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    • Anderson, SueAngela
    • Baker, Michele
    • Bassett, Lyndsay
    • Beckman, Karissa
    • Bellows, Dani
    • Caldwell, Ashley
    • Charaba, Lisa
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    • McNealley, Joy
    • Miller, Lydia
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    Searching for information can be a daunting task.  For example, type "World War II" into the Google search box and it will report "about 160,000,000" links.  How do you know which are the best resources? 

    Use the resources here to help you find, evaluate and use the information you need:

    • Analyze Your Topic (pdf) 
    • Google Search Tips (pdf) 
    • Searching a Database
    • Evaluating Internet Sites 
    • Web Page Evaluation Checklist (pdf)
    • Librarians' Internet Index Subject directory
    • How Google Works Why didn't I think of that?
    • Google Web Search Features 
    • Clusty Clustered search 
    • Dogpile Pile o' search engines 
     
    Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources | Madonna Library
     
    Research Resources

     
     
     
    Quote Library lets you search for those famous words.

    Library research tools from the Oregon School Library Information System.  This is the best site for high school students!

    What is "Fair Use"?  Click here for a helpful Written tutorial.

    The Big Six A proven approach to information problem-solving.

    Research 101   A fantastic interactive tutorial from the University of Washington. It walks you through the process.

    Evaluating Web Sites   A great site from the University of California at Berkeley Library.  Follow these guidelines for effective online research.

    More tips on evaluating Web sites from Columbia University. 

    Tips to help improve your Google search   skills.  You'll love the results!

    UW Writing Guides   Also from the University of Washington.  Provides a wide variety of documents and resources.

     
     
    Image Search

    Remember, just because "it's on Google" doesn't mean that an image isn't protected by copyright.  If you have questions about the use of an image--or any information you find on the Internet--refer to the Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Center. 

    Here are some great sources for images:

    Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Over a million images, cartoons and pieces of art in a variety of digital formats.

    LIFE Photo Archive Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.

    Google Advanced Image Search A better way to find what you're looking for

    Picsearch "Innovating image search," claiming more than 2,000,000,000 pictures

    Pics4Learning Copyright-friendly images for education

    Wikimedia Commons A database of 2,779,662 media files you can use--just attribute the source

  • Evaluating Web Sites


    • Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkeley)
    • 5 Criteria for Evaluating Web pages (Cornell University)

     

     

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