SIRS

I haven't used SIRS at all up until now. In Discoverer I looked up zebras and found a good collection of articles from magazines and books. They are clearly marked as to reading level and whether graphics are present or not. The citations are easily found at the bottom of the article but I did notice that if I clicked on the PDF there wasn't a citation included, at least I didn't see it on my screen.

I looked up Moldova in "Country Facts" and the maps. There was lots of good information included.

I picked the 2012 election from the leading subject list. There is a good variety of sources to choose from and they are easily sorted if you want to look at only one type. They also included good summaries and the citation was easily found. I liked the graphics/media category that even included some political cartoons. The citations included some from this weeks newspapers.

I looked at a few subjects under "Curriculum Pathfinders". History under Social Studies includes primary resources, government documents and web sites. One way to narrow the matches is to click on a subject included with the citation.