1. This is my first time at this site so I wanted to just
get comfortable using it. I liked how I
could choose to “read on line”. I was
able to start reading the book right away without waiting to download. I also liked having the option of viewing the
book as a “full page”. It makes it
easier to read. There are many good
features, and I think I will need more practice with this site.
2. I searched “U.S. Constitution” and received several
books. Two that I thought would be
helpful were A Comparison to the United States Constitution and its Amendments
by John Vile and The Bill of Rights by
Thomas Lewis. In looking at the table of
contents the Comparison book looks
like it would be a good resource for finding information on the
Constitution. I clicked on “The Most
Relevant” pages to find out what this option did. I liked that it chose pages from the book
that related to my search. This feature
will be very helpful to narrow down the search.
3. In doing this search, I discovered several useful titles
that would be helpful. On title was The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the
West by Michael L. Norman Tate. I
clicked on “detailed record” and found information about the book and also the
most relevant pages. I like the “detailed
record” feature and think it is a useful tool for finding out specific information
about the books as well as the “relevant pages”.
After looking at the detailed record, I clicked on a link
that said “Find Similar Results”. This
took me to me really good titles. I
found this to be an especially helpful link.
One of the titles was Old Deadwood
Days by Estelline Bennett. Looking at the Table of Contents revealed a
list of characters that would be in the book.
This book is one in which each chapter focuses on a particular character
from the West.
I think that in order for EBooks from EbscoHost to be useful
to a teacher, he/she would really need to spend a bit of time practicing how to
use this site. Once done, it can be a
really useful tool for teachers to use in the classroom.
You've done a great job here of pointing out how to use this e-resource, Mary! Thank you! I hope you will recommend it, especially as you run across titles that your teachers would like.
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