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About Business Source Premier

What is it? Content from journals covering all business areas, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. Business Source Premier also includes company profiles with SWOT analyses.

Why use it? 

• Access full-text articles from 1000s of reputable business sources for every aspect of your business needs.
• Find and read company profiles as well as market research and industry reports

Try it! Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier Promotional Materials

• Business Source Premier Poster (PDF)
• Social Media Kit 

Business Source Premier Tutorials & Guides

• Business Source: Advanced Searching Tutorial (video)
• Business Source: Basic Searching Tutorial (video)

Business Source Premier Webinar Recordings

• EBSCO: Small Business Reference Center & Business Source Premier [Recorded March 16, 2023] This webinar provides an overview of EBSCO’s Small Business Reference Center and Business Source Premier. The trainer reviews content, key features, and browsing/searching capabilities.
• EBSCO: Business Source Premier [Recorded April 9, 2024] This webinar is a review of Business Source Premier, EBSCO’s full-text database with content from leading business magazines and journals, including Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, American Banker, and Academy of Management Perspectives. We cover basic and advanced search, and review custom tools and functionality like the citation tool, Google and OneDrive integrations, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize research.

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About Chilton Library

What is it? Chilton Library is a one-stop online tool for your user’s automotive needs. Chilton’s repair manuals have been a trusted source for years. Now, it’s available in an online database 24 hours a day on your computer or mobile device.

Why use it? Use it to access repair, maintenance, and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs on the road today. The database has information about vehicles from the early 20th century and today. It has step-by-step instructions for your auto repair needs and includes videos, animations, close-up images, wiring diagrams, diagnostic information, and maintenance and specification tables. Chilton Library also provides test preparation materials for individuals pursuing ASE certification.

Try it! Chilton Library 

Chilton Library Promotional Materials

• Chilton Library Promotional Bookmark
• Communication Templates & Digital Assets
• ICfL Market

Chilton Library Tutorials & Guides

• Chilton Library User Guide (pdf)
• Maintenance Schedules (video)
• Repair Manuals (video)
• Technical Service Bulletins and Recall Notices (video)

Chilton Library Webinar Recordings 

• Advanced Applications of Gale’s Chilton Library: Supporting The Automotive Field in your Community [Recorded February 11, 2020] Gale’s Chilton Library provides users with on-demand automotive repair information, including service bulletins, detailed diagrams, specification tables, and step-by-step instructions. In addition to information on makes and models from 1940-current, Chilton Library also has ASE Test prep quizzes to help students get certified. Auto mechanics will also benefit from Chilton’s mobile responsiveness and read-speak functionality. This session will explore the platform’s navigation and ways to support your automotive community.
• Car Care using Chilton Library from LiLI [Recorded January 10, 2019] Has your blinker stopped working? Were you told about a recall that MIGHT include your car? Are you paying for the appropriate number of work hours for a repair? These are all questions ChiltonLibrary helps answer! ChiltonLibrary supplies a solution for the “do-it-yourselfer” that is easy to use regardless of skill level. Repair, maintenance, and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models of cars and light trucks from 1940 onward. It offers quick online access to repair, maintenance, and service information on seven decades of the broadest range of vehicles available, including cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs. 30-minute session. [Recorded 1/10/19.]
• Explore Enhancements to Gale’s ChiltonLibrary [Recorded April 20, 2023] Gale’s ChiltonLibrary provides car enthusiasts, students, and mechanics access to maintenance and repair information (including a video library), labor estimating, and ASE test prep questions. This session reviews the newly released enhancements, including an updated and intuitive platform, VIN searching capabilities, and a Recent Vehicles option to navigate to previous searches easily.

Explore more training options on the Gale Support site: https://support.gale.com/idaho/training

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About Consumer Health Complete

What is it? A database designed to help users understand key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.

Why use it?

• Full-text access to Magill’s Medical Gide
• Full-text access to Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary
• Nearly 500 full-text health journals and magazines and an additional 473 full-text health reference books and encyclopedias

Try it! Consumer Health Complete 

Consumer Health Complete Promotional Materials

• Bookmark: Consumer Health Complete
• Social Media Kit

Consumer Health Complete Tutorials & Guides

• Consumer Health Complete Tutorial (video)

Consumer Health Complete Webinar Recordings

• Consumer Health Complete [Recorded November 16, 2023] Review the new Consumer Health Complete, the most comprehensive database for consumer-oriented health and wellness content. In this video, we browse the improved interface, review new and updated content, and demonstrate the enhanced user experience.

