Exercises for MeL Arts and Humanities

Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, MeL Training Materials

Exercises for MeL Arts and Humanities

06/10 KRB

SIRS Renaissance:

1. Find an article about Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, and the Cold War.

2. Using Literary Corner, find a criticism of E.B. White’s "Charlotte's Web."

NoveList:

1. Pick a genre you are not familiar with and find an author or title in that genre.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers:

1. Find some book reviews of your favorite author.

Academic OneFile:

1. Find an article about how L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law inspired him to write "The Wizard of Oz."

2. Find an article about how the movie "Star Wars" influenced Ronald Reagan.

Gale Virtual Reference Library:

1. Using the "Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America," find an article about Polish Americans.

2. Using "Countries and Their Culture," what language(s) are spoken in a country you would like to visit?

ArchiveGrid:

1. Search for information about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. List two places were the information can be found.

OAIster:

1. Search for a video of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration. (Hint – use Roosevelt in the Title)

2. Using the Limit "Resource Type Phrase" dataset, find information about the planets.

CAMIO:

1. Using Advanced Search, name a work by Pablo Picasso that is in The Detroit Institute of Arts.

2. Continue doing more with your slideshow presentation, such as moving images around, etc.

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