Its Elementary

Dani Sloan Shannon

@daniksloa Ririe
n @shannonriri
dani@uen.
www.uen.org

Media, online resources, and professional

development for Utah Educators
What is Utahs Online
Library?
Journals/Magazines
EBSCO, Gale Databases
Encyclopedias
World Book & UCME (Utah Collections Multimedia
Encyclopedia)
Newspapers
Deseret Morning News & The Salt Lake Tribune
EBSCOs Newspaper Source
Utah Digital Newspapers
What is Utahs Online
Library?
Biographies
CultureGrams/Famous People, Gale-Biography in
Context & World Book/Biography Center
Utah Content
CultureGrams States Edition, Counties of Utah,
Mountain West Digital Libraries, Utah Archives
Mathematics
eMedia, LearningExpress, NROC Hippocampus,
Thinkfinity/Illuminations
What is Utahs Online
Library?
Maps
CultureGrams, Thinkfinity/Mapping, & World
Book/Atlas
Science
Digital Science Online, eMedia, LearningExpress,
NROC Hippocampus, Thinkfinity/ScienceNetLinks
Video
CultureGrams/Video, Digital Science Online,
eMedia, NROC Hippocampus, World Book
Where can I find Utahs
Online Library?
K-12 Schools
Public Libraries
Colleges &
Universities
Home
Anywhere you
have Internet
access
Student
Home
Access*
Username: online
Password:
research
So what are the
pro tips?
Dont worry - you dont need to be
taking furious notes - well give you
the URL to this presentation.
Research Databases w/Easy
Citation
EBSCO (Explora Primary)
Gale (InfoBits Kids)
WorldBook (WorldBook Kids)

PRO TIP?
Listen Feature Available
Search by Lexile
Gale
Sized
Specifical
ly for
Tablets
Investigate the World
Culturegrams
WorldBook
National Geographic
Wonderopolis

PRO TIP?
In CultureGrams make your own graphs
Infographics for each country/state
Find Lesson Plans and Online
Interactives
Thinkfinity
Arts Edge
Illuminations
Read, Write, Think
Wonderopolis
Digital Science Online

PRO TIP?
Wonder of the Day
Interactives for LA and Math
Investigate Utah (who has 4th graders
in their school?)
Salt Lake Tribune
Deseret News
Utah State Archives
Utah Local Newspapers
Counties of Utah

PRO TIP?
Have students use the local
newspapers to learn about counties.
Find Videos and Other Media
eMedia
Soundzabound
Digital Science Online

PRO TIP?
Have students use Soundzabound to
download music for projects.
Most videos in Digital Science Online
are short (1-3 minutes).
Download from eMedia
Primary and Secondary Sources
Library of Congress
National Archives

PRO TIP?
Library of Congress has podcasts that
have first hand accounts of historical
events.
Have students look up newspapers
from 100 years ago (and beyond)
Prepare for College (even if its a
ways off)
Learning Express Library
NoodleTools

PRO TIP?
Learning Express Library has resources
for teachers who need to pass the
praxis and the US Citizenship test for
those studying for citizenship
Integrate with
Gale
NoodleTools

PRO TIP?
Share immediately using Google
Classroom
Have students save their highlights and
notes
Spanish Resources
Digital Science Online
EBSCO
Preschool Pioneer
WorldBook

PRO TIP?
Use with students fluent in Spanish or
dual immersion classes.
Use Preschool Pioneer for
Parent/Teacher Conferences
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