Self Check Questions on Indexes

Self Check Questions on Indexes

Use an Infotrac database to find a review of your favorite video.

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Subject heading: Movie review

New Moon shines through silliness

Magazine: Sacramento Bee

What have reviewers said about the Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan?

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Journal: Houston Chronicle

I need a Halloween poem for my newsletter. Do you know of a short one?

"The Hag" by Robert Herrick

Access Point: LitFinder

Find your favorite poem in the Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry.

Do a title or first line search for the poem in the Title and First Line Index.

Your favorite poem: "The Road Not Taken"

Did you find it? How? (title or first line search) Title

Name at least one other poem by the same author? "Mending Wall"

Are there other poems on the same subject? X____ Yes ____ No

If yes, give the title of one. Hughes, T. "The Other."

5. What is the name of the hurricane that hit Florida in 1992? Hurricane Andrew

What part of Florida was damaged?

South Florida

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Source: Houston Chronicle

Date of information: January 28, 2010

6. I would like to know if the whole language approach to teaching reading is an effective approach. Could you recommend two articles?

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Meta-linguistic knowledge: another look at beginning reading.

Source (Date, Vol., Page): McGee, L., Charlesworth, R., Cheek, M.C., & Cheek, E.H. (1982). Childhood Education, 59(2), 123-127.

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A meta-analysis of studies examining the effect of whole language instruction on the literacy of low-SES students.

Source: (Date, Vol., Page) Jeynes, W.H., & Littell, S.W. (2000). Elementary School Journal, 101(1), 21-33.

7. My debate class is arguing the pros and cons of wolf recovery in Yellowstone Park. Do you have a recent article on this subject?

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Mont. Approves 150% Hike in Fall Wolf Hunting Quota

Date: July 9, 2010

8. Is your town's newspaper indexed in Newsbank? (My hometown newspaper is the Sidney Herald, Sidney, MT) if yes, what is the name of it? No.