Haight, Bruce

Perez-Stable, Maria A.

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Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations University Libraries 2-2-2009 How EVERYONE Can Use the Michigan Electronic Library (MeL) to Teach Better Maria A. Perez-Stable Western Michigan University, maria.perez-stable@wmich.edu Bruce Haight Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/library_presentations  Part of the Library and Information Science Commons WMU ScholarWorks Citation Perez-Stable, Maria A. and Haight, Bruce, "How EVERYONE Can Use the Michigan Electronic Library (MeL) to Teach Better" (2009). University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations. 25. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/library_presentations/25 This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the University Libraries at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. 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How EVERYONE Can Use the Michigan Electronic Library (MeL)to Teach BetterProfessors Bruce Haight and Maria Perez-StableWestern Michigan UniversityMCSS Annual Conference, February 9, 2009MeL• Easy URL:  http://mel.org• Free for all Michigan residents—24/7• Logon using valid Michigan driver’s license or other official state ID• Contains journal & newspaper articles, books, selected Web sites, and resources for educators• Includes materials for children and adultsWhy not just use ?• Scholarly information is NOT free• MeL is part of “private” Web (Michigan pays $5 million annually for services)• Provides access to refereed, academic journals not found on Google• Share the research process with your students—broaden their horizons!MeLCat• Statewide online card catalog• 360 public, academic, special and school libraries participating• Borrow FREE of charge from any MeLCat library, if your home library is participating• Includes books, DVDs, audio books, CDs, and some electronic booksMeL Databases• Includes 46 databases on all topics• Popular areas covered include business, health, test preparation, careers, genealogy, and children’s databases• No history database, so use the Academic OneFile database for social studiesMORE—Michigan Online Resources for Educators• Provides links to the Michigan Department of Education Content Expectations and standards• Offers links to thousands of quality educational Web sites tied to curricular needs• Joint project of Library of Michigan, Michigan Department of Education, and Wayne State UniversityMeL Michigana• Explore Michigan's heritage through photographs, diaries, oral histories, local records and historical data – Western Michigan University’s Civil War Diaries (8 fully digitized diaries)– Making of Modern Michigan• photographs, family papers, oral histories, genealogical materials and much more from local history collections around the stateAcademic OneFile• Contains more than 12,000 journals• Use the advanced search screen—allows you to easily combine keywords• Keep your search terms simple• Use quotation marks around phrases, e.g. “war of 1812” • Use asterisk * to truncate word endings, e.g. slave*• Results default to academic journals; there are tabs for magazines, books, news and multimediaSearch 1Rice or tobacco cultivation in Virginia or South CarolinaWorld History and GeographyWHG Era 5 – Emergence of the First Global Age, 15th – 18th Centuries• 5.2 Interregional or Comparative Expectations• 5.2.1 European Exploration/Conquest and Columbian Exchange• 5.2.2.  Trans-African and Trans-Atlantic Slave SystemsSearch 1Rice or tobacco cultivation in Virginia or South CarolinaGrade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU2 USHG 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)• U2.1 European Struggle for Control of North America• 5 – U2.1.1 Significant developments in the Southern coloniesSearch 1Rice or tobacco cultivation in Virginia or South CarolinaGrade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU2 USHG 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)• U2.2 European Slave Trade and Slavery in Colonial America• 5 – U2.2.2 Life of enslaved Africans in the American coloniesSearch 2The Barbary pirates, white slavery, and piracy in Africa and AlgeriaWorld History and GeographyWHG Era 5 – Emergence of the 1st Global Age, 15th – 18th Centuries• 5.3 Regional Content Expectations• 5.3.1 Ottoman Empire Through the 18th CenturySearch 2The Barbary pirates, white slavery, and piracy in Africa and AlgeriaGrade 8 Integrated U.S. HistoryU4  USHG Era 4 – Expansion and Reform (1792-1861)• U4.1 Challenges to an Emerging Nation• 8-U4.1.2 Establishing America’s Place in the WorldSearch 3Free blacks from the American Revolution through the War of 1812Grade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU3 USHG Era 3 Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1800)• U3.2 American Revolution and its Consequences• 5-U3.2.3 Compare role of African Americans in helping shape outcome of the Rev. WarSearch 3Free blacks from the American Revolution through the War of 1812Grade 8 Integrated U.S. HistoryU4  USHG Era 4 – Expansion and Reform (1792-1861)• U4.1 Challenges to an Emerging Nation• 8-U4.1.2 Establishing America’s Place in the WorldSearch 4The slave trade in South Carolina or VirginiaWorld History and GeographyWHG Era 5 – Emergence of the 1st Global Age, 15th – 18th Centuries• 5.2 Interregional or Comparative Expectations• 5.2.2 Trans-African and Trans-Atlantic Slave SystemsSearch 4The slave trade in South Carolina or VirginiaGrade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU2 USHG 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)• U.2.2 European Slave Trade and Slavery in Colonial AmericaSearch 5The Stono slave rebellion (1739)World History and GeographyWHG Era 5 – Emergence of the 1st Global Age, 15th – 18th Centuries• 5.2 Interregional or Comparative Expectations• 5.2.2 Trans-African and Trans-Atlantic Slave SystemsSearch 5The Stono slave rebellion (1739)Grade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU2 USHG 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)• U2.1 European Struggle for Control of North America• 5 – U2.1.1 Significant developments in the Southern colonies—relations with American IndiansSearch 5The Stono slave rebellion (1739)Grade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU2 USHG 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)• U2.2 European Slave Trade and Slavery in Colonial America• 5 – U2.2.3 How Africans drew on their African pastSearch 6Rice cultivation in South CarolinaWorld History and GeographyWHG Era 5 – Emergence of the 1st Global Age, 15th – 18th Centuries• 5.2 Interregional or Comparative Expectations• 5.2.1 European Exploration/Conquest and Columbian ExchangeSearch 6Rice cultivation in South CarolinaGrade 5 Social Studies Content ExpectationsU2 USHG 2 – Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)• U2.2 European Slave Trade and Slavery in Colonial America• 5 – U2.2.2 Life of enslaved Africans in the American coloniesMichigan Electronic LibraryMeLhttp://mel.org

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