Special+Reference+Topics

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[|Internet Tutorials: Boolean Searching on the Internet] This site gives good information on narrowing your internet search results. The site even has graphic representations of the different ways to use OR, AND, and NOT to reduce your search results.======

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[|Video: Web Search Strategies in Plain English] Check out this great video on web searching! This video does an awesome job of illustrating how web searches work and how you can change the way that you search the web in order to narrow your results and find the information that you need.======

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This is a great search engine for students to use. It is especially helpful when students are just learning to evaluate if a website is reliable or not. This search engine only returns results from websites that end in ".edu" or ".gov"======

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[|Instructional Media Center Research Guides] This site gives another rubric for evaluating websites. Click on the fourth link down on the main page to access the rubric.
 *  [|CyberGuide Ratings for Web Evaluation] This site contains website contains rubrics for evaluating a website's design and its content. These are a little higher level and would be more approriate for teachers and older students. However, there is a link to a rubric that is perfect for elementary students! It is further down the main page and is called "Website Investigator".  **======



**Citing Electronic Resources**

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 * [| Son of Citation Machine] This site makes citing your sources easy as pie! Just select the type of resource that you are using, then type in the information and citation machine will create the proper citation for you! **======

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This website gives you information about using the FINDS model to conduct your research. There are even worksheets and task charts provided for you to print and fill in during your research. This is my favorite research model to use because it lays out your research path for you. Makes reports and projects easy!======