The document discusses various educational databases available through the PHES library website. It provides brief descriptions of databases such as Scholastic BookFlix, PebbleGo, World Book Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Tumblebooks, EBSCO Host, and Accelerated Reader. Teachers are instructed to spend 10 minutes exploring one of the databases and find a resource that could be useful for a future classroom lesson, which participants will then share.

1. PHES Database
Training
August 2013

2. Goal of This Session
• To demonstrate and access
• the various databases that are available at PHES
• and available remotely at home.
• To find at least one database that will be USEFUL
for a future lesson/activity in your classroom

3. Use PHES Website to Access Databases
• Under “Academics” then “Library”
• Click on “E Books and Databases”

4. Local Video Database –Less Buffering than Online Videos

5. Scholastic BookFlix
FictionandNonfictionPairedeBooks
Watch videos of Fiction Books
Voiceovers for NonFiction Books

6. PebbleGo
AnimalsDatabase EarthandSpaceDatabase
New Subscription SY 2013-14

7. PebbleGo
Sciencearticlesforemergingreaders(Grades1-4)

8. World Book Encyclopedia

9. Includes Images, Maps, Facts

10. World Book Student

12. Encyclopedia Britannica Online

13. Image Files
Read Along Feature

14. Tumblebooks
eBooksforlowergrades

15. TumbleBookCloud Junior
Chapter eBooks

16. EBSCO Host Databases
Magazines,Journals,andNewspaperArticles

17. Accelerated Reader
QuizzesonBooks

18. Accelerated Reader
STARTest–ForReadingLevel

19. Your Assignment
• Choose One Database to Explore
• Spend 10 minutes using the database and find
one article/book/video that will be useful for a
future lesson
• We will each share what we found and generate
suggestions for the future