Like to begin your research with the internet sites? with Wikipedia? See this video:
Why is it so important for students to learn to use reliable information sources:
1. Read this article on this 2 year study: GoodEducation 2. All our information is a curse -without databases! - Just as Borges predicted in his "Library of Babel" having all the information in the world at your disposal (a.k.a. Search Engines -Google, etc.) appears great at first but it is ultimately a curse if you do not have a reliable source or method for knowing what information is true and what is invalid. This presentation also contains great ideas and resources for researching:Teaching the Ten Steps to Better Web ResearchView more presentations from SweetSearch Keyword & Boolean Tips for using databases & search engines: 1. Tips on researching and How to research the Deep Web orhidden web -were most of the information on the Web is located: http://www.internettutorials.net/ 2. Explain Boolean with the easy to follow Boolean Machine: KathySchrock 3. A good website for teaching how Boolean terms effect searching: http://www.boolify.org/ 4. Compare and view search results by their opposing points : gleancomparisonsearch
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Fact vs. Opinion:
1. Great interactive slide show: phschool.com Taking Notes: 1. Great video on Plagiarism: CommonCraft 2. Word for Word or Paraphrasing? - video: Brainpop 3. How to use Evernote - take & share notes: Evernote Citing Sources:
Need to have citations? -Let citation makers build it for you: A. http://citationmachine.net/ B. http://www.easybib.com/ Organize your Research:
1. Bookmarking or keeping track and sharing the best finds during research: http://www.pearltrees.com/ 2. With this site you can highlight sentences and write notes for pages or sites you bookmark : www.diigo.com 3. 7 tools to choose from: Freetech4teachers Powerpoint on:
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Primary vs. Seconary Resources:
1. Great interactive slide show for students: phschool.com
2.. Great website to introduce this topic with a quiz as well: UCBerkeley
3. Exercise in identifying & analyzing primary resources -with good definition & LibraryOfCongress archives for using: LOC
Free & Reliable Resources & Databases :
1. Listed by topic and already evalutated by librarians!:http://www.learningcommons.org/students/library/wa_resources.php
2. Ask a librarian (a real life librarian) and use the resources: databases, etc.: http://www.ipl.org/
3. Free search engine maintained by educators: http://www.sweetsearch.com/
4. Free database created by librarians for Middle Schoolers: http://infotopia.info/
5. Free database creaed by librarians for High Schoolers: http://virtuallrc.com/
6. Primary Resources - over 15 listed!!!: infotopia
7. Middle School resources: Kidtopia.com
8. Curation is the new search tool -read the article with several links to resources: neverendingsearch
9. Scholoarly Database: http://infomine.ucr.edu/
10. A database maintained by a librarian: http://www.digital-librarian.com/
11.. Search for images, news, websites by use of this image-search: Oolone visual search
Now that you have researched in the most reliable sources you may continue your search on questionably reliable sources: See Below
1. Great interactive slide show for students: phschool.com
2.. Great website to introduce this topic with a quiz as well: UCBerkeley
3. Exercise in identifying & analyzing primary resources -with good definition & LibraryOfCongress archives for using: LOC
Free & Reliable Resources & Databases :
1. Listed by topic and already evalutated by librarians!:http://www.learningcommons.org/students/library/wa_resources.php
2. Ask a librarian (a real life librarian) and use the resources: databases, etc.: http://www.ipl.org/
3. Free search engine maintained by educators: http://www.sweetsearch.com/
4. Free database created by librarians for Middle Schoolers: http://infotopia.info/
5. Free database creaed by librarians for High Schoolers: http://virtuallrc.com/
6. Primary Resources - over 15 listed!!!: infotopia
7. Middle School resources: Kidtopia.com
8. Curation is the new search tool -read the article with several links to resources: neverendingsearch
9. Scholoarly Database: http://infomine.ucr.edu/
10. A database maintained by a librarian: http://www.digital-librarian.com/
11.. Search for images, news, websites by use of this image-search: Oolone visual search
Now that you have researched in the most reliable sources you may continue your search on questionably reliable sources: See Below
Wikipedia #1 Tip: You can check an author's credibility by going to recent revisions/changes and then click on their name/page and judge their trustworthiness for yourself!