We discussed the different information sources: dictionaries, encyclopedias, monograph's (stand alone non-fiction books), periodicals (popular magazines and scholarly journals.) We experimented with using an index to find information in a non-fiction book.
Then it was time to tryout our digital search skills, utilizing online data base available to all Michigan residents through MeL.org, rather than trawling through the free web. We observed that the digital resources we found online mirrored print sources: dictionaries, encyclopedias, journal articles and ebooks.
Here's some 7th graders hard at work!
I love to see this :-). We have a lot of budding scholars at Roeper - with access to information (which Alison and the library can provide in spades) they will be unstoppable forces for positive growth in the world!
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