Tips & Tricks for ACLA Databases and Downloadables

EBSCO Resource Training

Your EBSCO resources on patrons’ mobile devices? Yes!
Learn about this and other EBSCO resources that are now available to you!
EBSCO is offering the following training from May 15 until June 7.
Each session will be offered on two different days and times for your convenience.

Using EBSCOhost on mobile devices

Are you always on the go? This webinar will show how you and your patrons can use the EBSCO resources from anywhere. No matter what type of device you are using, you can still utilize all the EBSCOhost features and functionality right in the palm of your hand.

Dates: May 28, 2013 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Click here to register
OR June 7, 2013 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Click here to register

EBSCO Resources for Schools

This session is intended for school librarians and library staff that would like to learn more about Middle Search: Main Edition, Primary Source: Main Edition and other resources that were specifically created for the student researcher.

Dates: May 15, 2013 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Click here to register
OR May 21, 2013 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Click here to register

EBSCO eBooks

This session is intended for librarians and library staff who will be using EBSCO ebooks.

Topics will include: searching and browsing options, viewing ebooks and managing personal preferences via the EBSCOhost folder.

Dates: May 17, 2013 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Click here to register
OR May 22, 2013 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Click here to register

Overview of the EBSCOhost Interface

This session is intended for librarians and others who would like to learn about the EBSCOhost interface. Topics that will be covered include search modes, and refining search results using limiters.

Dates: May 17, 2013 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Click here to register
OR June 6, 2013 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Click here to register

EBSCO Resources for Business

This session is intended for librarians and library staff that would like to learn more about Business Source Main Edition.

Dates: May 23, 2013 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Click here to register
OR May 30, 2013 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Click here to register

Ann/Cooper-Siegel Community Library

In addition to getting articles on Literature Resource Center, it can be used as an index to print materials. On the Literature Resource homepage you’ll see Gale Literary Index on the toolbar. After you click on it you’ll have three search options, Author, Title, and Custom. I clicked on Author and searched for “Donald E. Westlake”, and here are the results:

Donald E. Westlake

1933-2008

Variant Name(s): John B. Allan, Tucker Coe, Richard Stark, Curt Clark, Edwin West, J. Morgan Cunningham, Timothy J. Culver, Allen Marshall, Donald Edwin Westlake, Samuel Holt, Tucker Toe, Donald E. Edmund Westlake, Donald Edwin Edmund Westlake, Alan Marshall
Nationality: AmericanGale series that include an entry on this author:

Beacham’s Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, volume(s) 3

Concise Major 21st-Century Writers, edition(s) 1

Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 17-20R

Contemporary Authors – Obituary, volume(s) 280

Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, volume(s) 13

Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 16, 44, 65, 94, 137, 192

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7, 33

Contemporary Popular Writers (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale)

Discovering Authors Modules, edition(s) POP

Interview in, volume(s) CANR-16

Major 20th-Century Writers, edition(s) 2

Major 21st-Century Writers (eBook), edition(s) 2005

Mystery and Suspense Writers (Charles Scribner’s Sons, an imprint of Gale)

St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), edition(s) 4

Works by the author:

Bank Shot

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:528; 33:438-40

 

Brothers Keepers

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:529

 

Butcher’s Moon

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:437

 

Castle in the Air

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:438-39

 

Cops and Robbers

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:528

 

Dancing Aztecs

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:437-38

 

Enough!

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:438

 

“The Feel of the Trigger”

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:440

 

The Fugitive Pigeon

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:528

 

God Save the Mark

Beacham’s Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Analyses 3:1701-03

 

The Hot Rock

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:528; 33:436, 438-40

 

I Gave at the Office

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:436

 

Jimmy the Kid

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:437, 440

 

Kahawa

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:439

 

Levine

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:440

 

“Ordo”

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:438

 

Plunder Squad

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:437

 

Slayground

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:437

 

Somebody Owes Me Money

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:436

 

The Spy in the Ointment

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:528; 33:439

 

A Travesty

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:438

 

Two Much

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 7:529

 

Why Me?

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 33:440

Tom/CLP

When junior high and high school students are looking for dependable science project ideas, refer them to one of our databases!  Science in Context offers articles on over 70 basic experiments.

This includes the level of difficulty, materials needed, approximate budget, and a timetable.  The article will also give step-by-step instructions and a troubleshooter’s guide!

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