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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Institute Edition: Lesson 4--ChiltonLibrary, Mango Languages and TumblebookLibrary

This week we’ll spend some time in the SD State Library’s newest databases, ChiltonLibrary for automotive repair, Mango Languages for language learning and TumblebookLibrary for young readers. All of these are available directly at libraries, schools and college campuses and at home with barcode and password. This lesson is broken into three parts, one section for ChiltonLibrary, one for Mango Languages and one for TumblebookLibrary. Please do Discovery Exercises for all three and see what you can find! 

 Discovery Exercise assignment for Institute participants, please choose, explore and report on any 2 questions for each of the databases (2 for Chilton, 2 for Mango, 2 for TumblebookLibrary). Email your responses to Jane Healy. Please put CHALLENGE--LESSON (and the lesson number) in your subject line. Please put the question number before your response.
ChiltonLibrary

The authoritative Chilton’s Auto Repair Manuals on many library shelves are now available online, with monthly updates. It contains thousands of domestic and imported car, truck, van and SUV models from 1940-present and includes repair, maintenance and specification tables, diagrams and recall notices. For more information, see the ChiltonLibrary Web site and this fact sheet. ChiltonLibrary provides short video tutorials on accessing bulletins, recalls and maintenance schedules, navigating the repair manuals and selecting a vehicle.

Basic Discovery Exercise
All the resources are linked on the State Library homepage and can be accessed via this alphabetical list:
1. Look up the maintenance schedule for your vehicle. View the whole chart and list 3 things that should be done at 30,000 miles.

2. What was the most recent Technical Service Bulletin or Recall notice on your car about and when was it issued?

3. Click to the Repair tab and note some of the information about brakes for your car.

Advanced Discovery Exercise

1. Your neighbor needs to replace the steering wheel on his 1982 Jeep Cherokee. He thinks he can do it himself, but he’d like to see some videos before he gets started. How can you help him?

2. What is the Transmission transaxle part name/number for a 1989 Geo Prizm with 3 speed automatic transmission?

Mango Languages

Mango Languages offers courses in more than 60 languages, including Pirate, to allow users to learn, listen and speak their chosen languages. Courses for English learners begin in the student’s native language and teach English. The courses focus on four key areas of language learning: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and culture. See this FAQ for more information.

Basic Discovery Exercise

1. Try out a lesson. How helpful would this program be to help you learn a language? What did you like? What didn't you like? Why?

2. A Vietnamese student would like to improve her English. You do not know Vietnamese. Describe how Mango Languages can help her.

Advanced Discovery Exercise

1. A Christian seminary student is struggling to learn the languages of Old and New Testament times. What would you show this student to help?

TumblebookLibrary

TumblebookLibrary contains animated talking picture books, short videos, and chapter books, fiction and non-fiction, for grades K-3. Lexile and AR reading levels and grade levels are provided, as well as books in several non-English languages. Puzzles and games enrich some of the books. 

Basic Discovery Exercise

All the resources are linked on the State Library homepage and can be accessed via this alphabetical list.

1. Choose a story book, chapter book, or nonfiction book. Try it out! Listen to it being read, turn the pages etc. Report your impressions of this e-resource.

2. Try out a video, puzzle or game and report your impressions.

3. To whom will you promote this e-resource?

Advanced Discovery Exercise

1. Alex, a 3rd grader, has read every mystery in the library. Use TumblebookLibrary to find titles Alex hasn't read. Describe the process and your recommendations in your report.

2. You are preparing for a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) story time for school-age kids, connecting a fiction book with a science activity. You would like to offer some ebooks as enrichment. What TumblebookLibrary fiction books would you recommend?



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