Proquest is a useful tool for finding articles that give an opinion. I think it is too complicated for elementary students, but Middle and High school might find it helpful in getting a wide variety of points of view. I looked up heart health and most of the periodicals were very technical. I narrowed my search to medical robotics and found some interesting articles on surgery using robotics. Technology of robotics has lessen hospital stays and doesn't require big incisions like typical surgeries. The tool for making the selection more specific is great. It allowed me to narrow down the topics and I easily found what I was looking for.
I played around with publications and located some magazines on libraries. I created RSS feed on one magazine called Teacher Librarian. All in all, I like Proquest and will use it to scan articles of interest.
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Great observations, Mrs. Thompson! Yes, indeed, ProQuest is best for high school through adults. We like it as an all-purpose resource for general, popular, and scholarly full-text articles. As you discovered, it's a good resource for professional reading, as it is often difficult to get ahold of those articles elsewhere. I'm glad you found something useful there.
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