New EBSCO Search Features, K-12

http://search.ebscohost.com
The online databases were upgraded this summer that can have quite an impact on how your students learn. Reluctant readers or young readers tackling difficult text can use the read-aloud feature; research skills are easier to teach with the search strategy tracker; critical thinking can be enhanced when students are referred to relevant, related pieces of information. Search all the online databases with Com Cat, http://comcat-agent.auto-graphics.com. New features include:
• text-to-speech full-text articles
• text translation to 33 languages
• limiters and date slider
• search tools for related information
• breadcrumbs for tracking search strategy
• when viewing an article, you can see the table of contents for that issue and go to other issues of that magazine
• results are sorted by relevance in default mode
• phrase searching is W5 so it's with 5 words of each other rather than side by side