E-Books on EBSCOhost

I searched “France during World War II.” The books that came up were American Soldiers Overseas: The Global Military Presence and The Idiot’s Guide to American History. After these books were several random options, like Exploring New Orleans: A Family Guide and Junior Genreflecting: A Guide to Good Reads and Series Fiction for Children. I was disappointed with the options that were related to my search. When I saw all of the books that weren’t even a little bit connected to World War II or France I was ANNOYED. Still, I continued on, selecting American Soldiers Overseas, I opened the full ebook. The print was small. I clicked on the magnifying glass and the print did not get any larger. The one thing that I did like was that I could view the books table of contents without opening the whole book. Then again, opening the whole book didn’t take long. Next, I searched “constitution.” Since I was looking for information for students I went into the advanced search; this did not help me at all. On the side it said there were 185 books on the subject. Many were law books; not helpful in the classroom. Then I saw the constitution of the countries and the constitution of the Confederate States. This was a huge disappointment, I was not able to find any useful books. Also, if the books are only available to one person at a time, how many would I have to pick out for suggested student use? There are not enough options. Next, I went to the required advanced search: Nebraska. And the results were divided by publisher. As part of my research I am supposed to be looking as though students are doing a project on the west. Here are the first search results (THIS IS THE WORST): 1. Upside Down: Seasons Among the Nunamiut (this is a book about a tribe in Alaska, NOT THE WEST!); 2. Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy September 1939-March 1942 (What? I don’t know if this could be any more off topic.) 3. Playing for Their Nation: Baseball and the American Military During World War II (Baseball? Really?) ~Common Core~ I would use this site in class to teach students to eliminate all of the things that do not apply to our topic. Looking at the first descriptive words, what tells you that this can be eliminated as a possibility because it does not apply to our topic? I will not use this.