DRAFTEstrella Mountain Community College Library is a fantastic resource for students, staff, and faculty, but it can also be daunting.  Library faculty and staff are here to help you overcome your research hesitancy or just find something to engage your curiosity.Library physical items, including humans that serve as your personal guides, are located in Estrella Hall.  A wealth of material is also online at library.estrellamountain.edu, including research databases, How To guides, and Ask A Librarian 24/7 online chat.This resource will help remove some of the (stumbling blocks?) to accessing library resources. (add graphic of barrier coming down??)**cover photo from EMCC stock of Estrella hall 

A network of online databases provides essential information for researchers in molecular biology. These databases give researchers quick access to current information on genes, proteins, model organisms and publications. This module introduces students to the basic structure of databases and the process for submitting information to databases. Students use several of these databases to collect information on a yeast gene of their choice. This module is part on a semester-long introductory lab course, Investigations in Molecular Biology, at Boston College

With the expansion of huge and complex real time data that is wandering across the internet today, the dimensions of data transmitted are escalating exponentially with each passing years. This makes working with standard database systems or on personal computers difficult because of its inability to handle outsized, unstructured and complicated data. Various institutes stores and uses massive amounts of data which are further utilized for generating reports to guarantee stability regarding the services they proposes. However, the challenge is how to analyze, capture, share, store, transfer, visualize, query, update and finally manipulate an impressive volume of data that has to be delivered through the internet to reach its destination intact maintaining its information privacy. Almost all the applications developed using any programming languages requires some external component to store and access data. The components for the same could be a local network, a cloud file or even a database. While sources like the network and cloud file systems store the unstructured data, the structured data is usually stored in a typical Relational Database Management System or RDBMS. The RDBMS operates with relational data model using schema for storing data into tables and is usually queried with SQL (Structured Query Language) for data operations. Usually it’s a time consuming process to define, structure, distribute and access data from RDBMS through SQL and hence, an alternative was developed for this called the NoSQL ("Non SQL", "Non relational" or "Not only SQL") database. This edited book chapter provides NoSQL databases hands on and attention has been paid to various types of NoSQL databases focusing on the details such as installation, creation, modification and various updation of one database belonging to each type.

This lesson plan was created by Stefanie Green as part of the 2020 NDE ELA OER Project. This Research Kick-Off lesson plan is designed for senior-level students and would most effectively be taught in collaboration between an English teacher and a school librarian. The lesson will take approximately 80 minutes. View the Google Slides presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/y5nvtbfu

This project encourages students to delve into database research (this lesson plan uses CultureGrams and TrueFlix, but any database could be substituted).  Students will research a state, find facts and pay attention to syllables and rhythm so that their words fit into the song 12 Days of Christmas written by Frederic Austin.  Students will also search for images with Creative Common licenses as well as learn how to copy, paste, and format images (bring to front, etc).  

The ZooCoder virtual field trip is an exciting app that combines C#, SQLite databases, and Visual Studio Code within GitHub Codespaces. Its goal? To create a full-stack web application that displays feeding schedules for animals at the Como Zoo in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The app is available in two file formats: SCORM 1.2 and H5P.Import the SCORM or H5P file into your Learning Management System (LMS) to share the virtual field trip app with your students.