Final Week

Final Week Entry

     Looking over my past entries I see that I had some frustrations at first with assignments, but I also see that I learned new ways to find information.  One place I used Marvel was at the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center.  I made my own folder of projects I can use with the kids that come in with the After School Program.  Now I can always go back to that and look for ideas to use when the children come in on Wednesdays. 
    I've enjoyed using Novelist, and now know about the Book Discussion Guides which is a new resource for me. 
    I also found MedlinePlus and Health Source to be  places I would feel comfortable suggesting to some one who comes in needing basic information about a health issue. 
    The Ancestry Library is a fun place to poke around and I can show that to folks who are interested.  I know that Learning Express will also be useful when people come in looking for help with testing. 
     Thank you for giving us this opportunity to learn more about these tools.  I feel that I didn't do as much as I would have liked with it, but I would never have even done this much without this little course.  Thanks folks!

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I just figured out how to change the background, and now my posts are so much prettier to look at, so it's more fun to read. It also sounds better with a prettier background. I am glad to finally find this on my last day of my Marvel course.

Week 10 EbscoHost Family of Databases and Ebsco eBooks

I decided to use the EBSCOhost MasterFile Premier, and looked for answers to my question, "what vegetables have calcium."   I found a lot of articles, and was happy to find one with answers that I wanted to hear.  I went to the "Article Linker" and found the entire article, just 2 more clicks away.  I found out that "many green, leafy vegetables are good sources of calcium -kale, collards, bok choy and turnip and mustard greens among them. Other leafy vegetables, particularly spinach and beet greens, though high in calcium, are not good dietary sources of the mineral: oxalic acid in these vegetables combines with the calcium to prevent its absorption by the body."  This is something I have been wondering about and glad to know about. 
    When I looked to see what others had said about this assignment, I found one blogger who was unimpressed with her findings about zinc, and another who went to the consumer edition of the Academic Search Complete, and found a lot of good information. She said she uses these databases all the time, and seemed very comfortable with them.  I was impressed, I bet she's a great librarian. 
  
   When looking at the eBooks, I searched for Palestine.  I didn't see where I could change it to keyword. I found 16 books, varying in scope.   Next, I looked up Constitution Day and found 15 titles, not one relating to the U.S.  I googled it to see when it is, and it was Sept. 17th.  Oh well, I wouldn't look at EBSCO eBooks for this.  
   I found a few books that were about the history of Nebraska. One was about the dust bowl, and the other was about Native Americans. 
    I believe this is the last week of our Marvel class and I am marvelling at all the information that is out there and hoping I will remember how to use some of it.