Just a Mouse Click Away

Just a Mouse Click Away
An Internet Hotlist on Reference & Research

created by Vicky Reed
San Diego County Office of Education

Introduction
Why not also use the power of the Internet to do research and reference searches... The links below will get you started.
Who's the link for: T=Teacher, P=Primary, I=Intermidiate, J=Junior High or Middle School, H=High School

The Internet Resources

Reference

Calisphere - The new revamped version of access to UC's archives. This free web site offers educators, students, and the public access to more than 150,000 images, documents, and other primary source materials from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses and cultural heritage organizations across California. T P I J H http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu
Dictionary Link - A pethoria of free online dictionaries including legal, medical, childrensm computer, internet, other languages, and more. Also includes translation services, thesaurus, crossword solvers, word of the day & encyclopedia links. You'll find it all here! T P I J H http://www.dictionarylink.com
Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Includes Citation Formats for Elementary Students and APA & MLA. T P I J H http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy Schrock's Ready Reference and Library-Related Resources - Arranged A-Z a good basic list. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/referenc.html
Library Spot - A plethora of resources including links to: an extensive Reference Desk, Libraries Online, Film Libraries, Gov't Libraries, Image Libraries, Medical Libraries, Library Site of the Month, Reference Site of the Month and much more... T J H http://www.libraryspot.com/

Research

So you have to do a Research Project... - This incredibly well done sight has it all... including, Four research models plus help with: Organizing your thoughts, Online Reference tools, Libraries online, Internet sites, Evaluating Internet Sites, putting your information together & Evaluating Your Work. T I J H http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
Using the Big Six to Harness the Internet - STUDENTS NEED HELP IN ORGANIZING INFORMATION the Big 6 could be the answer... How can one deal with the amount of information? How can we train young people to sift and sort through what is important and what is not? Teach them a strategy for searching, using and evaluating information on the World Wide Web. T I J H http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/alta/big6/default.ht

Project Ideas

Resources and Ideas for Using Biographies in the Classroom - A great set of links on Kathleen Krull's Web Site that lend themselves to biography projects. T http://www.kathleenkrull.com/bio38.html

Digging Deeper

Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources - Here is a checklist for evaluating web resources. This site has an excellent bibliography of other internet and print resources on evaluating web resources. Plus a bibliography of web sites you can use to help with citing Internet resources. T J H http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/researchguides/webeval.php
Kathy Schrock's Guide Critical Evaluation - a series of evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. Many links, very thorough! T P I J H http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Other Hot Lists

Oh Boy! Children's Books - Looking for sites on Children's Books. Well you've come to the right place. You will find a plethora of links to information related to Children's Literature (both general and specific), Authors & Illustrators, Book Reviews, and a link to Oral Storytelling & Folklore sites. T http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listchildrens13.html
Storytelling and Folklore Links - I've put together a 'hot list' of storytelling & folklore sites. Make sure you visit Story Arts Online, an extraodinary site that is both visually beautiful and teacher friendly, that contains very short easy to print short fables and stories. T P I J H http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/liststorytelvi.html

Content by Vicky Reed, vreed@sdcoe.k12.ca.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listreferencvi.html
Last revised Fri Feb 26 18:45:05 US/Pacific 2010