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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">A few months ago I discovered Gale’s summer reading resources designed to help library staff incorporate Gale databases in summer reading programs. Thought I’d share about this now so I don’t forget
(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:blue">J</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">) and so you can take time to explore what might interest you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> <a href="http://www.gale.cengage.com/guidedtour/">
http://www.gale.cengage.com/guidedtour/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Some of the ideas relate to databases that are not part of the statewide database licensing program but that your library might subscribe to on its own, like
<i>Books & Authors</i>. <br>
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However, others relate to databases in the statewide package. For example, in the tutorial labeled Gale Resources for Young Readers, they suggest using
<i>Kids InfoBits</i>, <i>InfoTrac Junior</i>, and other databases to find children’s magazines like
<i>Appleseeds</i>, <i>Faces</i>, <i>Boy’s Life</i>, etc. Then bookmark the magazines’ homepages and create a page on your website where you list the links. Or, create a list of articles that relate to the summer reading theme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.gale.cengage.com/media/training/summer/summer_readers/summer_readers.htm">http://www.gale.cengage.com/media/training/summer/summer_readers/summer_readers.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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What I especially liked about that specific idea is that it can encourage children to include non-fiction in their summer reading habits. As you may know, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that were adopted by the Oregon State Board of Education a year
ago stress reading a variety of increasingly complex informational text. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Common Core Shifts:
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/commoncore/common-core-shifts-ela.pdf">
http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/commoncore/common-core-shifts-ela.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Achieving the Common Core:
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/commoncore/achieving-ccss-ela.pdf">
http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/commoncore/achieving-ccss-ela.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">ODE’s CCSS Homepage:
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=2860">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=2860</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">503.378.5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">OSLIS ||
<a href="www.oslis.org">www.oslis.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Learn to Research. Research to Learn.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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