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Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing Providence Public Library Karen Mellor,

Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing Providence Public Library Karen Mellor, MSLIS Office of Library and Information Services. Today we will talk about…. What is AskRI? Services and resources for: Students Parents Teachers

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Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing Providence Public Library Karen Mellor,

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  1. Resources for Students and a Whole Lot More • Tonia Mason, Director of Marketing • Providence Public Library • Karen Mellor, MSLIS • Office of Library and Information Services

  2. Today we will talk about… What is AskRI? Services and resources for: Students Parents Teachers How to use the resources

  3. Partnership (SRRC) • Providence Public Library • State of Rhode Island In-person services at your library Online resources for all Rhode Islanders

  4. www.info.ri.gov

  5. www.provlib.org 8

  6. Access to online resources • Public Libraries and schools: no user name or password needed • Home: geographic authentication • World Book (library card outside state) • Tutor (library card outside state) • EBSCO (zip code; geographic - summer) • HeritageQuest (library card) AskRI – June 2009

  7. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  8. World Book Discover AskRI – June 2009

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  10. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  11. EBSCO Databases

  12. EBSCO Databases • Premium resources • Full text articles (magazines, journals) • Reference books • Primary source documents • Images - photos, maps etc. AskRI – June 2009

  13. Magazine articles Back to 1922 Back to 1975 Back to 1975 Back to 1976 Back to 1921 Back to 1975 Back to 1975 Back to 1931 Back to 1975 Back to 1934 AskRI – June 2009

  14. Reference Books AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  15. EBSCO Core Databases • Academic Search Premier (scholarly) • MasterFILE Premier (magazines, reference) • History Reference Center • TOPIC Search • Assorted resources through EBSCO interface: • MEDLINE • GreenFILE • Resources for children (Searchasaurus, etc.) AskRI – June 2009

  16. HomeworkHelpRI.org • Online tutors • 2-10 pm / 7 days a week • Learners: K-12 / intro college • Adult learners • Topics: • English, math, science, social studies • Available in Spanish AskRI – June 2009

  17. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  18. AskRI – RIEMA January 2009

  19. HomeworkHelp Learning Suite • Adult Learning Center - Summer 2009 • Help with job search and resume writing • Test preparation • GED • Citizenship • SkillsCenter Resource Library AskRI – June 2009

  20. Get Answers! your SOURCE for answers and a whole lot more… Connect with real, online tutors at Homework Help RI Find age-appropriate encyclopedias for elementary, middle and high school students, including a Spanish language encyclopedia, on World Book Web Access over 10,000 magazines and journals, with articles in all subject areas, specialized research materials and search tools through EBSCO databases Research family history, places and genealogy on HeritageQuest

  21. Thank you! AskRI – June 2009

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