[OPLINLIST] Database of the Month: Kids InfoBits

[Mandy Knapp]

Hello all,

I hope you're having great day today. This January let's take a look at
Kid's InfoBits  (http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/kidsinfobits).

*Kids InfoBits* is content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use. and features
age-appropriate, reliable, and perfect for today's young learners. Its
curriculum-related content covers a broad range of educational topics via a
modern, graphical interface. The design helps kids explore the product and
gain comfort with database searching. Kids InfoBits addresses the way kids
learn and conduct research – and makes it fun!

Features of *Kids InfoBits* include:

   - Continuously updated content, appropriate for elementary school
   students.
   - Indexed, searchable content—including books, magazines and news.
   - Fun and important facts with connections to current and past events.
   - More than 1,700 kid-friendly charts and graphs and nearly 600
   high-quality educational videos.
   - Filter by content level and streamline search results based on basic,
   intermediate or advanced learning levels.
   - Popular subject categories covering Animals, Arts, Geography, Health,
   Literature, People, Social Studies, Technology and more.

Quick Start Guides & Tip Sheets

   - Getting Started Guide (PDF)
   <http://oplin.org/db-handouts/KidsInfoBits.pdf>This one-page guide
   created by OPLIN is designed to get your patrons started.

Tutorials and Presentations

   - Product sheet
   <https://www.gale.com/binaries/content/assets/gale-us-en/databases/stand-alone-collections/databases_kidsinfobits_k12_onesheet.pdf>.
   A product sheet from Gale describing the key features of Kids InfoBits
   - Using Kids InfoBits from Gale (Youtube):  Basics
   <https://youtu.be/bR4mxiCdpPg>, Searching <https://youtu.be/azrQ9YWaNQg>,
   Documents <https://youtu.be/cRaNgYI99pk>
   - Quick Look: Kids InfoBits <https://youtu.be/t_ra20bKymc> (Youtube)

Marketing Materials

   - Social Media Graphics <https://support.gale.com/doc/itke_socialmedia>
   - All Marketing Materials <https://support.gale.com/marketing/> from
   Gale.
   - OPLIN graphics <https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/database_promotion?tid=96>

Have a lovely day and let me know if you have any questions,

Mandy Knapp
Digital Resources Manager
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
Phone:  614-728-5252
Fax:  614 -728 -5256
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