Science Resources for the Lower Levels and/or Struggling Audience

At ProQuest, we know that educators are on the lookout for suitable science resources for younger students and struggling learners. Most science-specific resources tend to be too advanced for these groups.

SIRS Discoverer offers a wealth of pertinent and appropriate science content:

• Research our Subject Tree branch delegated for Science content -- Science -- and explore the numerous subtopics
  
  
• Find articles about Scientists in the Subject Tree branches SCIENCE/Scientists and NOTABLE PEOPLE/Scientists
  
  
• Investigate the Biographies feature for notable scientists and inventors, including Thomas Edison and Louis Pasteur
  
  
• Learn about recent science news and discoveries, under the Subject Heading term Discoveries in science
  
  
• Research science activities and projects in the Subject Tree branch KIDS CORNER/Things to Make & Do/science and nature projects, plus under the Subject Heading term Science Projects
  
  
• In the acclaimed reference title Biography for Beginners: Inventors, students can research the personal and working lives and accomplishments of such notable inventors as Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Wilbur and Orville Wright, plus others

Age-Appropriate Election 2008 Content

Our SIRS editors are keen to the growing interest in politics among the younger generation -- and campaigns' consequent rising investment in youth outreach.

Articles and websites are selected daily for their age-appropriate and fair coverage of the 2008 Election: the issues, the candidates, and the campaigns.

For information about Election 2008, investigate our new Campaigns & Elections Subject Tree branches within History & Government > United States of America.

Worldwide elections can also be found in History & Government > Elections.

Age-appropriate articles include:

• Super Tuesday Might Be Super Confusing
  
• What Does the Election Mean For Us?
  
• Technology Helps Draw Young Voters to Presidential Race
  
• Kids Report on the Presidential Race
  
• A Tough Fight All Around
  
• Super-Duper Tuesday
  
• The Comeback Kids
  
• Teen's Plum Assignment Takes Her to the Iowa Caucuses
  
• Let's Party!
  
• Party Time
  
• Editorial Cartoon: Democratic Presidential Candidates
  
• College Hijinks?

Age-appropriate WebFind online destinations include:

• 2008 Presidential Election: Banking on the Presidency
  
• 2008 Presidential Election: The Money Web
  
• 2008 Presidential Election: Will Money Translate into Primary Votes?
  
• Electoral College Calculator
  
• Five Brothers: The Romney Campaign Blog
  
• Gallup Poll: Election 2008
  
• Guide to the 2008 U.S. Elections: Video Channel
  
• Political Advertising Resources: Campaign 2008 Project
  
• Scoop08
  
• U.S. Elections: Guide to the 2008 Elections VoteMatch Quiz Which Candidate Would Make the Best U.S. President?

Information Literacy & Workbooks

"Navigation proficiency" within databases is an important test to comply with Information Literacy standards. Check out the Elementary and Middle Workbooks , as well as the Educator's Guide (via Educators' Resources). Through the Workbooks, you can provide activities based on searching and navigating the product -- and assess accordingly.

ProQuest continues to add new, premier titles, including established and peer-reviewed publications, respected by librarians.

The call for full-text books remains animated. New titles continue to be added each month to eLibrary Elementary, joining many other non-fiction books already in the database. New features to our recently loaded books may include tables of contents, glossaries, article links, images, maps, timelines, and ever-valuable primary documents.

Our collection remains a valuable resource, and may be just what you need for your non-fiction and reference content! Research shows that these titles are classified as "grades 6-12," or as "Young Adult," in such well-known publications as Booklist and School Library Journal, both of whom also describe many of the titles as "valuable resources."

Additionally, our Reference Desk provides everything young researchers need to begin the research process. Users can create marked lists, and view, print, or email any document or image in one easy step.

For a complete list of eLibrary Elementary's reference and non-fiction holdings, visit the Books feature via this link.

Title List: New Since January 2008

• Biography for Beginners: Authors
  
  
• Biography for Beginners: Inventors
  
  
• Strange New Lands: Africans in Colonial America
  
  
• The Cold War: A History in Documents
  
  
• Enrico Fermi: And the Revolutions of Modern Physics (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• Francis Crick and James Watson: And the Building Blocks of Life (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• Louis Pasteur: And the Hidden World of Microbes (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• Thomas Alva Edison: Inventing the Electric Age (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• American Immigration: A Student Companion (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• The Industrial Revolution: A History in Documents (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• Slavery and the Making of America (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• The Vietnam War: A History in Documents (Oxford University Press)
  
  
• Wonders of the World (Toucan Valley)