For those of you who provide some level of training on ProQuest products in your library or school, here is a list of some of the free resources that ProQuest provides on their web site.

One page to definitely look at is their Training Materials page located here: http://www.il.proquest.com/en-US/support/training/materials.shtml. The most useful thing from this page is probably the very first item listed, the ProQuest Platform User Guide, which covers the basic ProQuest search platform.

ProQuest provides a series of marketing toolkits for different types of libraries here: http://www.il.proquest.com/en-US/utilities/default.shtml.

For more specifically K-12 oriented materials, check out this page: http://www.il.proquest.com/en-US/utilities/toolkits/tk-schools.shtml which lists access guides, flyers, etc. for CultureGrams and eLibrary. Some of these, such as the “Resource Notices” document, have customizable versions that you can customize yourself, or it appears that ProQuest will do it for you, if you send them the needed logon information.

If you select the “Educator Tools” tab on the ProQuest K-12 site (www.proquestk12.com) you will also find lesson plans and curricular support materials for CultureGrams and eLibrary. Another page to check out is the K-12 training support page here: http://www.proquestk12.com/trainingsupport.shtml.

In Person and Online Training

If you are looking to schedule ProQuest training at your location, or a location near you, keep in mind that ProQuest is contractually committed to providing up to 30 days of in-person hands-on training in Washington annually. In addition, many online training opportunities are available.

ProQuest maintains two online training calendars, one for training in general, and one specifically for K-12 oriented training. Here are the links:

General online training: http://inter.viewcentral.com/events/cust/calendar.aspx?cid=proquest&pid=1&lid=1&tstamp=1238436876880&event_category3=main

K-12 training: http://inter.viewcentral.com/events/cust/calendar.aspx?cid=proquest&lid=3&p_event_category3=K12

To schedule in-person training, contact ProQuest’s local trainer. For K-12 training, contact the K-12 trainer. You will find contact information for both of them near the bottom of our ProQuest contacts web page: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/sdl/contacts.aspx.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Will Stuivenga [email protected] or 360.704.5217 or toll free: 1.866.538.4996.