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Explore More MARVEL! ResourcesMARVEL, Maine's virtual library

This worksheet was created as an exploration of other MARVEL resources than KIDS!. Thanks to Pam Goucher of Freeport Middle School for sharing this worksheet. The idea is to get comfortable using these resources.

This worksheet is available in other formats.

Visit MARVEL! (www.maine.gov/marvel/)

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  1. Locate an article called "Brilliant Playlists" in Macworld that talks about more ways to customize the playlists for your iPod than you ever dreamed of.

Annals of American History

This site explores American history through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs poems, images and multimedia

  1. Browse & search by time period and subject to hear audios of:
    • President Kennedy’s inaugural address January 20, 1961  or
    • President Roosevelt requesting a declaration of war Dec. 8 1941
    • President Truman’s announcement of the dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima   August 6, 1945

EBSCOhost Database Collection

This feature allows you to search more than one EBSCO resource at a time.

  1. Click the box next to all the databases you want to search and then click on "continue".
  2. Try it! Search Academic Premier, MAS Ultra, & Middle Search Plus for an article that claims the Amish invented whoopie pies.

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  1. Search video games AND learning to find the article in Educational Leadership magazine that contains this statistic:

"Statistics reveal that students spend more time on electronic games than on any other recreational activity and 32% admit to playing them during class."

Literature Resource Center

Accesses biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age.

  1. Search a favorite author or just for practice search Stephen King and compare results to a search for Dan Brown.

Maine NewsstandPart of Pro Quest database

Index to and full text coverage of five Maine newspapers. Database includes coverage of the Bangor Daily News (12/3/92-present), the Kennebec Journal (Augusta) (6/11/93-present), the Portland Press Herald (10/30/95-present), and the Central Maine Morning Sentinel (Waterville) (8/12/93-present). Selected business coverage of the Maine Times (2/4/94-4/25/02) is also included. Updated daily.

  1. Search your school!
  2. Search your town!
  3. Search your name! (maybe)

Pro Quest Newspapers

This is an incredible resource for locating newspaper articles from all over.  It provides the full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London.

  1. Search your favorite team!
  2. Search a world event!

Wall Street Journal Part of Pro Quest database

You actually are searching this one newspaper through the database called ProQues. Search any topic of your choice that might be found in Wall Street Journal – famous for its coverage of economic news.

  1. Try searching iPod.
  2. What does it suggest as an alternative topic?
  3. Notice that if you had an interest in the topic, you can sign up to have new articles emailed to you as they are added.