ELibrary Elementary

Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, MeL Training Materials

Exercises for eLibrary Elementary

Reviewed 7/09 SR

1. Find a map of a country you would like to visit. Hint: how do you limit to format?

2. Find magazine articles, newspaper articles, or transcripts on affirmative action. Sort your results by Reading Level. Click on the Transcripts icon to bring those items to the top of the list. Select a transcript and email it to yourself.

3. Search for pictures of polar bears and view a printable copy of one.

4. Using the Advanced Search, find articles about Vikings from the magazine/publication Cobblestone.

5. Look up any topic of interest to you using the Topic search.

6. Using the Reference Desk, look up the word “friendship” in the dictionary and thesaurus.