PROQUEST:
Looking and researching on Proquest for our district is used for high school students.When students come in and need information from a journal, newspapers or magazines they are directed to utilize Proquest. Being a small district we are not able to offer a wide varitey of articles so Proquest offers our district the content at a click of a mouse.
I do think proquest is somewhat overwhelming. Students always want to use the quickest way and trying to have them use the advanced search makes them have to think more indepth and sometimes outside the box! They just want an answer immediately and at their fingertips.They will be glad when furthing their education that Proquest is available to them!
Do not see elementary using this site.
You are so right, Katie--ProQuest is NOT for elementary! You are also right that students want the quickest way, no matter how rotten the results. :) We hope you & your staff can show them the benefits of real research in authoritative sources like this. I think the "Suggested Topics" box is very helpful for honing one's topic, and hope you & your students find it so, too. Thanks for your comments.
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