ADM: How to get students to use books instead of Internet

[Kay Goss <fup001@MAIL.CONNECT.MORE.NET>]

I just had two history and two science classes through this morning to get
information.

One student intends to write his paper over Leonardo da Vinci.  He asked to
use my master computer station. When he told me what he was researching I
said "no."  I told him there were lots of books on da Vinci that he
could/should use.

We did have to use the internet to find certain products' R-value (as in
insulation)

A poignant example I heard given once at a workshop was after several hours
of internet searching a student was referred to a book as the best resource
on the Cuban Missile Crisis.  The author of the book had done 30 years of
research in writing the book.

How do you persuade students that often, especially for historical topics,
that a book is the BEST resource?  Do you limit the pages they can
printout--Do your teachers limit the electronic resources they can use--Do
you require that they search for books first?

I'd appreciate your words of wisdom on this one.   TIA




Kay Goss        fup001@mail.connect.more.net
Director, Library Media Services
Mansfield High School    #1 Rural School in Missouri
P. O. Box 107             1998 Gold Star School
Mansfield, Mo.  65704     Home of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Phone 417-924-4005

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