I'm down to the home stretch...... Oh my!  Let my adventure move on to EbscoHost.

I picked Masterfile Premier to explore. I was impressed with the extensive Publications list. For a popular magazine, I looked up Better Homes and Gardens and found the database has Bibliographic Records:01/01/1984 to present only. I wanted to find a popular magazine with full text available so I continued my search  and discovered Good Housekeeping is available in full text from 01/01/1996 to present. 

For my basic search I decided on "Digital Literacy" because I recently attended a workshop on this and wanted to see what was available. One article of interest "The Intersection of Public Policy and Public Access: Digital Divides, Digital Literacy, Digital Inclusion, and Public Libraries." was not available in full text, only the abstract. So I continued perusing the list and found the article Digital Literacy Takes Center Stage, chapter 6 from Library Technology Reports August 2011, an interesting article that "examines the need for libraries to position themselves as digital literacy experts, support staff competencies to maintain the level of expertise required in the digital landscape, and explore opportunities to expand digital literacy initiatives." (quote taken from abstract). I found this article very appropriate, tying into the workshop I attended.

Now on to Ebsco eBooks - I decided to search knitting (my favorite topic) but no results which didn't really surprise me. Then I tried Greek Mythology in basic search with full text which resulted in 25 ebooks, little disappointed the latest date was 2000.  "Earthly Daugthers" looked interesting, but the ebook "Star Trek and Sacred Ground" seemed a little odd. I decided to do an advanced search with full text and boolean/ phrase to narrow my search - resulting in 20 ebooks dating from 1998-1999. Again disappointed nothing more current.

In search for Constitution and United States, ending in 41 results, I located two books that might be helpful - "State Constitutions of the United States" by Maddex and "Founding Friendship" by Liebiger. In searching for Western History and Nebraska or Oklahoma, the results pulled up books by University of Nebraska Press and University of Oklahoma Press. A couple books looking interesting for western history - "Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in Summer of 1859" (Nebraska Press) and "Creating the National Park Service" (Oklahoma Press).

 I really like the feature on the home page of  "Highlights"  and "Featured ebooks"., excited to see the ebook ASVAB : Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Maximize Your Score in Less Time. I recently had a patron ask for material on ASVAB so excited to refer her to this eBook and LearningExpress Library. The browse by category is another helpful feature.  

Well that's all for now, my exploration has ended. Anxiously waiting (ha ha) for the post test. 

My MARVELous  Maine Invitational has been so rewarding, even though at times I had a hard time keeping up with my homework. There are so many valuable and informative resources for our patrons to use. Can't wait to share what I've learned with them. THANK YOU for a great exploration.

Cheryl
          So many "resources", so little time!!!