Lesson 3 Proquest
I began this lesson yesterday and was totally frustrated. I could never get to articles that I wanted to research. I printed the SD Libraries Guide for Proquest and the Quick Reference Guide. It was getting late and I think my mind was on overload. This evening I started out and believe my biggest mistake was not clicking the full text document box. I was only getting abstracts and links to resources that were not available.
This evening I put Ben Carson in the search box and came up with many articles. I had clicked the full text documentation box!!! I admire Ben Carson for the person he has become and perhaps his mother even more as she was the one who demanded that he read two library books every week when he was growing up. Ben improved in school and became a famous brain surgeon. There is a new movie out about him called "Gifted Hands." One magazine article reviewed that movie. I finally felt I had learned how to use Proquest! This would make a great resource for current articles about a subject.
I went to Publications tab and typed in librarian. I printed the article that was in the December 2009 Teacher Librarian. Dave Loetscher writes the article, "Does Technology Really Make a Difference?" This article and others might help if a staff was trying to defend the use of technology.
I am hoping if I have some spare time this week to review each of the lessons this week as when I read other blogs I learn things that I have missed.