Skill Term: Using Databases

Meet with a Librarian

If you just want to brush up your database skills or would like an overview of what databases the library currently offers, make an appointment with a librarian and we would be happy to walk you through these. 

Demo a Librarian Session

You may be more comfortable trying the activities above after viewing a librarian-run database session.  In this case we would be happy to demo a session for you and debrief afterwards to make sure you feel prepared to cover the content.  Alternatively you could have a librarian present for a session as a back up.

Tour of Google Results

Steps Have students search a word or phrase of your choosing in Google.  Give them 3 minutes to look at the results page without clicking through to anything.  Ask them to notice as many different kinds of content as they can, ask them how many different things they can do there.   Considerations

Games

Considerations You can also set up an appointment with Mike Davidson to discuss building your own quest set using Google Forms.