1. Your patron or student is interested in literary criticism of Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables. She is NOT interested in anything about the musical theater or movie versions. Click the “Full text” box, and type the novel title in the search box. Use the “Document Type” and “Subject” limiters on the right sidebar of the results page to exclude reviews, musical theater, etc., so that you get only results about the novel. Explain your process and results.
I started by searching, 'Les Miserables', and limited the subject and document type. I went into 'Other Options' in each of these categories, and 'Excluded' all of the other areas except 'books' and 'novels'. I still ended up with 504 results.
2. You and your colleagues are curious about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on libraries (impact, not necessarily damage). What is the date and content of the most recent information on that topic? Explain how you did your search.
I searched 'Hurricane Sandy's impact on libraries' and sorted them by the most recent Publication date. I got 20 results. The date of the most recent article was October 26, 2013. It talked about Hurricane Sandy and it's impact on the Presidential election.
Core Connections
Common Core Connections
In Lesson 4, spend some time exploring ProQuest article content. Consider how you would use this resource to meet a Common Core standard.
In Lesson 4, spend some time exploring ProQuest article content. Consider how you would use this resource to meet a Common Core standard.
There are so many standards that you could use with ProQuest! I would start by showing the ProQuest articles to the students and using the following standard, although there are many to choose from:
7.R.L.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
The students could look through information and use the articles to cite textual evidence to support what the text says and also draw inferences from the text.
Great work here, Library Lady! You're right that ProQuest could be used to meet many of the ELA Common Core standards, especially in reading and writing. Your answer about Hurricane Sandy was very interesting, too! Thanks for your work and your comments.
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