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About EBSCOhost

What is it? An intuitive online research platform with quality databases and search features to help researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast. The updated User Interface offers updated accessibility features and is mobile-friendly.

Why use it? 

• Basic and advanced search options
• Citation assistance
• Reliable, peer-reviewed content

Try it! EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost Promotional Materials

• Academic Search Promotion Kit
• MasterFILE Promotion Kit
• MEDLINE Promotion Kit

EBSCOhost Tutorials & Guides

• Advanced Searching in EBSCOhost (video)
• Citing Articles on EBSCOhost (video)
• Creating a Basic Search – EBSCOhost Tutorial (video)
• EBSCOhost – Using Folders with My Folders (video)
• Setting Up Email Alerts for New Articles (video)
• Setting Up a Journal Alert in EBSCOhost (video)

EBSCOhost Webinar Recordings

• EBSCOhost Advanced Search Topics [Recorded December 2023] This video reviews advanced search features of EBSCOhost, including Publication Finder, subject term, and thesauri search, and employing search modes, expanders, and limiters.
• EBSCO Resources for Academic Research [Recorded November 2, 2023] Learn how to get the most from your EBSCO resources. We use the EBSCOhost interface to explore popular EBSCO databases, including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, and MasterFILE Premier. We cover basic and advanced search and review custom tools and functionality like the citation tool, Google and OneDrive integrations, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize research.
• EBSCO Resources for Grades K-8 [Recorded September 15, 2022] This webinar reviews key functionality for three essential EBSCO resources:
  • Explora; EBSO’s engaging interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
  • LearningExpress Library; the interactive learning platform that provides the most comprehensive collection of resources for basic skills mastery, academic success, and college preparation.
  • Novelist K-8 Plus: a database of book recommendations that helps librarians and educators connect young readers with the books they love.
• Get to Know the New EBSCOhost! [Recorded September 5, 2023] Check out this demonstration of EBSCOhost’s enhanced user experience. Topics covered include improvements in accessibility, full-text viewing, sharing and citation tools, and the new “My Dashboard.”
• Popular Publications in EBSCOhost [Recorded February 20, 2024] Learn how to get the most from your EBSCO resources. This video uses the EBSCOhost interface to discover articles in thousands of popular publications with your EBSCO subscription, including Consumer Reports, Harvard Business Review, New York Times Book Review, Sports Illustrated, TIME Magazine, and Vanity Fair. We will cover basic and advanced search and review custom functionality like the citation tool, Google and OneDrive integrations, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize research.

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About Explora Public

What is it?

Ebsco’s interface for public libraries is a great first stop for research. Users will find full-text articles with easy-to-use features to limit searches by type of content, publication dates, and source combined with an ordinary keyword search. Like the school editions, Explora Public will link to Google Classroom.

Why use it?

• Easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic
• Topic Overviews that provide users with a starting point for research
• Citation help, including the ability to export citation information to online bibliography generators such as EasyBib and NoodleTools
• Save found articles to a folder and export them to bibliographic tools
• Limit searches by Lexile range

Try it!

• Explora Public Libraries 

About Explora Primary

What is it? EBSCO’s interface for Grades K-5. Find articles, primary source materials, informational text, and support for classroom learning. Databases linked to the Explora Primary interface include Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source Plus, Topic Overviews K-5, TOPICsearch, American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, and more.

Why use it?

• Overviews provide a starting point for research
• Content from reputable publishers
• Save research to a folder, then export to a bibliography tool
• Limit searches by Lexile ranges
• Simple search interface

Try it! Explora Primary 

About Explora Secondary

What is it? EBSCO’s interface for Grades 6-12. Find articles, primary source materials, informational text, and support for research and classroom assignments. Databases linked to the Explora Secondary interface include Academic Search Premier, MAS Ultra School Edition, Middle Search Plus, TOPICsearch, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Topic Overviews, Newspaper Source Plus, and more.

Why use it?

• Simple to use search interface
• Easy access to citations
• Limit search to type of publication (academic journals, magazine, peer-reviewed, etc.)
• Lexile range searching limiters
• Ability to save research sources to folders, add notes, and share

Try it! Explora Secondary 

Explora Promotional Materials

• Explora Bookmarks for printing (pdf)
• Explora Flyer for Kids Flyer to share information about Explora with students and their parents
• Explora Flyer for Teachers Flyer to share information about Explora with your teachers
• Explora Poster (11″ x 17″) (pdf)
• Explora Promotion Kit Includes a video to introduce Explora to teachers and students, posters & flyers for printing, and text for email promotion.
• Explora Secondary Scavenger Hunt Use to start exploration in Explora Secondary or feel free to copy for use with students.
• ICfL Market
• Research Made Easy with Explora (video)
• Scavenger Hunt for Explora Primary For some guided exploration, try the Scavenger Hunt. This document can be reproduced to use with teachers and students, too.

