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How to videos

How to videos:

These are brief tutorial videos about accessing and using various tools needed for INFL100. They have audio, so if you have speakers or headphones be sure they are on.

How to access Piper

Some Piper features

Covers:

  • Tips for search queries
  • Using limiters
  • Accessing ebooks
  • Features on Piper records

How to access Academic Search Premiere (ASP)

Some ASP features

Covers:

  • Keyword and field searching
  • Limiters
  • Features of ASP records
  • Full-text
  • Interlibrary Loan

Pharaoh Resources

You can find magazine and journal articles about Pharaohs through the library’s databases:

Library > Databases > Pre-College > Junior Editions > Search for “pharaohs” or specific pharaohs like “Hatshepsut”

You can also check out these websites:

http://www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm
Click around on the scary mummy for icky stuff they would do to preserve bodies. Ew. 

http://www.neferchichi.com/pharaohs.html
Summary and timeline of pharoahs and dynasties.

http://www.neferchichi.com/ml_curse.html
Funny mad-lib pharoah story, ahahahhAHAhahha!!

http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/women%20in%20ancient%20egypt.htm
A site about the ladies of ancient Egypt.

… and lots more from this directory. Do you know what a directory is?

http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History/By_Time_Period/Ancient_History/Africa/Egypt/

Web site evaluation: K-12

This site has some web evaluation forms you can have students use when evaluating web sites:

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.htm

Another:

http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm