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At ProQuest, we know that schools and libraries are in need of
standards-based educational resources, not only research databases. That's why our team of product developers
are constantly adding new features to your subscriptions to make them more useful in a teaching and learning
environment.
Here you'll find a growing set of hands-on resources and related information updated each month to
enhance student achievement with the help of your ProQuest resources.
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Inquiry-Based Strategies
Get the facts on research
activities and their power to increase student achievement in essential skills for state tests. Powered by your
eLibrary subscription!
Tap into our comprehensive
collection of educator
tools today.
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July 4th
If you sing "Yankee Doodle" this Fourth of July, you'll be harking back to a song that many proud American soldiers sang during the Revolutionary War.
In the song "Yankee Doodle," what is a "Yankee Doodle"? And for extra credit, what does "macaroni" mean?
Learn more at SIRS in July.
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History Happenings
From the moment the ancient Olympics were revived in Athens in 1896, there has been a tendency for troublesome facts to be suppressed.
Learn more about suppression in the modern Olympic movement from this special edition of History Happenings. (Sign up here!)
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Inquiry-Based Learning
We hear from many librarians and educators who are using our online solutions in creative and effective ways to promote inquiry-based learning through librarian-teacher collaboration.
We want to recognize these leaders in Information Literacy who truly do create a new 21st Century culture of learning in their schools.
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Our ProQuest product trainers are standing by to help you get the most out of your resources. We offer a wide
variety of no-cost, one-hour online training sessions each month. You can download three ready-to-print versions of current training dates
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Download these special tools to help students mine
your SIRS resources for high-quality information of all kinds. They include Understanding Basic Knowledge, Problem
Solving, Analyzing Graphs and Charts, plus Map Skills.
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Download a set of updated mini-research
strategies that curb plagiarism and develop writing and critical thinking in your classroom or library.
Plus, don't miss our samples of student (K-6, 7-9, 10-12) projects that integrate
multimedia resources into mini-research presentations.
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Teachers: Don't miss this updated collection of vetted links to teacher-centric websites.
Library Media Specialists: Special websites for library staffers.
Homework Central®: An online resource containing hands-on educational instruction information for educators. Available inside our eLibrary subscriptions under the topics tab. The websites featured on this page are examples of what you'll find in the collection.
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