide

Setting Up Links• Desktop Icons / Shortcuts

http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/traveler/Desktop.htm

• Web Pages– Use links from Access Information– Do not post IDs or passwords

• Licensing agreement covers state of Arkansas only

• Remote Access Authentication – through Web Page – through Integrated Library System

New on the Web Page

• Have you tried to use Traveler Database but had problems?

• Self Help – changed in 10/2006– Training, Promotion, Brochure 2007, K-12 List, Databases by Subject,

Presentations, NetLibrary Lists

• Pro/Con Debate Directions– Under Promotion - Grolier

Trouble with Traveler?

New Page on web site Facts About Traveler

Self Help

• Self Help Update 10/2006– Training,Promotion,Brochure

2007, K-12 List, Presentations, NetLibrary Lists

EBSCO

• Online Help • Training• Online tutorials• Training Guides• Online training courses

Encyclopædia Britannica

Guided Tours are available from the opening page of the each database:

• Britannica Online Academic Edition• Britannica Online Library Edition

– (includes Britannica Online Reference Center & Britannica Kids)

• Britannica Online School Edition – (includes Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton's by

Britannica & Britannica Elementary)• Enciclopedia Universal en Español• Annals of American History Online • World Data Analyst Online• Webster’s Third New International Dictionary

Unabridged Online

FirstSearch

• Teaching (Learning)• Guided Tour• Online Tutorials• Getting Started• Gale Discovering Collection• Guided Tour• User's Guides

Grolier

[At the Grolier page, click on For Educators on the lower 1/3 of the Grolier page]

• User's Guide Grolier Online Passport ; Grolier Online Passport Tutorial – To begin receiving GO Updates or GO News, or to request

a copy of the latest GO Guide: gosupport@scholasticlibrary.com

• PowerPoint Presentations• 10 Great Ways to Use Grolier Online®

with Elementary School Students• 10 Ways Teachers Can Use Grolier

EBSCO• New Help Sheets Oct. 2006• Request Form for . . .

– Posters (Student Research Center)– Table Tents (EBSCOhost Basic Search)

• EBSCOhost Research Databases -- Help Sheets & User Guides, Teacher Guides (Middle Search; MAS

Ultra; Primary Search)• Kid's Search -- Help Sheets & User Guides• Student Research Center -- Help Sheets & User Guides Teacher's Guides (Middle Search; MAS Ultra)• EBSCO Success Center

– Special Event Kits– Database Summaries– Printable Resources– Marketing Links

Encyclopædia Britannica

• Flyers, Guided Tours, Search Tips etc.– Britannica Online Academic Edition– Britannica Online School Edition– Britannica Online Public Library Edition– Annals of American History Online– World Data Analyst Online– Enciclopedia Universal en Español Online– Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Online

• Learning Materials Interactive Lessons, Exercises, Study Guides & Web Activities– Language Arts -- Reading, Writing and Literature– Science -- Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Space

Science– Social Studies -- U.S. and World History & Government– Mathematics -- Number and Operations, Pre-Algebra,

Algebra and Geometry

NetLibrary Titles• Traveler Collection by Title word pdf by Subject word pdf

– Final list of 55 titles– Arranged by subject and by title within the subjects– Save document locally and arrange for your patrons/students– Subjects are: Careers, Health, Home Computing, Small Business

• Public Domain by Author pdf word– Pdf and Word version for 3,399 titles (approx. 65 pages)– Already in Excel format under Access information on Traveler page

www.asl.lib.ar.us/NetLibrary– Alphabetized by a computer, the first 202 titles do not have

authors and are listed randomly. The first author name begins on page 4.

• Public Domain by Title pdf word– Pdf and Word version for 3,399 titles (approx. 65 pages)– Already in Excel format under Access information on Traveler page

www.asl.lib.ar.us/NetLibrary– Alphabetized by a computer, the first 34 titles are organized first

because of punctuation in the title.  Also note that titles that begin with articles – a, an & the – are alphabetized starting with the article.  Example:  The wind in the willows is in the T section of the list, not W.

FirstSearch• Documentation• Handout -- Base Package description• Promoting (in English, Español and

other languages)– Posters– Bookmarks– Table Tents– Brochures

• Print version of entire Promotional Toolkit

Gale Discovering Collection

• Fact Sheet [PDF]• How to Cite• In-Service Packets

– Biography– History (currently not available)– Literature– Science– Social Science

• Navigation Guides (currently not available)• Tip Sheets• Marketing and Program Help

– Find Yourself In the Library Materials (also available in Spanish)

– Black History– Hispanic History– Poet's Corner– Women's History

GrolierTeacher Resources (ends Feb/March 2005,

2005 - is online in For Educators)

• GoNews Online Newsletter• GoGuide

– How to Get Started– GO Quests-GO Guide 2004*– Activities-GO Guide 2003– Activities-GO Guide 2002

• GoUpdate Quick Tips for Librarians & Teachers– Previous Tips– Subscription to e-mail updates

Grolier Extra• Special Hint

– Go to http://go.grolier.com– Click on For Educators– Middle Column, Bottom

PRO/CON DebatesRead opposing viewpoints on

topics of current interestCurrently 36 Topics

Database Lists

• K-12 List– Databases listed in age groups– Databases listed in general

subject areas

Network Advisory Committee

• Barbie James – Forrest City High School – barbie.james@fcsd.grsc.k12.ar.us

• Kim Koch– Mayflower High School– kkoch@mayflower.k12.ar.us

Questions?

Sally Hawkesshawkes@asl.lib.ar.usArkansas State Librarywww.asl.lib.ar.us/trave

ler