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by Stephen Kopec
Instructions for Accessing Penn Databases For Your Research Paper
There are hundreds of databases accessible with your Pennkey and password through Penn’s Library website. Here are some instructions you can follow to get started looking for references for your research paper. 1) Go to Penn’s Library web site: www.library.upenn.edu 2) When you arrive to the Penn Library web site (very blue), you will see a button highlighted in RED (“Catalog”). Click on the button to the right – “ARTICLES” 3) On the next screen, you will see “EBSCO Megafile” under “ARTICLES”. [EBSCO Megafile is a large database that can be used for many subjects]. 4) You will see a “search” box on the same screen for EBSCO Megafile. Enter your search terms for your paper topic there. For example, “Alzheimer’s Disease” and Enter. 5) Your search will pull up all EBSCO Megafile articles related to Alzheimer’s Disease: http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/results?sid=ef487d88-de96-4e9b-8d21-1b6d6158ca03%40sessionmgr111&vid=0&hid=128&bquery=Alzheimer%27s+Disease&bdata=JmRiPWtlaCZ0eXBlPTEmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl Simply browse through the articles to find those that interest you the most. 6) Before you continue searching for references for your paper, take 5 minutes to create an EBSCO Megafile account so that you can SAVE all of your articles and searches. a. Click on the “Sign In” link at the top of the EBSCO Megafile page next to “Folder”. If you do not have an account, click on “Create a New Account” next to “Log In”. b. Fill in all of the necessary information to create an account and click “Save Changes”. 7) Once you have created your account, you can save any articles and searches to your account, saving you valuable time for the future. Each time you visit EBSCO Megafile, simply click on “Sign In” and use your username and password. You can even create folders for subjects, classes, or projects. 8) To search for other Penn databases, I would suggest browsing the “Databases By Subject” page: http://www.library.upenn.edu/common/browsesubj_db.html 9) One thing to remember is that if you are on Penn’s campus and trying to access the databases, you do not have to use your Pennkey and password for each database (for example in the libraries) because you used the Pennkey and password to log in to the computer. However, OFF CAMPUS searches of databases will require Pennkey and password. by Steve Kopec I found this tool that might be helpful to teachers. It's called "Cloze Test Creator" and it can save a lot of time in lesson plan preparation: http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html
I used it during Summer 2 2014 in L/S 502 for vocabulary building for words from particular units, but it could be used for any class. Here's how it works briefly. Teachers can go to the Cloze Test Creator website where they will get a text box and a separate box for features. For example, if I were working with a piece of text from a TED.com video transcript, I would copy the desired text from TED.com and paste it in the cloze test creator. Teachers have the option of choosing certain parts of speech or specific words/items they want. For example, if I were working with students on prepositions, I would select the "prepositions" button in the selector box on the right of the page. Then finally I click on "submit" and the close test is generated on a separate screen. Simply cut and paste the cloze test generated into Word and voila, close test is generated! by Martha Knecht Do you know about ProfessorWord (motto: "Improve your vocabulary while you surf the web")? It highlights and provides definitions for SAT/ACT words in online material you are reading. It's incredibly easy to learn and use.
The program/app was developed by a 2014 Penn grad. I learned about it from "Penn News Today" (a daily must-read for me!). Here's the article: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/interest-building-strong-vocabulary-pays-student-penn ...Try out ProfessorWord... I believe many of our students could benefit from using it. |
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