Date of class: March 24, 2011, 10 am (Central Time)
Flyer: Word.doc
Class Link: Archive recording of class
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Presenter: Troy Anderson, a Customer Education Specialist at Gale/Cengage Learning for the last three years, is a graduate of Michigan State University’s school of Communication Arts and Sciences. He has always had a passion for reading, writing, and educating. He has been working with students for over 10 years and enjoys working with and educating individuals of all ages. Troy has a passion for people, an ambitious “make it work” attitude, and when working with customers his enthusiasm is infectious!
Description of class: Troy will cover the following topics.
Exploring Books and Authors
- Browsing by title
- Browsing by author
- Browsing by Genre
- Recommended Reading
- Creating your own Reading Room with Marked lists, Book lists, and Author lists
- Saving and sharing your searches
- Joining Reading Communities
Location of resource:
- Go to http://www.kslib.info/
- In yellow box, click "Explore Our Resources".
- First column, scroll down to "Books," click second resource, Books and Authors.
Handouts
Video tutorials
- When you don't know where to begin (4 minutes)
- When You Know a Book’s Title (2 minutes)
- When You Know an Author’s Name (3 minutes)
- When You’re Interested in a Particular Genre (3 minutes)
Related Web sites
- Books & Authors blog
- Read alike links offers links to Web sites for recommending books. If you like a specific title author or genre, we have a Web site that will recommend similar books.
