Leveled


Books

Database

Poster:


Good Reader

Strategies

© Linda Hoyt

adapted from the work of

Pearson, Duke (1999)

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Book
Review: Nonfiction

Use this assessment guide to help
students critically evaluate nonfiction
books. The guide can be used for either
personal writing time or for class
or small group discussions.

From
Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies
for Reading Comprehension, p.
154, Heinemann, 1999

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Fast
and Slow Reading

This minilesson is a focus on pacing
and rate, an opportunity to demonstrate
how rate does change according to
the demands of the text. You could
use a big book, a read aloud, or guided
reading books.

From
Snapshots: Literacy Minilessons
Up Close, p. 72, Heinemann, 2000

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Little
Words in Big Words

I explain to students that when readers
are stuck on a word, they sometimes
look for little words inside of bigger
words....

From
Snapshots: Literacy Minilessons
Up Close, p. 120, Heinemann, 2000

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How
to Make a

Jigsaw Book

Drawings
by Judy Hjelseth

© Linda Hoyt

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Blogs/Websites to Watch



• Information Literacy Weblog
  
• Information Literacy in Canada
  
• Information Literacy Land of Confusion
  
• Information Literacy Articles at LibraryInstruction.Com
  
• Library Instruction Wiki

Staff felt a strong obligation to share our experience and knowledge as well
encourage usage of expensive tools. As a result we wanted some way to:







• educate them so that they understand the difference between the free web and
  library web sources. (Also a part of this is to remind users who "paid for the
  access.")
  
• improve actual usage; something not used may be a candidate for cancellation no
  matter how "word-of-mouth" important
  
• improve their information gathering skills
  
• improve faculty and administrators understanding of the nature of the
  resources. Why? Because they have a strong influence on our budgets--and they are
  influenced by what their students tell them.
  
• and finally the message should just ooze out that "the McKinney Engineering
  Library is the place to go, call, and e-mail for specific, individualized help".

What it covers:



Our tutorial, called Information
Excavation, is divided into three parts. The first part covers searching the
Internet to find information. The focus here is finding information that is freely
available on the Internet. Part two covers using the resources of the UT Austin
libraries. Here users will find information on finding books in the libraries,
journal articles and conference papers, and using our full-text online resources.
We have also added a couple of Information Excavation Extras to this section with
additional useful information. The last portion provides some tips and suggestions
for locating resources we have found to be helpful for engineering students. Topics
covered in this section include finding industry standards, patents, finding
specific data, and the nature of proprietary information.



The complete table of contents for the session is as follows:







1. Searching the Internet
   
   
   What's Free on the Web
   
   Search Engines -- Overview and Advice
   
   Search Tips
   
   Evaluating Web Sites
   
   What the Search Engines Do not Find

   
   
   

2. UT Library Online - UT Austin Library Web Site
   
   UT Library Online (Information Excavation Extra!
   Libraries on the UT Austin Campus)
   
   Using UT Library Online Resources to find Free Resources on the Web
   
   UTNetCAT, Our Library Catalog
   
   Finding Books (Information Excavation Extra!
   What Does a Reference Librarian Do?)
   
   Finding Conference Proceedings
   
   Scientific and Technical Articles
   
   Finding Scientific and Technical Articles
   
   Full-Text Online or On Paper in the Libraries
   
   Taking the Guesswork out of Abbreviations
   
   Journals - Full-Text vs. Paper (Information Excavation Extra!
   Sharpen your Research Skills with TILT)

   
   
   

3. Tips and Advice -- Resources to Keep in Mind
   
   Patents -- A Great Source of Information
   
   Finding Data and Specific Properties or Facts
   
   Company Information/Proprietary Information
   
   Product Information/Specifications
   
   Industry Standards
   
   Finding Images on the Web