Exploring Online Databases

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Exploring Online Databases

• International School of Beijing

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Proquest Platinum

• Does Proquest offer your favorite magazine in
  full-text format?

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1. There was an interesting article about Beijing in
   Newsweek magazine back in January, 2005 about the
   Olympic logo can you find this article?

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New York Times Historical Newspapers

• What was the price of the NYT on the day you were
  born?

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SIRS Discoverer

• Answer the first question on the Kidsworld Quiz
  about the environment.

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SIRS Renaissance

• How many newspaper articles can you find about
  courtyard houses of Beijing?

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SIRS Researcher

• Find the population of China using the World
  Almanac.

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Encyclopedia Britannica

• Using the Student Encyclopaedia version what is
  the MLA citation for the article on Kofi Annan?
• Use the Atlas to find a major lake that crosses
  over between Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Global Newsbank

• What is the date and subject of the most recent
  article on China?

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Science Source

• Have scientists found water on Jupiters moons?

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Access UN

• Name one resolution before the general assembly
  and Swedens vote on that particular resolution.

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Culture Grams

• How do the Chinese greet people?

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Grove Art

• Describe conceptual art?

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Grove Music

• What was Ray Charles first hit?

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World Geography

• Using Clioview compare Taiwan and China which
  country has a higher GDP per capita? which
  country has more nuclear power plants? which
  country has a higher avg. life expectancy?

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World History

• Find a list of Martin Luthers Ninety-Five Theses
  (1517) ?

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If you havent found the resources you are
looking for in an online database where else can
you look?

• Books
• Print Magazines
• Videos
• CD ROMs
• The World Wide Web
• National Library of China
• Interlibrary loan
• Ask your librarian!

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