Find Web Resources: Additional Resources

Search Engine Information

More than you ever wanted to know about search engines can be found at Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Meta Search Engines. (2004) Teaching Library Internet Workshops, UC Berkeley.http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html

Sherman, Chris. (2005)  Metacrawlers and Metasearch Engines.  SearchEngineWatch  http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156241

Search Engines

Here is a list of Search Engines, including some for children.

Language Center Search page has a good list of search engines, meta-search engines, and search engines in other languages -   http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/index.php?page=links_search

Website Evaluation

Evaluating Web-based Resources: A Practical Perspective  http://www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrarian/elibraries/eval.html

Ten C's For Evaluating Internet Sources  http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/tencs.html

Information Literacy and the Internet  http://205.146.39.13/linktuts/intelit.htm

ICYouSee: T is for Thinking  http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html

WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation  http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html

Evaluate Web Pages - checklists for a number of different kinds of webpage content http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659

Citing Web Resources and Copyright Concerns

Fair Use Analysis Tool   http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/checklist.phtml

Copyright Crash Course  http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

QuickStudy: Library Research Guide, University of Minnesota
http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=10&lessonID=38
Lesson 5 - on electronic resources.  Also Lessons 7 and 8 on APA and MLA style specifically.

NoodleBib MLA Starter (for Grades 1-5) http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/starter.php
Check out the rest of the Noodle Tools, also!

Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web MLA Style Manual
http://www.mla.org/publications/style/style_faq/style_faq4

Electronic References. APA Online http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

How to Cite Internet Resources.  (2000)  Learn to Link Professional Development  <http://205.146.39.13/linktuts/bgcite.htm

Columbia Guide to Online Style http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
This Guide puts the citation basics for electronic resourses for two styles - "humanities" and "scientific".

Citing Internet Sources. Connected Newletter
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml