[CALIBK12] databases for middle school

[Thomas Nixon]

I have been quite pleased with the online encyclopedias offered by Marshall Cavendish. I ordered four last year and will order at least one more this year. The cost is quite reasonable when you purchase the print version. Depending on where you live, it is absolutely a good idea to have Kathy O'Kane and Sandi Rowe come out to your library.

As it happens, just yesterday I had Joan Boucher come out from Gale. While Gale certainly has online databases, they also have electronic books. The nice thing for me and maybe for you is that, if you already own the print version of the reference book, the electronic version is much, much cheaper. The advantage: Instead of having a book that one student can access at a time, you have a book that 30 (or 50 or 100 or 1000)  students can access at one time. The other advantage to electronic books is that you own them (unlike online databases and encyclopedias).



Tom Nixon
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Teacher Librarian
Tehipite Middle School
630 N. Augusta Street
Fresno, CA 93701
(559) 457-3420, x. 570
Web: http://www.tehipitelibrary.org<http://www.tehipitelibrary.org/>
Blog: http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com<http://notyourmotherslibrarian.blogspot.com/>

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Janie Scott [janiescott at san.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:10 PM
To: 'Sue Heraper'; calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] databases for middle school

I would like to know this as well, since our pres-6th is expanding to middle school.  I would also like to know any problems or opinions about linking the school to the local public libraries databases via web site link. Each student would have to have a PL card of course.


Janie

Janie Scott, Librarian
The Children's School
2225 Torrey Pines Lane
La Jolla Ca 92037
(858) 454-0184 ext. 125
jscott at tcslj.org<mailto:jscott at tcslj.org>


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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Sue Heraper
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:20 AM
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: [CALIBK12] databases for middle school

I work in a middle school library.  Our library has not purchased any online databases. If you are in a middle school library and subscribe to databases, please tell me which you would or wouldn't recommend and why.  Has the use justified the cost?

Thank you,

Sue Heraper
Redwood Middle School
Thousand Oaks
805-497-7264 x1014
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