1. What is it?

2. When do you use it?

3. Where do you find it?

Laptop - set the URL in the dock (drag the @ to the dock)
http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/

Any Internet access computer in Maine:

Name : your initials

Library : Name of your nearest library

Zip code : your zip code

4. Who set it up?

5. How do you navigate it?

a. Select: "K-12"
b. Select: "Middle Search Plus"
c. Type in the FIND box: "snowboarding"
d. Select: Full Text box
e. Click "Search" button

6. Items to note:

• "Results may be available for..." Other search terms to use!
• "234" articles with 5 pages to browse
• "Magazines, Reference books, Newspapers, Images" - limit choices to one
  format
• "Folder has." You have a folder to save articles in while you browse.
• "Print or e-mail" articles from your folder.
• "Lexile Reading level" given - click on any one to see grade level ranges.
• "Help" menu

7. Peer sharing task

Select "Maine State Virtual Library"
Select the symbol in front of each database title: "I" in a red circle
Produce a graph showing one of the following:
The number of titles/publications/sources in each database
The number of databases that can be used in each content areas (Art, Science, etc)