Wednesday 8 May 2013

SIRS Renaissance

Bibliographic Information: SIRS Renaissance. http://ars.sirs.com/. ProQuest.

Plot Summary:SIRS Renaissance is a database geared towards the Arts and Humanities fields.  It provides access to more than 1,200 journals (domestic and international), magazines, and newspapers from 1983-present.  Topics covered by the database include architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts (ProQuest, n.d.).  


Critical Evaluation: N/A


Reader’s Annotation:  SIRS Renaissance provides access to searchable full-text articles, magazines and newspapers in the Arts and Humanities field.  


Information about the database: Content in SIRS is reliable, relevant, and age-appropriate, and indexed by Library of Congress subject headings.  Teachers are able to search for standards-aligned articles, and aggregate search results by Lexile scores which aids in their differentiation of instruction.  
 
Genre: Database


Curriculum Ties: This database can be used in any class in which research is conducted.


Booktalking ideas (one or two):N/A


Reading level/Interest age: Middle/High school grades


Challenge Issues: N/A

Why I included this database:  SIRS Renaissance focuses on the arts and humanities disciplines and provides access to journals, magazines, and newspaper articles.  This database also serves teachers, in that they are able to aggregate materials by Lexile level, which helps them differentiate their instruction.  


Resources:
ProQuest. (n.d.) Sirs Renaissance. Retrieved 7 May 2013 from

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