Wrap up week!

For the final week of the Invitational, I took a look at EbscoHost Mobile.  I did not know that there was a way to get access to MARVEL databases on a handheld device.  Right now I'm at work and don't have time to investigate how this works exactly, but I'm putting it on my to-do list because I think it would be great to be able to access these resources on a tablet or cell phone.  I also looked at Windows on Maine, another database that was new to me (well, there are still quite a few databases in that category).  This looked like it would be a very useful database for teachers because of all the videos on a variety of topics.

For me, the biggest discovery of all of the MARVEL resources was Learning Express.  I had no idea that it contained practice tests for professional certification exams.  This is really useful for my patrons (nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, allied health students, etc.).  I am going to show this database to my staff at the next staff meeting.  I am also going to show them EbscoHost eBook Collection.  Our library's website has a page which lists electronic resources available through the library and it has a link to the MARVEL databases.  I am going to break out some of the databases that I think are most useful to our patrons (LE, eBook, Academic Search Complete, ProQuest Newspapers).

This concludes my blogging for the Invitational.  Want to know why I named my blog "The Real Marvel"?  My middle (and birth) name is Marvel!