What I liked best about all the information and options under the topic was the fact that if a PDF of an article isn't available, SIRS has still provided a color copy of any accompanying graph, charts, or tables. I was also intrigued by the fact that they give a file size for each article. My computer doesn't play nicely with Quicktime so I didn't get to listen to the Audio MP3 of the article - bummer! The Timeline feature under Research Tools was very in depth. One of the features of Issue Researcher I find the most helpful is the Pro/Con box with pre-selected articles for both sides.
Curriculum Pathfinders - I chose Language Arts and what I liked right away was the tag cloud of possible/popular research topics. The Lord of the Flies interactive game was...different....I also like the list of related subject terms linked to each article description. Most of the articles were at a fairly high Lexile level.
All in all, I liked the experience of exploring Issues Researcher better than yesterday's experience of Discoverer.
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Hey, library chick! Thanks for sharing your LA experiences & photos. A little digression is good. SIRS Issues Researcher gets current topics up quite quickly. You have noticed a lot of the great features of SIRS IR. Teachers like the "My Analysis" & "Note Organizer" research tools, in addition to points you already mentioned. Another plus is this is a place to find non-blocked material about controversial topics. Thanks for your comments!
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