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- Finding, not searching
- You can work smarter, not harder, by determining your searching style, learning more about what your searches return and why, and learning to look in the right place first.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Tools of the trade for information seekers
- A guide to understanding and using search engines, directories, and the invisible web.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- How to identify search terms in an index
- Students will learn to use the index to determine if the source has information about a topic and, if so, how to find the information.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills)
- By April Wells, Christina Klonne, Jennifer Tuttle, and and Julie Bingham.
- From documents to digitization
- To design a research project using primary sources from the Web, you'll need to know what's out there and how to find it. This article explains what's available, why, and where.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Information literacy: not just for students
- Good Internet research skills are important for teachers, too. This article provides an introduction to "information literacy" concepts and a list of references for teachers and media specialists.
- Format: article
- By Diane Kester.
Resources on the web
- Smokey Bear takes algebra
- In this lesson, from Illuminations, students learn about the many factors that play a role in creating a forest-fire danger rating index. They work with the Angstrom and Nesterov Indexes and explain the relationship between relative humidity and fire danger. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Roland Collection of Films and Videos on Art
- A catalog of images, video clips, and text information on art, art history, and history. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Roland Collection
- Vivisimo
- Vivisimo search tool returns hits categorized by subject allowing users to easily narrow their search and locate just the right site to meet their needs. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Vivisimo, Inc.
- LitSite Alaska
- Creative and respectful reading and writing strategies and samples of student work useful for literacy instruction in any content area. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: University of Alaska Anchorage
- African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- An online collection of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- The Classical Music Archives
- A collection of over 30,000 musical files to listen to or download as well as biographical information and works lists for major composers. Many of the services are free on this website. A subscription fee offers enhanced services. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Classical Archives LLC
- Center for History of Physics
- Online exhibits of famous physicists, an image collection, and oral history resources strong in the areas of quantum physics, nuclear physics, modern astrophysics, solid state physics, laser science, modern multi-institutional collaborations in high-energy... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: American Institute of Physics
- NCDC Climate Monitoring
- "NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology which is co-located at NCDC in Asheville, North... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: National Climatic Data Center and NOAA
- KidsClick!
- Search the Internet using this tool designed for kids. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Ramapo Catskill Library System
