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Health Reasources – MARVELous Blog 7

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    This week we explore Health Resources in the MARVEL databases – Health Source – Consumer Edition and MedlinePlus to be specific. First, I check out (no pun intended) the Publications included in this database.  All I can say is “WOW!!!” There are I don’t know how many Publicationslisted.  They are listed in alphabetical order, I click on a couple different letters and see titles such as Date Rape: Unmixing Messages (2007) ; AARP: The Magazine ; Harvard Women’s Health Watch and Organic Gardening to name a few.  There seems to be quite a variety of publications available, some …

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MARVEL Invitational – Business Databases

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    This week I am discovering some of the business databases in MARVEL. First up is Business Source Complete.  As suggested, I search for information on “FM radio” in this database.  In red, I am told “Note: Your initial search query did not yield any results.  However, using SmartText Searching, results were found based on your keywords.”  Okay, time to see what these results are.  Like the previous databases I have explored, there are several ways to narrow my results – refine my Source Types as well as Company Information, and a specific search bar for a Company Name.  …

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MARVELous Invitational Week 5 – NoveList Plus

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    This week, we discover NoveList Plus.  This is a database I use a few times a week, so I’m looking forward to learning more! The first part of the exercise is to search for a series I am interested in.  Since I just finished one of Jude Deveraux’s Edileannovels, I type Edilean in the search bar, click the Series radio button, and then Search.  This new page gives me a link to the author, a description of the series, and the genre among other things.  Scrolling down the page I have a list of titles in the series, …

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MARVELous Invitational Lesson 4 – Hobbies and Crafts

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    This week I am exploring the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center of the Marvel databases.  This sounds like fun!  First I watch another short and wonderful tutorial about this resource.  I have to say that these tutorials have all been concise and extremely easy to follow!  A huge thank you to those who created these learning tools. The home page for the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center is very colorful and attractive.  I have several choices or ways to search this database.  I can browse by general categories such as Arts & Craftsor Outdoors & Nature.  I am …

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MARVELous Invitational Lesson 3 – Maine Newsstand

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    This week the MARVELous assignment involves Maine Newsstand and the ProQuest Database.  Those who have been reading along as this blog progresses, may remember that I posted about Maine Newsstand in July.  So much for my originality! The first piece of this assignment is to look at the Maine Newsstand homepage.  This page, as are most of the databases, is pleasant to look at – not a lot of extraneous things to distract the user.  The Basicsearch works really well, so enough said on that I guess. Next on my list is to watch the tutorial about Maine …

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MARVELous Invitational – Lesson 2 – Britannica!

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    My first assignment is to use Britannica – Public Library Edition and research something current. What to research???  I consider local elections but decide that might be too narrow a target, so I decide to find what is available in regards to the elderly woman who recently attempted to clean a holy painting.  Once I am in Marvel and find the Britannica Public Library Edition, I see the familiar search box near the top of the page and several interesting features on the rest of the page.  Below the Britannica title I see a Guided Tour and try …

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