RSS+and+Widgets

=Making the Databases Accessible=

The database [|map] from the Ministry of Education and the long database [|list] available from [|Library Regions] are not the most accessible ways for some of our students to get to the database information. You can create a list on a wiki, blog or web page that makes them more easily accessed - especially by younger students. Students will also need to know how they can access the items on your list from home.

Database suppliers are adding Web 2.0 technologies such as [|rss feeds] and [|widgets] to their products which facilitate acquisition of information. These new tools are integrated in such a way that they enable information to come to us rather than us having to go look for the information.


 * In this tutorial you will learn how to:**
 * 1) create links to specific databases
 * 2) use RSS[[image:rss2.gif]] feature of the [|Gale Infotrac] databases to enable articles from a specific search parameter to be delivered to your RSS reader.
 * 3) configure a widget that will allow you to conduct a ProQuest search right from your blog, wiki or web page.
 * 4) access the databases outside of Community Net

When you have completed this tutorial you will have:
 * Achievement indicators**:
 * 1) created a list of databases on your wiki page
 * 2) added an RSS feed for a Gale to your reader
 * 3) added the proquest widget to your wiki page


 * Learning Activities:**
 * 1) Watch the following screencasts:
 * 2) [|Creating a Database List]
 * 3) Add at least one database to your wiki page
 * 4) [|RSS from Gale]
 * 5) Add the rss feed to your rss reader (unfortunately at this point you cannot add a Gale RSS feed to a wiki page)
 * 6) [|ProQuest Widget]
 * 7) Go to the ProQuest [|widget page] and follow the instructions to create a widget - embed it in your wiki page.

//**This is what your Proquest Widget should look like:**//

media type="custom" key="529009"
 * //(Remember users will need to have a library card and PIN to access the articles outside of the school)//**

**Accessing the databases from Home - or anywhere outside of Community Net.**
[|Saskatchewan Multi-type Libraries] has provided every individual in Saskatchewan with access to the online databases - from their school or from their local library.

When you are compiling a list of databases or individual articles for your students to access you should indicate on the page that they cannot be access from home unless they have a library card and a PIN. When they click on an article to which you have linked they will receive a prompt to enter their 12 digit library card number and their PIN.

It is important that all students have a library card from their local library and a PIN that allows them to access online resources.

Introduction | Gale | Gale Additional | ProQuest | EBSCOHost | Britannica | RSS & Widgets |