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RESEARCH & WRITING TOOLS
A
Guide for Writing Research Papers based on MLA documentation. Provides
information ranging from "Getting Started" to "Taking Notes"
to using outlines and citing sources.
Cyberlibrarian's
Rest Stop contains helpful tools for the web searcher, research on
virtual library collections, web searching methodogies and a collection
of resources for keeping current with Web-Based resources.
Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster Online
Duke
University's Research Guide: Choosing a Topic, Finding Background
Information, Refining a Topic, Selecting Resources, Searching for Information,
Evaluating Resources, Citing Sources & Avoiding Plagiarism
Find
a Public School: Use this map to locate and get information about
any of the approximately 92,000 public schools from our 1999-2000 school
year data base. Get its address, find out how many students attend, and
learn other school characteristics.
Four
NETS for Better Searching
High
School Hub: Scroll down the page to find the "Reference Collection"
An
excellent information
literacy article and resources by Kathy Schrock, publicized by the
George Lucas Educational Foundation
Kids
Klick: Web Search for Kids by Librarians
Librarian's
Index to the Internet
Library
of Congress: In addition to its primary mission of serving the research
needs of the U.S. Congress, the Library of Congress serves all Americans
through its popular Web site and in its 22 reading rooms on Capitol Hill.
Doing research? Use the services and tools created by expert staff to
help meet your needs.
National
Center for Education Statistics: the primary federal entity for collecting
and analyzing education-related data for the U.S. and other nations.
NoodleBib:
If your students do research on the Web, then this site will be a help
for them AND for you! NoodleBib is a subscription service that simplifies
the process of creating and editing MLA-style bibliographies. Other NoodleTools
include the NoodleQuest
search engine and NoodleLinks,
a database of academic bibliographies.
NoteStar:
Designed for 4th thru 12th grade students, NoteStar assists in taking
notes from online sources. Using the NoteStar NoteCards tool, students
can take notes from online sources as they browse the Internet. Source
information (i.e. title, url, etc.) is automatically captured in
order to assist in work citation. Once their notes are gathered, students
may then organize their notes to suit their project's goals.
Check the plagiarism.org
website for links to articles that deal with plagiarism issues. More
information and other services can be found at the sites below:
- Educational Cyber-Playground: Catching Digital Cheaters
- Glatt Plagiarism Services
- How Not to Plagiarize from the University of Toronto
- MyDropBox (subscription service)
- Plagiarism Theme Page (Links)
- Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
- Turn It In
- A Statement on Plagiarism (including several sample texts for evaluation)
RefDesk:
Links to lots of resources
Research
It!: The iTools original, Research-It! brings you several language
tools like dictionaries and translation tools, biographical and quotation
resources, maps, stock quotes ... the list is long, go have a look for
yourself!
Seven
Step Toward Better Searching
