[OPLINLIST] INFOhio's New Research Site GO!es Live

[Stephen Hedges]

In case you haven't seen this, it seems like it might be handy for libraries helping students do research. You'll need to use the INFOhio username and password to get to the databases through this website:
 Username: learn
 Password: infohio
  (please use lowercase)

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Stephen Hedges, Director
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
2323 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 130
Columbus, OH 43204
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INFOhio Announces New One-Stop Research Site

INFOhio is proud to announce our latest online service: GO! INFOhio: Ask! Act! Achieve!, a site designed to help students just learning research skills manage the process step by step. Take a minute to read more information, or jump right in and browse to learn more about this one-stop research tool for yourself. We hope you find it helpful!

http://go.infohio.org

GO! INFOhio Highlights

    • URL: http://go.infohio.org
    • GO! INFOhio breaks the research process down into three major phases: Asking questions, Acting by finding sources and taking notes, and Achieving a final product.
    • Each phase is broken down further with key research questions that link to INFOhio resources, forms, and trustworthy websites to help with that step.
    • All resources in GO! INFOhio are free to Ohio students.
    • The site includes a comprehensive Teacher's Guide that gives in-depth information on the websites, forms, and databases used.
    • While the site is designed for 6th-10th grade, it works for any student who can read and who need structure to stay focused during a long-term research process.

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Funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Education, GO! INFOhio went live on February 13, 2012, to coincide with the Ohio Educational Technology Conference. While the site is targeted to middle and early high school students, it is open to all Ohio students. All materials -both INFOhio databases and web sites-are available for free, although some of them require students to create a username and password to track their progress.