Learning Objectives

• Find ISearch on the INFOhio website.
• Explore the ISearch interface and understand which content collections are available in ISearch.
• Develop good search strategies.
• Use the tabs to find the right content for your students.
• Use the limiters to get the results you want.
• Identify best practices for using ISearch in the classroom.

Finding Content for Your Students on a Topic

Now that you have learned about how to access ISearch, search for items, use the limiters, and save items, practice using your skills by completing the following exercise:

1. Think about an upcoming lesson or unit you plan to teach for which you'd like to have students learn about a topic using a variety of media.
2. Go to www.infohio.org, make sure you are logged into the INFOhio website as your school or district, and find ISearch.
3. Type one or two keywords related to your topic in the ISearch search box.
4. Explore the results under each of the tabs. Try to find at least 3 of the following kinds of resources: book, video, encyclopedia article, magazine article, newspaper article, primary source document, scholarly journal article.
5. Expand the subject limiters on the tabs. Find at least one new search term related to your topic that you can try as a new search at another time.
6. Apply a limiter on at least one of the tabs to narrow your results.
7. Save at least one item using the My Lists feature, the Google Classroom tool, or a permalink.