MAGNOLIA Training Resources
The Library Instructional Services Department actively works to promote the MAGNOLIA project through a series of workshops and training sessions. This page houses some of the materials (handouts, PowerPoint slides, web pages) used in our training sessions. Feel free to use them in your training sessions as well!
If you have questions about any of these resources or the library instruction program at MSU, please feel free to contact the Library Instructional Services Department at instruction@library.msstate.edu or (662) 325-0810.
Handouts and Presentations
Handouts- K-12 Database List
- Provides a description of MAGNOLIA databases for the K-12 community.
- Universities and Colleges Database List (pdf file--to be updated)
- Provides a listing of index and databases available to publicly funded Mississippi colleges and universities.
- New Ebsco Databases for MAGNOLIA (pdf file)
- Provides a description of the new databases added to MAGNOLIA in 2006.
- MAGNOLIA Overview
- Provides a general overview of the MAGNOLIA project in Mississippi.
- MAGNOLIA in the Middle School Classroom
- PowerPoint slides used for training.
- MAGNOLIA in the High School Classroom
- PowerPoint slides used for training.
- Expanding Classroom Options with MAGNOLIA Databases
- PowerPoint slides from the presentation at the 2005 Creating Futures Through Technology Conference.
Tutorials and Training Materials
- MSU Tutorials
- Middle Search Plus (Ebsco): Provides a short tutorial on Middle Search Plus. Requires FLASH plug-in.
- EBSCO
- Support Materials: Provides user guides (in several languages) and database title lists.
- Tutorials: Includes several FLASH tutorials for K-12, Public, and Academic Libraries, as well as tutorials on advanced searching options.
- Grolier Online
- First Search/OCLC
- Documentation: Provides a listing of freely available documentation, including guides to search strategies and multilingual guides.
- Guided Tour: provides a short, guided tour of the First Search interface.
Useful Web Pages
These web pages are often used during MAGNOLIA training.- MAGNOLIA Home Page
- MAGNOLIA K-12 Resource Page
- MegaResource School Librarian Workshop Series
- Educator's Desk Reference
- Mississippi K-12 Curriculum Frameworks
- Information Literacy (ACRL)
- Information Literacy (AASL)
Useful Bibliographies
- Developing Library Assignments: A Bibliography
- Explore our subject based bibliography on effective library assignments.
- Distance Education
- Coming soon!
- Library Anxiety
- Literature Reviews
- Select bibliography on the use of literature reviews and the role of the library.
