EBSCOhost for English Teachers, Language Arts Teachers, Literacy Teachers and Readers

Do you teach Literacy, English, Reading or Language Arts?  You you have children who are in school?  EBSCOhost has a number of databases that are perfect for Subject English or ELA students and teachers.  

The infographic below provides easy reference to the EBSCOhost databases available through the Student and Teacher portals at www.wecdsb.on.ca.

As always, there is a link below the infographic to a .pdf you can share or post in your classrooms.

EBSCO for English .pdf

Using Boolean Operations and Search Modifiers for better research with EBSCOhost

 Boolean operators and search modifiers allow students to narrow their searches quickly.  Not only do these skills return better search results, they also save time so students are not sorting through thousands of results.  The cheat sheet below is also attached and you are free to post it in your google classrooms, print them for students or post in your classrooms.

Boolean Operations.pdf

Homework and Project Support for Elementary Students using EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost offers databases to help with homework and projects for Elementary students

EBSCO offers many resources for geared to Elementary school learners.  The infographic below describes the databases that might be useful for your Elementary students and parents.  A copy of the infographic is also linked below so you can share it with students and their parents or post it in your classrooms.

Students can access EBSCO through the student portal at www.wecdsb.on.ca. 

Homework and Project Support for Elementary Students using EBSCOhost.pdf

Exploring EBSCOhost databases

EBSCOhost databases

EBSCOhost offers free access to a number of databases.  Some are targeted at all users, some secondary and some elementary students.  You can assign a specific database to your students to use based on their age and grade level and/or based on the purpose for the database.  

Take a look at the infographic below for a description of some available databases and their uses.  There is also a link below so you can share the infographic with your students or post it in your classrooms.

Exploring EBSCOhost databases infographic .pdf

Here are a few quick videos about how to access EBSCOhost.

Accessing EBSCO as a student

Accessing EBSCO as a teacher

 

Looking for a holiday read? Check out NoveList & NoveList K-8 in EBSCOhost

 

(Re) Introducing EBSCOhost

 

Are your students doing research for their culminating activities?

Are you doing some research for your lessons?

EBSCOhost is a search tool that offers safe, verified and curated databases for student

and teacher use.  

Students can access EBSCOhost from the student portal at www.wecdsb.on.ca

Teachers can access EBSCOhost from the staff portal>For Teachers at www.wecdsb.on.ca 

Look for more about the uses and benefits of EBSCOhost over the next few weeks.