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Web Search Engines

Boolean Searching

Evaluating Web Resources
(from Ludke Library, Lesley Univ., Cambridge, MA)

Citing Sources (from Indiana University at Bloomington)

APA Fill-in-the blank form (.pdf file) Feinberg Library

Plagiarism:  How to Avoid It (from Indiana University at Bloomington)

COURSE RELATED RESEARCH INSTRUCTION

EDU580 
Spring 2008

Useful Starting Points:
GEM:  Gateway to 21st Century Skills

Webliography: Lesson Plans & Teaching Activities (from Curriculum Materials Committee of Education & Behavioral Sciences Section of Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)

Associations/Organizations

The Learning Page, American Memory Project, Library of Congress

Smithsonian Education:  Gateway to Smithsonian educational resources

Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia (Northeast Region)

The Education Arcade - an MIT/Univ.of Wisconsin partnership to develop educational games

Games for Change - support & resources for those using digital games for social change

Search Engines & Searching
Ten Principles for Web Searching

Google - one of the standards - Yahoo is also good

Clusty.com - clusters search results in categories (the public Vivissimo)

exalead - provides related topics and screen shots of pages in results lists; nice country search feature in Advanced

Kartoo - a visual search engine to try

ixquick - a meta search engine with a reputation for getting at "invisible" Web results

Search Engine Information:

Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Showdown are two well-known review sources

Boolean Logic - Combining terms in search strategies (from Univ. of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA)

The Deep or Invisible Web

Invisible Web: What it is, Why It Exists.... (from Univ. of California, Berkeley)

Social Networking Sites
Google Blog Search -  Google search for blog content only
Del.icio.us - social bookmarking service
Flickr: The Commons - good source of images and partner with Library of Congress
 

Internet Review Sources
Internet Scout Project - Archives , Librarians Index to the Internet , Teachers At Work:  Internet Tools for Teachers

Evaluating Web Sites Yourself

Evaluating Web Sites - a brief, illustrated guide
Evaluating Web Pages:  Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (from Univ. of California, Berkeley)

Library Databases for Education:
Education Research Complete (full-text)  How To Guide
ERIC via Feinberg & ERIC via U.S.Dept.of Education
Professional Development Collection (full-text)

Your Own Web Site:  Copyright Issues
Copyright for Educators

Research Tools
Zotero - Firefox based research tool
EndNote (bibliographic software to download from PSU IT web site)
Twine - beta only, registration waiting list!

This page created by:  
Carla Hendrix, hendrica@plattsburgh.edu
Last Updated:02/04/08