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Professional Development Workshop for Educators by Midge Frazel

Resources for educators learning about search tools and evaluation methods of online resources.
Locating and evaluating online information is a necessary 21st century skill for education, business and leisure.
What are YOU searching for?
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Subject Access Guide Specifically Created and Maintained for Educators

Subject Directories

Search Engines
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com

Yahoo is now a search engine
powered by Google
Google
http://www.google.com
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com
Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.com
About.com
http://about.com
Fast Search
http://www.alltheweb.com/
Interesting Subject Directory
StartSpot Network
http://www.startspot.com/network/
Meta Search Tools
Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
ixquick
http://www.ixquick.com
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com
Search.com
http://www.search.com
Digging Deeper: Learning about Boolean Search Terms
Rockwell Schrock's Excellent Boolean Machine
Boolean Searching on the Internet
Search Engine Math
Useful Search Tools
AltaVista Translation Service
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
AOL Search
http://search.aol.com/
Ask Jeeves
http://www.aj.com/
Beaucoup
http://www.beaucoup.com/
SearchAllInOne
http://www.searchallinone.com
WWW Virtual Library
http://www.vlib.org
Researchville
http://www.researchville.com/
Martindale's Reference Desk
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html
WebBrain
http://www.webbrain.com/html/default_win.html
PicSearch
http://www.picsearch.com/
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Resources for Further Learning
New! Four NETS for Better Searching
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
U of Albany: Second Generation Searching
http://library.albany.edu/internet/second.html
Internet Tutorials
http://library.albany.edu/internet/
Specialized Search Engines
Search Tools Chart
InFoPeople Project by Carole Leita
SEIR TEC Internet Search Tools
Quick Reference Guide
Introduction to Search Engines
Kansas City Public Library
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:
Search Engines, Tools and Metasearch Engines
SearchIQ
Links to specialty search engines
Bare Bones 101
How to Search the World Wide Web
A Tutorial for Beginners and Non-Experts

Cite Your Sites!
NY Times Lesson Plan Grades 6-8, 9-12
uses this article
Lessons in Internet Plagiarism

Finding It Online
Excellent tutorial on searching
The Mystery Solved
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide
/mystery/mystery1.html
Search Engine Watch
Best place to find out about
current trends in searching
Sink or Swim
classic resource for learning about searching
well organized and updated frequently
Questioning.org
Dr. McKenzie's Web resources for understanding the art of questioning
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Web Site Evaluation Resources
The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation
follow this Web resource guided by the instructor
What Makes a Web Site Good? (RL 4.3)
Boston Public Library's Kids Page: Using the Internet for School Reports
Evaluating Quality on the Net
Hope Tillman; Babson College
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
Esther Grassian; UCLA College Library
Evaluating Web Pages from Yahooligans!

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