Explora Tutorials & Guides

• Explora Quick Start Guide This quick start guide collects several links to webpages with instructions for navigating the Explora interface. 

Explora Webinar Recordings

• Explora Overview [Recorded September 19, 2023] A tour of Explora, EBSCO’s engaging interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. In this video, discover journals, magazines, newspapers, and primary source documents available in EBSCO’s age-appropriate educational databases. Review custom functionality like Lexile limiters, curriculum standards, and COPPA-compliant personal folders to organize student research.

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About Gale eBooks

What is it? A collection of electronic specialized encyclopedias and reference books on a wide variety of subject areas that can be searched individually or as a whole. Highlights include:

• American Decades, 1900-1999, 2000-2009
• American Eras Primary Sources Series, covering early America through 1899
• Encyclopedia of Fashion, Costume, and Culture
• Complete Diseases and Conditions
• Encyclopedia of Diets
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
• Alternative Energy
• Encyclopedia of Science
• Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering
• Exploring Science Through Science Fiction
• Human Geography
• Political Theories for Students
• Encyclopedia of World Mythology

Why use it?

• STEM Content
• History Primary Source Content
• Ability to make notes and save with connection to Google Drive

Try it! Gale eBooks 

Gale eBooks Promotional Materials

• Digital Assets and Templates
• Communication Templates

Gale eBooks Tutorials & Guides

• Downloading and Sending to Google Drive and OneDrive (video)
• Gale eBooks – The Basics (video)
• Gale eBooks – Browsing (video)
• Product Support for Gale eBooks

Gale eBooks Webinar Recordings

• Engage Patrons with Gale eBooks and Accessibility Tools to Develop Personally and Professionally  [Recorded September 15, 2021.] Gale eBooks provides Idaho residents with quality content to develop personal and professional skills and accessibility tools to reach all patrons. This recorded session will highlight accessibility features, including text enlargement, translation, text-to-speech, online definitions, and digital highlights and notes. We share best practices to help users, including those with low vision, learning disabilities, and language barriers, find and engage with books to meet their personal, professional, and academic goals.

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About History Reference Center

What is it? Designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research, this database features full text for thousands of primary source documents and informational texts. It includes full-text content of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, videos, and other historical reference materials.

Why use it?

• Browse by subject and time period
• More than 81,000 biographies of historical figures
• More than 40,000 images, including maps and historical photos
• Save research using personal folders

Try it!

• History Reference Center 

History Reference Center Promotional Materials

• History Reference Center Scavenger Hunt Use to start exploration in History Reference Center or copy for use with students.
• Promotion Kit

History Reference Center Tutorials & Guides

• History Reference Center Quick Start Guide

History Reference Center Webinar Recordings

• History Reference Center [Recorded May 18, 2023] This webinar reviews EBSCO’s History Reference Center, which will transition to the Explora interface in July 2023. This review will be followed by a discussion of how other reference centers on LiLI will transition to the Explora interface.

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About Learning Express Library

What is it? A comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, skill-building materials, and career resources. Use to prepare for college and career, education tutoring, software tutorials, and workforce development. The entire database is divided into Learning Centers:

• Adult Learning Center – Offers busy adults the tools to improve basic reading, writing, and math skills.
• Career Center – Learn about various careers and prepare for professional exams for licensing and certifications.
• College Center – For college students, resources to strengthen academic skills, prepare for placement tests, and get ready for graduate school entrance exams.
• College Preparation Center – Study for and practice college admission tests and application essays. This center is devoted to college entrance exams, from AP to the ACT and SAT.
• Grades 4-8 Educator Resources – Tutorials and learning aids in top subject areas for 4th through 8th Grades.
• High School Equivalency Center – Use to prepare for GED with tutorials, eBooks, and practice tests.
• High School Students – Tutorials and learning aids in top subject areas for 9th through 12th grades.
• Popular Software Tutorials – Learn to use the most popular software programs from Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Windows.
• Recursos para Hispanohablantes – Tutorials and guides in Spanish from the Adult Learning Center.

Why use it?

