Research+Skills

 =**Evaluating Sources** =

Web Site Evaluation Tools - these sites provide a variety of activities for students to learn how to evaluate web resources in terms of relevancy, suitability, authority, objectivity and currency.

1. **WebQuest** about Evaluating Web Sites created by Joyce Valenza, Librarians at Springfield Township High School. This offers a wide variety of websites for the students to evaluate in different subject areas. []

2. **Evaluating Web Sites** activity created by Lesly University in Cambridge, Mass. Criteria for the Classroom Trying to sort our the gems from the junk on the Internet? [|www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html]

[|**http://noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/6assess/aded.html**]
 * 3. Deconstructing a web site Activity created by Debbie Abilock for Noodletools**

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 * 4. Evaluating Web Page Tutorial and Exercise from Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University**

=**Information Literacy** **Skills**= American Association of School Librarians Information Literacy Standards





"Guiding the Gifted to Honest Work" __Duke Gifted Letter__ Volume 9 / Issue 1 / Fall 2008 []

21st Century Literacies []

=Documenting Skills=

What is Plagiarism? Take the Plagiarism Quiz. []

Defines Plagiarism and offers an interactive Self Test []

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[]  =[|NoodleTools]= Provides innovative software that teaches students and supports teachers and librarians throughout the entire research process. Search intelligently; Assess the quality of results; Record, organize and synthesize information using online notecards; Format your bibliography in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian style There are many links from this site regarding notetaking and paraphrasing.

=Search Skills - search strategies= Kathy Schrock's Guide To Educators - collection of internet searching links Google Tips
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[|Choose the best search for your information need]

Database Research - JSTOR, SIRS, POWER LIBRARY

=Tips for Teachers=

How to Assess a Bibliography []

"Useful Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism "by Maryellen Hamalainen __Library Media Connection__, March 2007