SD Library Challenge Lesson 6: EBooks on EbscoHost
1. Chose the topic 'quilting' once again. Found that one book was available on the subject - a good one, actually! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Quilting. My kind of how-to book for sure. I have to admit it took me a while to actually figure out how to access the pages, and I couldn't seem to scan ahead more than one page at a time. Maybe that's just me being late-afternoon-inept. Will have to see what else I can do with this. I'm not so sure it wouldn't be easier to just access this title another way if we don't have it in our own collection. Will try a few others and see what I think.
2. Okay, I have to be blunt here. If I had students looking for activities for Constitution Day I would NOT use this database. It is tedious and time consuming for this activity.
3. Once again, am really not impressed. You would have to be very aware of HOW to search in this program. Yes there are a wealth of books available, but I'm not sold on the convenience of it. Maybe if we were in a school library setting and were more involved with helping with daily research I would find this more helpful.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Hi, schvinctoy, glad you found a good quilting book. Thanks for giving this one a try. We think of it as a backup for "need something now" patrons, and it is available 24/7/365.
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