• SAT and ACT preparation materials
• General college readiness tools.
• Software tutorials – you can jump to specific skills/tasks via the table of contents.
• Career preparation – including learning about careers, entrance to specialized schools to pursue careers, and practice for licensing and certification exams.

Try it! LearningExpress Library 

LearningExpress Promotional Materials

• ICfL Market
• Promotion Kit

LearningExpress Library Tutorials & Guides

• Video Guide Tutorials

LearningExpress Library Webinar Recordings

• EBSCO LearningExpress Library’s Resources for Grades 4-12 and College Students – a LiLI webinar [Recorded January 19, 2023.] In this session, learn about the resources available to students in Grades 4-12 and college students in LearningExpress Library at LiLI.org. We review the practice sets, tests, tutorials, eBooks, and more.
• LearningExpress Library Has That?! – a LiLI Webinar [Recorded January 11, 2024] Bet you don’t know all that LearningExpress Library has to offer! In this session, we learn about new content and the lesser-known gems available to your patrons.

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About Literary Reference Center

What is it? Provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies, and more.

Why use it?

• Find discussion questions for lessons or research topics
• Author Biographies
• Browse authors
• Save research with personal folders

Try it!

• Literary Reference Center 

Literary Reference Center Promotional Materials

• Promotion Kit
• Scavenger Hunt: Literary Reference Center (pdf) For some guided exploration, try the Scavenger Hunt. This document can be reproduced for use by teachers and students, too.
• Scavenger Hunt for Middle School: Literary Reference Center (pdf). Use it to start middle-school-age exploration in the Literary Reference Center or copy it for students.

Literary Reference Center Tutorials & Guides

• Browsing Full-Text Classics
• Literary Reference Center Tutorial (video) Literary Reference gives students, professors, and researchers a foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs. In this session, we’ll learn how to search authors and works by various factors and explore many tools available in the Reference Shelf. Dozens of lesson plans are available via a link to EBSCO’s Curriculum Standards Module, which can help teachers correlate EBSCO content quickly and easily to curriculum standards.

Literary Reference Center Webinar Recordings

• Literary Reference Center [Recorded November 7, 2022] Designed for librarians and faculty, this training guides the participant through the features and functionality of the Literary Reference Center, including basic and advanced searching techniques. The content in LRC provides users with information and literary criticism on thousands of authors and their works from antiquity to the present. LRC is also available on the EBSCOhost interface, but in this workshop, it will be demonstrated on its interface. 

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About NoveList Plus & NoveList Plus K-8

NoveList Plus

What is it? Find fiction and nonfiction reading recommendations for all ages. Search by book title, author, genre, or key plot points. Find information about a book series and discussion guides for book groups, too.

Why use it?

• Read-alike recommendations – created by experts for titles, authors, and series
• Appeal factors to help determine if a book is the reader’s style
• Series information
• Lists of award winners

Try it! NoveList Plus 

NoveList Plus K-8

What is it? Find fiction and non-fiction reading recommendations by book title, author, genre, series, or key plot points. You can also explore picture book extender activities and discover ties to Common Core curriculum standards.

Why use it?

• Covers titles appropriate up to Grade 8
• Picture Book Extenders show activities related to popular early literacy titles
• Read-to-go read-alike lists for popular titles
• Curriculum connections to find reading materials related to core standards and topic areas

Try it! NoveList Plus K-8 

NoveList Plus & NoveList Plus K-8 Promotional Materials

• ICfL Market
• NoveList Flyers and Bookmarks for Printing
• Scavenger Hunt: NoveList Plus (pdf)
• Scavenger Hunt: NoveList K-8 Plus (pdf)

NoveList Plus & NoveList Plus K-8 Tutorials & Guides

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About PBS LearningMedia

What is it? Free, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for K-12 educators, curated by Idaho Public Television (IdahoPTV) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

Why use it?

• Teachers can create a page (folder) to go with a lesson and share it with students.
• Find lesson plans and activities tied to curriculum standards.
• Search or limit by grade and subject areas.

Try it!

• PBS LearningMedia for Teachers
• PBS LearningMedia for Students

PBS LearningMedia Tutorials & Guides

• How to Use Lesson Builder (video)
• Account Registration & Management (video)
• Creating Favorites (video)
• Creating a Shareable Folder (video)
• How to Use Filters (video)
• How to Search (video)
• Interacting with Media
• How to Share a Folder (video)

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About Small Business Source

What is it? Information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, help and advice, and information for creating business plans.

