[LM_NET] Hit: Middle School Research, internet sites

["Adame, Shiloh" <shiloh.adame@D300.ORG>]

Some of these suggestions are great!!! I was already going to teach Ebsco as it is 
our only subscription data base.

Here is where I posted the info that I presented to the kids!!!
http://sites.google.com/site/mrsadame/Home/8th-gr-science-fair





Original Query

Since it's a new year I thought I might pose the age old question again. I am 
gearing up to teach 8th graders some research strategies in our database, library 
and internet. (All in one class period ugh--) I usually direct them to clusty... 
any other great internet search engines you can suggest and WHY? I know that one 
suggestion is to teach them to properly use google which I may or may not do 
depending on time.



HITS



Have you checked out Haika  http://www.hakia.com  or Ujiko http://www.ujiko.com/ 
two very cool search engines...and different than others...



I usually do Boolean Search techniques with mine - so that they understand the 
difference between and, or , and  not.


Not necessarily search engines, but I direct my students to sites like EbscoHost 
and these sites.
http://www.ipl.org/
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=cfapps/gws/default.cfm
http://www.kidsclick.org/
http://lii.org/
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/
http://www.virtuallrc.com/


Have you used any of  Kathy's webwork
on this topic? Good question!
Check out the Schrock weblinks...
http://kathyschrock.net/eval/index.htm<https://webmail.mcpss.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kathyschrock.net/eval/index.htm>




Shiloh Adame
Westfield Community School
Library Director/6th Grade Study Skills
shiloh.adame@d300.org<mailto:shiloh.adame@d300.org>


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