[LM_NET] Science Database

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG>]

I've asked this earlier in the year...but I still need more ideas!

I have an AP Science teacher who insists that we do NOT offer enough online 
databases for our high school students in science.  I offered him the Gale Science 
Resource Center database trial and he turned up his nose at it ---it's still too 
elementary (he says).

I don't think it is...but is anyone using ANYTHING else that might be considered 
"university level" databases in science?  If not, I may contact my Gale Rep to see 
if they can send some "brainy science rep" to our school to show our teacher how to 
utilize this database more effectively.  I'd be willing to purchase a database for 
him, if he'd consider it useful, but I think he's "hoping" our students can use 
"higher level research" databases when in reality, they have problems just browsing 
through the subjects in Searchasaurus!)---okay, I'm exaggerating, but I DO have 
some students using this database for research (they get lost...I think...I hope!)

I'd like some ideas, suggestions, or advice on this one.  This is the real unusual 
request that I cannot seem to satisfy.

Thanks for the suggestions!

~Shonda


Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX

"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible and suddenly you are doing 
the impossible."
 ~St. Francis of Assisi
sbrisco@fwcds.org
http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp

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