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Maine InfoNet/Marvel-This incredible resource is available at your fingertips. "A single search scans more than 2,500,000 unique titles and nearly 6 million items. Starting with 60 of the largest libraries in Maine, the system will eventually include more than 300 library collections." You'll be amazed at the information you will have access to.
Find a Libary in Maine at http://www.MaineLibraries.com/
Noodle Tools is a great site designed to help both students and adults with online research. Although portions of this site are only available through subscription, other great tools are free:
- NoodleLinks: Browse bibliographies written by researchers around the world on hundreds of topics.
- NoodleQuest: Develop the optimum Web-based search strategy, based on your research topic.
- Quick Cite: Quickly generate an MLA-style citation for a single source (simplified for younger students).
- Choose a Search Engine: Choose the best search engine for your information need.
Bibliographer 1.0- http://www.stanford.edu/~tristanh/bibliographer.html A great download that generates bibliographies for most entries. Free and easy to use.
Bartleby.com- Encyclopedia, thesaurus, dictionaries, quotations, verse, fiction, non-fiction: all online and for free. Quite a resource. There are some "pop-up ads" and advertisements built into the page.
Citation Machine
Easy Bib.com-Free on-line bibliography service.Quick Cite: Quickly generate an MLA-style citation for a single source (simplified for younger students).
Style Sheets for Citing Internet and Electronic Resources- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
Copyright Sites and Avoiding Plagiarism
Virtual Salt- Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
Is it Plagiarism?- A "yes" and "no" quiz for students as a basis for discussion.
Checking for Plagiarism?- Strategy: Go to a search engine and type in the phrase in question. You will get results on the Internet for the particular phrase.
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting- basic guidelines for writers. What you can and can't do.
Technology and Learning: Educators Guide and Quiz. Also a downloadable chart.Copyright and Citations: What Educators Need to Know
Copyright and Fair Use Sites: A great resource.
Copyright Resources
Copyright Tips for Teachers
Student Guidelines for Multimedia and Web Page Publishing
Education World: Applying Fair Use to New Technologies
Copyright with Cyber Bee
Fair Use Guidelines from PBSCopyright Presentations- http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/present.htm
US Copyright Office- http://www.copyright.gov/
Cyber Citizen- http://www.cybercitizenship.org/ Cyber Ethics
Be Web Aware- http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/default.aspx
Media Awareness Network- http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
InterLit Web Site- http://www.udel.edu/interlit/ A companion site for the Internet Literacy textbook by Fred T. Hofstetter. Useful resources as well as a great place to get an idea of what internet literacy encompasses.
Yahooligans Teachers' Guide on Internet Literacy- http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/litintro.html
Developing Critical Literacy Skills for the Internet- http://www.pwc.k12.nf.ca/internetliteracy/
Education World's collection of websites for teaching information literacy- http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites081.shtml
Internet Literacy Handbook- http://www.coe.int/t/e/integrated_projects/democracy/02_Activities/03_Internet_literacy/Internet_Literacy_Handbook/default.asp
Applying Big6 Skills for information literacy standards- http://www.surfline.ne.jp/janetm/big6info.htmActivities of Students on Information Literacy- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/k12project/infoliteracy.html
Quick- The Quality Information Checklist- Eight ways of checking information quality on a website.
The ABC's of Website Evaluation- Kathy Schrock has put together a lesson to use with students on learning to effectively evaluate websites.
Critical Evaluation Surveys- from Kathy Schrock
Register.com- Register your own name on the web or check to see the origin of a web page in question.
Evaluation Criteria- http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html A "to the point" check list of criteria with rationales.
Evaluating Web Pages from UC Berkeley- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html. More advanced with great questions to ask about every web page used for information.
Email suggestions and comments to karsenaultlmm@middlemaine.org
Research and Information Literacy