Why use it?

• User-friendly interface
• Information on how to create business plans
• State-specific resources with demographic data and other local information
• Critical information for business owners from nearly 400 full-text periodicals and more than 450 full-text reference books

Try it! Small Business Source

Small Business Source Promotional Materials

• Promotion Kit

Small Business Source Tutorials & Guides

• Quick Start Guide Browse several videos with how-to information about using Small Business Source.

Small Business Source Webinar Recordings

• EBSCO: Small Business Reference Center & Business Source Premier [Recorded March 16, 2023] This webinar provides an overview of EBSCO’s Small Business Reference Center and Business Source Premier. The trainer reviews content, key features, and browsing/searching capabilities. 
• Small Business Source Overview [Recorded April 23, 2024] This webinar overviews Small Business Source – previously Small Business Reference Center, which offers hundreds of full-text small business journals, reference books, reports, and videos, including the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. This video covers basic and advanced search and reviews custom tools and functionality like the citation tool, Google and OneDrive integrations, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize research.

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About World Book Online

What is it? A suite of online research tools which includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video. Schools will be interested in the following specific tools within World Book Web:

• Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos – The ideal Spanish-language reference tool for those learning Spanish and ELL students. Browse features provide visual prompts, and bilingual features allow students to toggle between Spanish and English text.
• World Book Advanced – Designed for high school and college students, it is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated into a single search.
• World Book Discover – World Book Discover offers compelling resources specifically developed for students reading below grade level due to language or learning difficulties. The rich collection includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, research tools, and interactive videos.
• World Book Kids – Features content and tools developed especially for young students. The site offers simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, multimedia, comparison tools, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources.
• World Book Student – Optimized for iPads, this comprehensive site includes engaging content, built-in features, and fun tools specifically designed to make knowledge accessible and easy to find for all kids in elementary through middle school.
• World Book Timelines – World Book Timelines offers hundreds of pre-generated timelines across eight broad topics, which cover various periods in history or span the lives of historical public figures. Users can create timelines from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.

Why use it?

• In World Book Advanced and World Book Student:
  • Citation Builder builds a bibliographic citation using the information you have in your requested citation format. It is a great tool for creating a bibliography from unique resources.
  • Compare Places allows users to compare countries regarding population, outputs, political climate, etc.
  • Behind The Headlines provides current events and supporting articles from World Book to learn more about the topics addressed.
• In World Book Advanced:
  • Using primary source documents, find lesson plans and teaching activities for various topics from patents to history to environmental issues.
• In World Book Kids:
  • Compare Animals: users can compare animals side-by-side with information about size, diet, abilities, etc.
• In all World Book products:
  • Curriculum Correlations: Search for Idaho Curriculum Standards, then link directly to World Book content that can be used to meet that particular standard.
  • Print-and-go activities are designed to help build students’ foundational knowledge by taking them on grade-range-correlated expeditions through World Book Online. Access them in the Educator Tools at the bottom of each database.

Try it!

• World Book Advanced Encyclopedia for high school or new college students. Includes multimedia, an e-book center with public domain content, and primary source documents.
• World Book Discover Designed for high-interest, low-reading level content, this tool is helpful for new readers of English.
• Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos Spanish Encyclopedia for students in early grades.
• World Book Kids Encyclopedia for students in early grades. Features multimedia, comparison tools, and interactive games and activities for learning.
• World Book Student Encyclopedia content is designed for students in middle grades.
• World Book Timelines Users can browse and use pre-generated timelines or create their own.

World Book Tutorials & Guides

• Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos Tutorials
• Using Citation Builder (video)
• Using Compare Places and Animals Features (video)
• Using Games in World Book (video)
• Using World Book Online with Google Drive and Google Classroom (pdf)
• World Book Advanced Tutorials
• World Book Discover Tutorials
• World Book Kids Tutorials
• World Book Student Tutorials
• World Book Timelines Tutorials
• World Book Training & Support

World Book Webinar Recordings

• World Book Kids – a LiLI Webinar [Recorded December 8, 2022] World Book Kids is an online encyclopedia for students in early grades. This user-friendly database features multimedia, comparison tools, and interactive games and activities for learning. This recording gives an overview of the platform and highlights new and underutilized sections of this invaluable resource.
• World Book Online Overview [Recorded October 17, 2023] An overview of LiLI.org’s World Book Online resources. With read-aloud functions, translation into more than 100 languages, different reading levels, and educational games, there are tools to help every patron access content at their given level!