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Hopke, William E., Ed. – 1972
This encyclopedia is designed to be used by junior and senior high school students, their parents, and school counselors who have need for both general and specific career information and for suggested approaches to educational and career planning. Educational and career awareness are stressed and can be used in conjunction with group discussion…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Fattig, W. Donald – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1984
Discusses the use of microcomputers as communication devices and presents features of several national bibliographic networks, together with examples of searches for information of interest to academics. The status of electronic publishing is discussed and differences between national and local area networks are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Software, Databases, Encyclopedias
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Gillham, Mark; Buckner, Kathy – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1997
To establish evaluation criteria for home multimedia products, this study examined 13 case studies of experienced users of CD-ROM encyclopedias aimed at the home consumer. Findings ranked seven features from most to least important: searching; textual content; browsing; multimedia; aesthetics; interactivity; and system performance. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Case Studies, Content Analysis, Efficiency
Allen, Denise – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Reviews three computer software programs focusing on teaching science to middle school students: (1) Encarta, a multimedia encyclopedia; (2) Gizmos and Gadgets, which allows students to explore physical science principles; and (3) BodyScope, which allows students to examine the systems of the human body. (BB)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education
Bailey, Annette – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Presents a lesson plan in which students use an encyclopedia to research a famous person. Identifies library media skills objectives, curriculum (subject area objectives), grade levels (4 and 5), resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation guidelines, and follow-up activities. Includes a sample worksheet.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Encyclopedias, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Wishart, Jocelyn – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2000
Reports results of interviews with teachers, students, and school librarians in eight United Kingdom secondary schools regarding their use of multimedia encyclopedias on CD-ROM. Focuses on a content analysis of their comments on how access to multimedia encyclopedias changes the way students learn, and how they perceive it affects their learning.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Encyclopedias, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Gremm, Markus; Hasebrook, Joachim P. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1999
Discusses the use of multimedia to facilitate learning processes; reviews research that addresses specific effects of media; and describes studies of high school students that tested the influence of video, photography, and individualized testing on acceptance and recall of information provided by a multimedia encyclopedia about professions and…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Encyclopedias, Field Studies, Individual Testing
Stevenson, Alice – 1993
This project examines the degree to which fourth and fifth grade children can master the skills needed to operate a full-text CD-ROM database, the New Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, following minimal instruction. Fourth and fifth graders in an elementary school receive a group introduction to the CD-ROM encyclopedia during their library…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Electronic Text, Elementary School Students, Encyclopedias
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Presents seven library media activities to be used with specific curriculum areas: "Into the Past with Historical Fiction" and "Critical Reading to Figure It Out" (Reading and Language Arts); "Electricity Experiments,""Classifying Insects," and "Fish" (Science); and "Citizenship and the…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Encyclopedias, Indexes, Intermediate Grades
Sherouse, Vicki – Book Report, 1992
Describes hardware, software, and peripherals that were installed to network a stand-alone CD-ROM workstation in the library of a small K-12 school with similar computers in the computer laboratory. Experiences with two CD-ROM products--a full-text database of social science articles and an electronic version of World Book Encyclopedia--are…
Descriptors: Computer Peripherals, Costs, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Edyburn, Dave L. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1991
Thirteen learning-handicapped junior high students and 15 nonhandicapped peers conducted fact retrieval tasks. Highest retrieval success was attained with a menu-driven electronic encyclopedia, followed by print encyclopedia and command-driven electronic encyclopedia. Higher success levels were found when tasks were assigned rather than…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Difficulty Level, Encyclopedias, Full Text Databases
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Branch, Jennifer L. – School Libraries Worldwide, 2001
Examined the information-seeking processes of junior high school students from Inuvik, Northwest Territories (Canada) when using CD-ROM encyclopedias. Results showed that students need instruction and practice to develop skills and strategies for full-text searching, particularly generating search terms, selecting topics from a retrieved list, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Encyclopedias, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
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Rettig, James – Reference Librarian, 1999
Discussion of electronic access to information focuses on a study conducted at the library of the College of William and Mary that used 40 reference desk questions to assess the value of printed sources, CD-ROMs, databases, and the World Wide Web. Also discusses the reference librarian as omnipaedia. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Libraries
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Klein, Ronnie, Comp. – 1992
This workbook is designed to familiarize students with the layout of Whittemore Library (Framingham State College, Massachusetts) and the types of information sources available for them to use in solving their research problems. It also provides guidance in developing a logical, systematic plan for formulating a search strategy and gathering…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, College Libraries, Databases, Encyclopedias
Geary, James W. – 1990
This document was developed primarily in response to a bibliographic lecture in an upper-division Afro-American survey course that covers the American colonial period to the present. In addition to representative examples of reference works, bibliographies, bibliographic sources, and periodical indexes, a section is devoted to the proper use of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographies, Black Culture, Black History
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