◇ What information does the database offer about the publisher? Is there an "About" section?
◇ What types of things does the database provide?
| □ Articles? |
□ Charts? |
| □ Videos |
□ Audio clips? |
| □ Maps? |
□ Photos? |
| □ Other? |
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◇ Are the contents of the database ...
| □ Indexed? |
| □ Abstracted? |
| □ Full-text? |
◇ How many publications does the database include? Which years of publication are covered?
◇ How frequently is the database updated?
| □ Daily |
□ As necessary |
| □ Monthly |
□ Can't tell |
| □ Quarterly |
□ Other |
◇ What types of navigational tools are provided?
(Things to look for: Are buttons/click bars/check boxes/scroll bars easy to see, use, and understand?)
◇ Is the site easy to navigate? Why or why not?
(Things to consider: do the pages load quickly? Do you have to click through multiple screens to get what you want? Is it easy to backtrack?)
◇ Are there convenient guides for moving through the database?
(For example: next/previous, top of page, back to home, new search, exit, dictionary/thesaurus, etc.)
◇ Is "Help" section or "FAQs" section provided? Is it searchable? Is it helpful?
◇ Are tutorials provided? Are they helpful?
◇ Is there a "Search Tips" section? Does the database allow for ...
| □ Limiters? |
□ Truncation? |
| □ Wildcards? |
□ Other? |
◇ What are the available search strategies?
| □ Natural language |
□ Advanced |
| □ Subject search |
□ Boolean |
| □ Topical search |
□ Other |
◇ How are search results displayed?
| □ Relevance |
□ Alphabetical |
| □ Chronological |
□ Media format |
| □ Reverse chronological |
□ Other |
◇ How can searches be saved, sent, or printed?
| □ Saved in the database |
□ Exported to another program |
| □ Emailed to User |
□ Print part or all of search results |
| □ Other |
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◇ What other features are available?
| □ RSS |
□ Teacher resources |
| □ Personalization |
□ Topic Trees |
| □ Citation help |
□ Multiple languages |
| □ Other |
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◇ Which student populations may this database be appropriate for?
□ Elementary
□ Middle School
□ High School
◇ What was your first impression of the database? What is your impression after exploring it?
◇ What type of content does the database contain? For what type of project might this database be useful?
◇ What is the best thing about this database? What is the worst thing about this database?
◇ What are the three most important things to share with your colleagues (or students) about this database?
Created by Metronet Information Literacy Initiative, 11/2008
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