EBSCO+Databases

__**THE DIGITAL PIPELINE**__, or Databases for Alaskans

EBSCO is a company that pays publishers for electronic access to newspaper, magazine and journal articles. For example, EBSCO buys the rights from New York Times to have electronic versions of their newspaper articles. EBSCO catalogs and indexes all the articles into a search-able format and then sells subscriptions to organizations or companies to access the databases. The State of Alaska subscribes to many of EBSCO's database services each year.

Because this is a paid subscription the ID and PASSWORD is never to be posted electronically on the internet or over email correspondence. Use your session bookmark provided for you today, or phone your local Alaska Library for the ID and PASSWORD to access the DIGITAL PIPELINE.

The DIGITAL PIPELINE databases contain collections of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals that you will not find from Google or any other search engine.

**__LINKS__**

The State Library Electronic Doorway: [|SLE:D]

A direct link to the [|DIGITAL PIPELINE] homepage

For further information about the EBSCO databases and instructional tutorials: [|EBSCO SUPPORT]

These are our for your review.

This is a Scavenger Hunt found on [|EBSCO SUPPORT] website.

This document lists fourteen practice created as a high school class activity.

__** Practice Searches: **__

1. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **STUDENT RESEARCH CENTER**. Search for //photos of Pluto.// Check ONLY the **Photos, Maps and Flags** limiter box. Then type //Pluto// in the search box. Copy a thumbnail photo with caption and paste it onto your answer sheet (word document).

2. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **NOVELIST** database and find the //AWARD WINNERS// link. Under the //TEENS// heading, find the 2011 ** YALSA Notable Book Lists ** . Read through the ** YALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2011 **  list and find a book you would consider reading. Copy and paste the title and one review onto your answer sheet (word document).

3. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, go to **Alaska's Digital Archives** database. In the search box, enter a location in the Juneau area, (i.e. Mendenhall Valley, Douglas Island). Copy and paste one photo along with the title onto your answer sheet (word document).

4. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **World News Digest**. Using the search box, and limiting your search to between the years 2008-2011, find a news story about the //'flu'//. Locate the MLA (Modern Language Association format) citation for this article listed at the bottom of the screen. Copy and paste this citation onto your answer sheet (word document).

5. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **Topic Search**. Search for an article that was published within the last 6 months on //oil prices// from the __New York Times__ newspaper. Translate this article into another language, then copy and paste one paragraph onto your answer sheet (word document).

6. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **Consumer Health Complete** database. Search to find a diagram of lungs. Copy and paste the diagram and its title onto your answer sheet (word document).

7. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **Academic Search Premier**. Search for a full text article written about a //roller coaster// from any of the publications. Copy and paste the __Abstract__ of the article onto to your answer sheet (word document).

8. From the Digital Pipeline databases choose the **Resources A-Z** link to find the //Auto Repair Reference Center//. Choose a year, make of car and a model type. Copy and paste the list of "Technical Service Bulletins and Recalls" onto your answer sheet.

9. From the Digital Pipeline's High School databases, choose **GreenFILE**. Search for an academic journal article in HTML format about //recycling//. Listen to the article for 2 sentences then copy and paste the __Source__ information listed about this article onto your answer sheet.

10. From the Digital Pipeline databases, choose the **Resources A-Z** link and locate __Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia__. Find an article about //Martin Luther King Jr.// What year did he visit India? Type your answer on your answer sheet.

11. From the Digital Pipeline home page, choose **Today's Science** database. Find an article about a person who is a famous //mathematician//. Copy and paste the __MLA citation__ onto your answer sheet.

12. From the Digital Pipeline home page, in the General References list of databases, choose the **Health; Alternative Medicine** link. Perform a search to find an article about //garlic// which was published within the last 5 years. On the right hand side __tools__ bar, choose cite. Copy and paste the //MLA citation// for this article onto your answer sheet. (click cite again to view the details of the article again).

13. From the Digital Pipeline home page, choose **History/Genealogy** link. Choose __Heritage Quest Online__ and then //Search Census//. Search for someone you know or have heard of who was alive before 1930 and lived in the United States. Type in a last name, and a state. Copy and paste the primary document (scanned census sheet) onto your answer sheet. Decrease the size of the paste to a few inches.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">14. From the Digital Pipeline home page open the **Student Resource Center** database. At the top right choose the //Help// tab. Copy the screen onto the clipboard (Mac's: Control+apple+Shift+4 using crosshairs select the area to copy) and paste it onto your answer sheet. Decrease the size of the paste to a few inches.