Dr' Deborah Lee Associate ProfessorCoordinator Library Instructional Services Mississippi State Univ

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Dr. Deborah LeeAssociate Professor/CoordinatorLi
brary Instructional ServicesMississippi State
University Libraries

• Expanding Classroom Options with MAGNOLIA
  Databases

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Todays Session
1. MAGNOLIA Overview
2. Information Literacy and MAGNOLIA
3. Distance Education Options
4. MAGNOLIA Resources
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MAGNOLIA

• Mississippi Alliance for Gaining New
  Opportunities Through Library Information Access
• Provides subsidized access to online databases.
• Benefits publicly funded K-12 schools, public
  libraries, community college libraries, and
  university libraries in Mississippi.

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MAGNOLIA

• Funded through appropriations from the
  Mississippi Legislature.
• Established in 1997 legislative session.
• Current allocations total 1,216,700!
• All funds are dedicated to the purchase of
  databases.

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Selected Databases
General
Business
Literature
Health

• Academic Search Premier
• MasterFile Premier
• First Search

• Business Source Elite
• Business Co. Resource Center

• Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
• Discovering Collection

• Health Source
• Consumer Ed.
• Nursing/ Academic Ed.

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Information Literacy Defined

• Information literacy is a set of abilities
  requiring individuals to recognize when
  information is needed and have the ability to
  locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed
  information.
• Presidential Commission on Information
  Literacy,
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  American Library Association (1989).

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Information Literacy and MAGNOLIA
Location
Evaluation
Information Literacy
Access
Assimilate
Ethics
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Distance Education Options
Online Course
Quality Scholarly Content
Course Integrated Resources
Extensive Full Text
Persistent URLs
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Going Online..

• http//library.msstate.edu/magnolia/public.asp