Online Research Handbook

School Year

2014/2015

Created by:

Kimberly Cunningham

Computer Teacher, Wilkinson Middle School

Student Name:  

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Types of Research Resources

Common Web Domains

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The 5 Ws of Web Evaluation

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Search Tools for learners

 

 

Instagrok is a research tool that uses interactive concept maps to research and learn about any topic in any sub-ject. Results are presented as an inter-active visual interface, Quickly grasp main concepts, Aggregated facts and relation-

ships. http://www.instagrok.com

DuckDuckGo is a general purpose search engine that is intended to be the starting place when searching the Internet. Instant Answers Clustered Results Private Secure Searching

https://duckduckgo.com/

SweetSearch is a Search Engine for Students. It searches only the 35,000 Web sites approved by the staff of research experts and librarians and teachers on staff. Primary Source focused No spam site

http://www.sweetsearch.com/

Wolfram. | Alpha is an engine for com-puting answers and providing knowledge. It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions,

Tables/graphs  Instant Facts

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Busiesame

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Online Databases/References

Primary Source

http://www.si.edu/ 

http://www.loc.gov/ 

http://news.google.com/ 

http://www.archives.gov/ 

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Online Book Collections

http://www.gutenberg.org/ 

http://read.gov/ 

http://books.google.com/ 

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http://mel.org/ 

http://teens.mel.org/ 

MeL is the Michigan eLibrary, a 24/7 online library for Michigan residents. MeL Databases allow you instant access to full-text

articles from tens of thousands of magazines and newspapers. Databases are available for kids, adults, and on specialized topics such as car repair and practice tests.

MeLCat allows you to order books, audio books, mu-sic, movies and other materials and have them deliv-ered to your participating library.

MeL Michigana contains photographs, diaries, oral histories, local records and historical Michigan data.

MeL Gateways include specialized resources such as those in health, business and areas for kids and

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