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Learn about BadgerLink's best bet resources for elementary school students, with priority given to those highlighted on the Elementary Resource Guide. Discover ways to put these resources into practice in your classroom and effectively share them with your students and educators. (Updated October 2024)

Learn about BadgerLink's best bet resources for high school students, with priority given to those highlighted on the High School Resource Guide. Discover ways to put these resources into practice in your classroom and effectively share them with your students and educators. (Updated October 2024)

Learn about BadgerLink's best bet resources for middle school students, with priority given to those highlighted on the Middle School Resource Guide.  Discover ways to put these resources into practice in your classroom and effectively share them with your students and educators. (Updated 2/5/2024).

Do you work in a public library and don't know where to start with sharing BadgerLink resources with your library users? View this webinar to get started with the help of the Resource Guide for Public Libraries and prepare to be intrigued (but no longer overwhelmed) by all BadgerLink has to offer!

Learn how to use the Business Searching Interface, which searches Business Source Premier, Regional Business News and Newswires.

Learn how to search for articles from Consumer Reports magazine and buying guide (from 11-15-2022)

Learn how to search for articles in Consumer Reports Magazine

Learn about using Core Collections - Children's, Middle & Junior High, and Senior Collections

Learn how to access various reports in EBSCOadmin

Learn how to use EBSCO resources to find lesson plans that were published in popular education magazines

Learn how to find a publication title in most EBSCO resources

Watch to review EBSCO’s full-text databases for the at-home enthusias, Home Improvement Source, equipped with DIY information for a wide range of home improvement and repair projects, and Hobbies & Crafts Source which offers creative ideas and detailed how-to instructions for a variety of popular hobbies and crafts.

Explore the new EBSCOhost interface with upgraded subscriptions to Library & Information Science Source, the premier full-text database for studies in library and information science, and Education Source, a valuable full-text database covering all levels of education research. Basic and advanced search topics are covered including publication and thesauri search, employing search modes, limiters, and expanders, utilizing text-to-speech, language translation and the citation tool, creating journal alerts, search alerts, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize your research.

Learn how to utilize basic search within EBSCO resources.

Ever wonder if a magazine is available to view online through BadgerLink FOR FREE? Want to view the current edition of the National Geographic, The Atlantic, or Time Magazine without hitting a paywall? Learn the best tips and tricks to viewing magazine articles in BadgerLink resources from many popular publications.

This tutorial demonstrates the features of the new EBSCOhost user interface, as seen when using resources such as Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Complete, or Newspaper Source Plus.

Use this one-page flyer to learn how to use EBSCOhost resources with Google Classroom to share content with your students

Learn how to use Explora to find, save and distribute school library resources to your students using Google Classroom and Google Drive.

Learn how Elementary School users can search and browse the Explora interface, EBSCO’s search tool designed just for students in kindergarten through grade 5.

Learn how Middle and High School users can search and browse the Explora interface, EBSCO’s search tool designed just for students in secondary school.

View to explore the new Explora, EBSCO’s interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction. Looking for a particular journal, eBook, magazine, or newspaper? The new Publication Finder feature in BadgerLink resource, Explora for Everyone, is also highlighted to more easily find publications in BadgerLink’s EBSCO resources.

Learn how to search within Explora interface from EBSCO. 

Learn about using NoveList to find recommendations and book reviews of fiction books based on genre and terms of appeal (from 5-12-2020)

Find book recommendations and reviews of fiction titles for all ages based on genre and terms of appeal with BadgerLink resources, NoveList and NoveList K-8. (From 5-16-2023)

Learn about using NoveList K-8 to find recommendations and book reviews of fiction books for younger audiences (from 5-20-2020)

Learn how to find fiction books with diverse characters using NoveList and NoveList K-8

The video linked below provides an overview of Points of View Reference Center, an EBSCO database that presents multiple sides of an issue with a balance of rich content from all viewpoints. Points of View Reference Center can help students and patrons develop persuasive arguments, better understand controversial issues, and sharpen analytical thinking skills. Key features of the database are covered and research examples for K-12 schools, colleges and universities are showcased. 

Learn how to find primary sources in Newspapers.com Library Edition- World Collection & History Reference Center (created 9-27-2019, updated 11-2-2023)

Check out BadgerLink's best bet resources for K-12 English Language Arts, National History Day, Social Studies, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics through BadgerLink resource guides, newly updated for 2024. Each guide is highlighted as well as ways to put these resources into practice in your classroom and effectively share them with your students and educators. (From 3-12-2024)