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SIRS Issues Researcher
Content. Context. Connections.
For more than 35 years, SIRS has encouraged dialogue and critical thinking about the major issues of our society. Today SIRS Issues Researcher continues to offer content, context, and connections to 300+ Leading Issues.
Content: Engaging content sets are actively created, selected, and presented in a manner reflective of research needs to allowing users to go from the "what's" to the "why's" of an issue.
ProQuest Editors compile content from more than 1,800 global full-text, statistical, online, and multimedia sources.
Context: View the issues in context with a clear, editorially-organized structure that helps you pick a topic and understand its historical origins, related issues, global perspectives, and the essential questions under debate.
Connections: Connect to comprehensive online tools that help you engage in meaningful "21st-century learning." (Video overview.)
Use visual browse, collaborative aids, like social bookmarking and note organizers, to identify, discuss and share ideas. Use research tools, like critical thinking questions and media streams, to create, present, and debate.
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Library Media Connection reviews
SIRS Issues Researcher:
"It's been a long time since I have been this excited about a database."
Highly Recommended.
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SIRS Knowledge Source
National High School Debate Topic & National History Day
Spotlight On Archive
Do your users participate in such competitions as National High School Debate Topic or National History Day? Do they need a reliable starting point for gathering information unique to each topic?
Spotlight On, part of SIRS Knowledge Source's, features graphics, articles, a summary and an engaging quiz for both this year's National High School Debate Topic (Military and/or Police Presence) and National History Day Theme (Successes, Failures, Consequences).
Users wishing to participate in these competitions can start with Spotlight On's July (archive) and August features. Access these features throughout the year in the archive on the bottom left:
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2010-2011 Linworth Books Contest
ProQuest is teaming up again this year with Linworth Books to give away professional development books! All of this year's ProQuest email newsletters contain an entry link, allowing you to enter once per month per newsletter to win one of four Linworth Books titles.
There will be two books given away each month per newsletter. There's no purchase necessary to win, entry details and book information can be found here. Good luck, and be sure to spread the word across your school and district!
RECENT WINNERS: J. Daniels, Apex, NC | B. Andrews, Savannah, GA | S. Sciabarrasi, Leominster, MA | M. Lambert, Marshall, MI | J. Boston, Davis, CA | P. Williams, Columbia, PA | T. Briggs, Senatobia, MS | J. Boren, Bartlett, TN | B. Wakely, St. Louis, MO | V. Malsbury, Westampton, NJ | K.S. Ratliff, Bassett, VA... you could be next!
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Support Tools & More @ All-new proquestk12.com
Summer is one of our busiest seasons here at ProQuest headquarters. After talking with teachers and librarians at recent national conferences, we set to work making our central proquestk12.com support website easier to use and revised a number of items, including:
Handy Home Page: You said our home page was too busy. We agreed! The new entry page is cleaner, clearer, and offers an interactive calendar for our free web training sessions and live @ProQuest Twitter feed. Give it a try, and let the new large images scroll to see what's new.
Standards-Linked Lessons Plans: Revised for 2010! Developed by experienced educators with subject-matter expertise, these activities have been aligned to national standards and developed for four grade levels and four subject areas. Activities now address all of our major databases, making this a must-download set of free lesson plans.
21st Century Skills Addressed: How do ProQuest research tools help schools meet the needs of 21st Century learners? Our new video explains. (A number of new videos went live this summer.)
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