Education: Curricular Connections in Online Journals

Book Links

Calliope

Cobblestone

Faces

Instructions for Book List

Book Links -  Click on any of the links on this web page to browse Book Links.

This journal provides thematic book lists and author interviews for multiple areas

1. Searching for topics in Book List is not usually successful. This journal is best for browsing.  Fortunately, the main themes recur in the same issue every year

2. January Issue - Multicultural topics

3. March Issue - Language Arts

4. June Issue - Science

5. October Issue - Social Studies

Instructions for Calliope

Calliope - Click on any of the links on this web page to browse Calliope

Each issue covers a theme in world history

1.  To search  Calliope online go to MAS Ultra. This databases is in the A-Z link on the library home page.

2. Enter Calliope in the Publication box

3. Enter you topic in the Search Box

4. Put in years limit if you want to restrict the years

5. Leave Search Modes on Boolean/Phrase initially. Switch to Smart-Text Searching if you cannot find results.

6. One the left hand side of the results are a list of related subject headings.

7. On the right hand side of the results are related images. Note that all the online version does NOT have all the photos of the print version.

Instructions for Cobblestone

Cobblestone - Click on any of the links on this web page to browse Cobblestone

Each issue provides articles, games, poems, and suggestions for projects based on American history

1. To search Cobblestone online go to MAS Ultra. This databases is in the A-Z link on the library home page.

2. Enter Cobblestone in the Publication box.

3. Enter you topic in the Search Box.

4. Put in years limit if you want to restrict the years.

5. Leave Search Modes on Boolean/Phrase initially. Switch to Smart-Text Searching if you cannot find results.

6. One the left hand side of the results are a list of related subject headings

7. On the right hand side of the results are related images. Note that all the online version does NOT have all the photos of the print version.

Instructions for Faces

Faces - Click on any of the links on this web page to browse Faces

Each issues covers topics in ethnology, customs, and manners

1.  To search Faces online go to MAS Ultra. T This databases is in the A-Z link on the library home page.

2. Enter Calliope in the Publication box

3. Enter you topic in the Search Box

4. Put in years limit if you want to restrict the years

5. Leave Search Modes on Boolean/Phrase initially. Switch to Smart-Text Searching if you cannot find results.

6. One the left hand side of the results are a list of related subject headings.

7. On the right hand side of the results are related images. Note that all the online version does NOT have all the photos of the print version.

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Created by: Cynthia Crosser | Revised: 01/04/2013