Searching the Internet for Information

• Activity 1: Surfing Searching Safari
  • Subject Guide: Exploratorium
  • Directory: Yahoo.com
  • Search Engine: Google.com
  • Meta-Search Engine: Metacrawler.com
  • Alternative Search Tool: whitepages.com
• Activity 2: A Refined Search
  • CIESE Recommended Internet Search Tools

Selecting the Best Informational Resource

• Activity 3: Selecting the Best Informational Resource
  • Student Tutorial: Finding and Evaluating Websites
   

Related Searching Concepts

• Safe Searching
  • Internet Safety: CIESE list of resources for students and teachers
• Citing Internet Resources
  • How to cite this page

Week Six Online Evaluation Form

• Evaluation Form

Week Six Reinforcement Activity

• CIESE Recommended Internet Search Tools

Internet Searching Tools & Tutorials

• Yahoo!'s list of Search Engines (one for every topic)
• Learn the Net.com: Online Tutorials for Finding Information
• Wikipedia- To date, almost 6.5 million articles have been written in 250 languages. Click the Discussion tab to look at collaboration between authors.

Boolean Logic

• University at Albany Libraries: Boolean Searching the Internet
• Search Engine Watch
  • Search Engine Math
  • Search Engine Features for Searchers

Citing Internet Resources

• Various Guides
  • Columbia University Press's Guide (MLA & APA styles)
  • B. Davis Schwarz Memorial Library' Guide (APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, & AMA styles)
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide
• Plagiarism Resources
  • Articles
    • Article about plagiarism in a high school in Kansas & Follow-up story RECOMMENDED
    • "Plagiarism: IT-Enabled Tools for Deceit?" Great article published by the Syllabus Magazine.
    • Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
    • Plagiarism and the Web
  • Lessons & Guides
    • Plagiarized.com - an Instructor's Guide to Internet Plagiarism
    • An Antidote to Plagiarism - Lesson plan guiding student research
    • About.com's Lessons on Plagiarism
  • Online Plagiarism-detection tools
    • Turnitin.com
    • Essay Verification Engine

Internet Safety Information

• Searching Tools
  • Yahooligans
  • Ask Jeeves for Kids
  • Altavista with the Family Filter
  • Tekmom: Search Tools for students
    
• Resources
  • Internet Safety: CIESE list of resources for students and teachers
  • Parent's Guide to the Internet: Hosted by the US Department of Education
  • www.getnetwise.org: Tools for families offering ideas for Internet filters, setting time limits for students, etc.
  • Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids: Hosted by the American Library Association (ALA)
  • Safe Kids Home Page: "Tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive."

Additional Resources/Articles

• The Critical Difference Between Search Engines and Directories
• 4 steps to become a better searcher
• Understanding and Comparing Web Search Tools
• Web Search Engines FAQs: Questions, Answers, Issues: an article from Searcher Magazine with the latest information about searching the web

Internet Glossary

• PC Webopedia home page
• What is.com: Exhaustive list of technology-related topics
  • Internet Technology Terms
  • Internet Acronyms and Lingo
   

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