"Uses 'information adventures' to illustrate the best approaches to searching for information while developing ... aptitude for locating high quality resources."--Back cover.
Presents school librarians with background information on a variety of electronic and Internet media resources. Explains each resource in detail and provides tips for presenting it to students. Includes suggested class activities and worksheets designed to strengthen student understanding of the information available on the Internet.
A discussion of Web site evaluation, explaining how students can determine whether the information they are finding on a Web site is accurate and if it is going to be right for their research needs. Includes exercises, checklists, and illustrations.
A guide to using the Google search engine that explains how to perform a wide variety of tasks using Google and offers tips and tools to help people search for answers faster.
Provides ideas, techniques, and resources to effectively search the internet and is intended for librarians, teachers, students, writers, and professionals.
Presents a comprehensive program based on the nmemonic acronym RADCAB designed to help upper-elementary and middle school students think critically about information found on the Internet.
Presents descriptions of over four hundred educational Internet sites, grouped in eleven categories, including the arts, education, foreign languages, math, sciences, and social studies/social sciences. Includes a companion CD-ROM.
