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Accessing & Using Adobe PDFs in eLibrary CE
eLibrary CE connects researchers to more than 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, e-books, and transcripts--plus millions of pictures, maps, websites, and streaming audio/video files.
Magazines and journals are not only available in full text, but now also available in PDF format for more than 1,000 titles.
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Classroom Activities
Jewish American History & Culture
Jewish Americans and Jews all over the world observe Yom Kippur this month. According to the Jewish religion, Yom Kippur is the "dead-line" for changing one's ways and being forgiven for bad deeds. The meaning of the name "Yom Kippur" is "The Day of Atonement."
In order to be inscribed in God's "Book of Life" (and be granted a happy new year), it is not enough to pray and be forgiven by God, but a person must also make sure he hurt no other people, broke no vows, and was forgiven by others for any sorrow he accidentally caused them.
One cannot be forgiven by God for hurting other people, and therefore it is customary to do soul-searching at this time of the year, and apologize to others for anything that may have caused them pain. At the end of Yom Kippur, God's "Book of Life" is closed and sealed until the next year.
ProQuest has created a BookCart learning activity for students entitled "Jewish American History and Culture."
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History Study Center: New Content & More
The latest release of the History Study Center is now live, and it includes a valuable new study unit entitled War in Iraq, 2003-. Many study units have been revised and updated with new images, articles and documents, including selections from the Guardian and Observer historical newspapers.
Plus, six new timelines based on the Chronology of World History have been created for Study Units:
- The Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652-1674 (in Britain and the continental powers, 1660-1688 Study Unit)
- Byzantine Conquests, 965-1025 (in Byzantium Study Unit)
- The Falklands War, 1982
- The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1598
- The Mogul Conquest of India, 1526-1707 (in Muslims in India and Pakistan Study Unit)
- War in Iraq, 2003 –
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eLibrary CE Story
I just wanted to publicly thank and commend ProQuest/SIRS for adding the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner to their standards correlation link/page.
To my knowledge they are the first of the major school library database vendors that have done so.
Alphabetically, the AASL name displays at the top of their United States National pull down menu (along with ISTE, NAC & NCSS)... This is definitely another tool (for us as school
librarians) to add to our evidence-based practices.
Richard Trzicky
Teacher-Librarian/Department Head
Highland High School Library (AZ)
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