Well, I set up a site to let students search selected (quality) sites on the
Internet in 1998. It still exists here: http://www.virtuallrc.com . Maybe you
could take a look at it and then ask me any questions you would care to using the
contact form on the page?
The big question is : What sites should be selected? I decided to include only
sites previously recommended on the web pages of librarians, teachers and library
and educational consortia. In the last ten years, the Virtual Learning Resources
Center has grown to include tens of thousands of pages. The VLRC uses a variety of
technologies to access these pages. I’ll be glad to tell you how it is done if you
want.
Here is some more information from the Virtual LRC “About” page :
The mission of the Virtual Learning Resources Center is to index thousands of the
best academic information websites, selected by teachers and library professionals
worldwide, in order to provide to students and teachers current, valid information
for school and university academic projects!
The Virtual LRC is both a dedicated index of over 10,000 web pages maintained by a
real human being, as well as a meta-search engine that includes in its results
information gleaned from many of the best research portals and university and
public library Internet subject guides recommended by teachers and librarians.
The VLRC includes selected sites in a growing list of subject/information areas
including: full-text magazines, newspapers, electronic text archives, art history,
biography, biology, career information, psychology, history, government
information, literature, medical information, social sciences, legal information,
American Civil War, Art, Careers, Crime, Directories, Economics, Education, English
Language, Electronic Texts, Foreign Languages, Geography, Genealogy, Government
Information,Health/Medical, History, Legal Information, Lesson Plans, Literature,
Mathematics, Music, Reference, Science, Technology, Tutorials on the Web, and
Writing Style Guides.
The Virtual LRC is actually a suite of three databases. In addition to the main
index/browser/subject guide, there is also VLRC MagBot, full-text magazine
reference and research site offering free hot-topic magazine and journal articles,
and VLRC Alphamarks, the subject-classified bookmarks of the Virtual Learning
Resources Center. Both VLRC MagBot and VLRC Alphamarks are indexed through the main
VLRC index/meta search engine/web directory. These three in combination offer a
powerful technology to help users find the most relevant information for their
academic needs.
A special new feature is that on every search results page users have the option to
extend their search by using the Gigablast search engine to query additional
selected sites recommended by teachers and librarians world-wide.
The Virtual LRC, a completely free, non-commercial resource, is the creation of Dr.
Michael Bell, former state chair of the Texas Association of School Librarians. The
Virtual LRC is in a constant state of revision. Please contact us using the email
form accessible on the main page, and feel free to recommend specific additions to
the site, or more general improvements that you feel would help make the VLRC even
more facilitative of student information needs.
Enjoy!
Dr. Michael Bell
Hope this helps you!
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Bell
Former Chair, Texas Association of School Librarians
drmichaelbell@hotmail.com
Retired school and university librarian
webmaster at http://www.virtuallrc.com
webmaster at http://magbot.virtuallrc.com
webmaster at http://alphamarks.virtuallrc.com
webmaster at http://www.academicindex.net
You wrote:
> I've read a couple of things about the use of a research wiki to locate all
> that great info that the students might need for their research. Does
> anybody have any recommendations for setting up a research wiki. Things I
> should avoid? Things I should be cautious of? Things I should absolutely
> include? Any examples you'd like to share?
>
> Dylan Thomarie
> Library Media Specialist
> Johnstown High School
> Johnstown, NY
> dthomarie@gjsd.k12.ny.us
>
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