Mining the World Wide Web for Quality Resources
an LITC 2002 Pre-Conference Workshop
presented by Burton Callicott and Sheila Seaman from the College of Charleston's Robert Scott Small LibrarySearch Engine Selection
Internet Search Tips
General Search Engines
MetaSearch Engines
Speciality Search Engines
General Gateway/Directory Sites
"Invisible Web"
Education Only Search Engines
Evaluating Web Sources
Education Gateway Sites
Subject Specific SitesSciencesTutorials
Languages
Arts
Social Studies
English
Health
Homework
Lesson Plans
General
Plagiarism
Staying Current
Internet Addiction!Selecting A Search Engine
Nueva
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.htmlTop 10 Internet Search TipsFossick
http://fossick.com/Search Engine Colossus
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/General Search Engines
- Use phrase searching for multiple word phrases
- Use advanced searching mode whenever possible for more precise searching
- The Internet is case sensitive so use capital letters when they are appropriate.
- Use the most specific or esoteric words you can think of to describe your search.
- Use the command Control F or Edit (find in page) to search for a word within a long Web document
- Understand the difference between domains--.com, .org., .gov, .edu and limit your search to the best domain.
- Highlight and Cut and paste to save retyping text or to move text to a new document
- Use + to require a word in your search or – to eliminate a word from your search
- Change the word order or try new words if your search doesn’t bring you the desired results
- Ask a librarian for help/Use Subject Guides from CofC Library homepage
http://www.google.comFAST
http://www.alltheweb.comAltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/HotBot
http://www.hotbot.lycos.com/IxquickSpecialty Search Engines
http://www.ixquick.comQuery Server
http://www.queryserver.com/Vivisimo
http://vivisimo.com/MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.comMetor
http://www.metor.comDogpile
http://www.dogpile.comSearch Adobe PDFGeneral Gateway/Directory Sites
http://searchpdf.adobe.comImages
http://www.ditto.comCurrent News
http://www.moreover.comFindLaw - Legal Information
http://www.findlaw.comFinancialFind - Business and Financial Information
http://www.financialfind.comBioview - Science
http://www.biolinks.comGeosearch - Local Business Information
http://www.northernlight.com/geosearch.htmlGovernment Information
http://www.google.com/unclesamComparison Shopping
http://www.mysimon.comHumorSearch
http://humorsearch.comLibrarians Index to the Internet"Invisible Web"
http://lii.orgInfomine
http://infomine.ucr.eduOpen Directory
http://dmoz.orgArgus Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.netWWW Virtual Library
http://conbio.net/vl/database/Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/Invisible Web: What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguityEducation Only Search Engines
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.htmlInvisible Web Directory
http://invisible-web.net/Invisible Web Dot Com
http://www.invisibleweb.comDirect Search
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htmInternets
http://www.internets.com/IncyWincy
http://www.incywincy.com/Complete Planet
http://www.completeplanet.com/All AcademicEvaluating Web Sources
http://www.allacademic.comSearchEdu
http://www.searchedu.comAcademic Info
http://www.academicinfo.netPurely Academic
http://apollo.maths.tcd.ie/PA/Argos
http://argos.evansville.edu/Evaluating Web ResourcesEducation Gateway Sites
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htmThinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htmVirtual Salt - Evaluating Internet Research Sources
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htmKathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation of Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.htmlAwesome LibrarySubject Specific Sites
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/IASL: Links to Internet Resources for Kids
http://www.iasl-slo.org/kids.htmlKidsClicK!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/Ask Jeeves Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/The Gateway to Education Materials (GEM)
http://www.thegateway.org/ERIC: Resources for Teachers
http://www.ericsp.org/pages/resources/lessonplans.htmlFederal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.htmlEDSitement: The Best of the Humanities on the Web
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/50+ Great Web Sites for Parents & Kids (ALA)
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/50.htmlScienceTutorialsAskEric Lesson Plans: ScienceLanguages
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/ScienceCalculator City: a Web Resource for Mathematics, Algebra, Science, etc.
http://www.1728.com/Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/Frank Potter's Sceince Gems
http://www.sciencegems.com/School for Champions
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science.htmBioChem Links (by Schmidel & Wojcik)
http://biochemlinks.com/bclinks/bclinks.cfmHuman Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.htmlInternet BioED Project (Biology on the Net)
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/Sci_Ed/GeneralBiology/index.htmScience Update
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SU/index.htmlWWW Foreign Language ResourcesArts
http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.htmlFrench Lessons
http://www.frenchlesson.org/French Language Course Pages
http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/French Learning Website
http://www.kameleo.com/french/index.htmlLogos Multilingual Portal
http://www.logos.it/owa-wt/html_logos.home?lang=enWebspanol--Spanish language resources online
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6177/ArtLex Art DictionarySocial Studies
http://www.artlex.com/AskERIC Lesson Plans: Arts
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/ArtsSchoolNet: Learning Resources (Canada)
http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/browse_results.asp?SECTION=0&SUBJECT=2&LangID=1&SEARCH=index.aspCLN Community Learning Network
http://www.cln.org/subject_index.htmlEducation World—Arts and Humanities
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=1135Free Education: Art
http://www.free-ed.net/catalog/crsemain.asp?nC=6&nD=1&nO=0Educational Resources in English/Language Arts
http://www.cln.org/subjects/english.htmlEducation World—Language and Literature
http://www.education-world.com/lang_lit/English-Zone.com
http://english-zone.com/Teachnet.com Lesson Plans
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/lessons.html#artsKathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators—Performing Arts
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/lessons.html#artsOnline Schoolyard
http://www.onlineschoolyard.com/channel/locallinks.asp?lChannelID=347&lCategoryID=13522Lesson Plans Page—Art Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Art.htmK-12 World
http://www.k-12world.net/cy_curr_res.cfm@rtroom Doorway
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/Virtual Libraries—Humanities
http://vlib.org/Humanities.htmlMaking of AmericaEnglish
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ASkERIC Lesson Plans: Social Studies
http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_StudiesSchoolNet: Learning Resources (Canada)
http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/browse_results.asp?SECTION=0&SUBJECT=46&LangID=1&SEARCH=index.aspSocial Science Information Gateway
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/CLN Community Learning Network
http://www.cln.org/subject_index.htmlEducation World—Social Sciences
http://www.education-world.com/soc_sci/Schoolhouse—Social Studies
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.aspLesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/Social Studies Lesson Plans
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/education/k12/lessonplans/index.cfm#socialLesson Plans Page—Social Studies
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SS.htmK-12 WORLD—Social Studies
http://www.k-12world.net/cy_curr_res.cfmAmerican Memory—Learning Page
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/Alberta Education Website—English Language ArtsHealth
http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/english/AskERIC Lesson Plans—Language Arts
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_ArtsBartleby.com Greta Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/Business English Grammar, Vocabulary, Listening and Reading Exercises
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.htmlFree-Ed.net—English
http://www.free-ed.net/catalog/crsemain.asp?nC=6&nD=2&nO=0English Grammar Links for ESL Students
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~kpokoy1/grammar1.htmSelf Study Grammar Quizzes
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.htmlGuide to Grammar and Writing
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/Road to Success in Informal English
http://www.hakansenturk.com/esl/Hakan’s English Language Practice and Fun Pages
http://www.geocities.com/informalenglish/index2.htmlKathy Schrock’s Guide to Educators—Literature and Language
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.htmlGuide to Grammar and Style
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/Online English Grammar
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Outta Ray’s Head Literature
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/OWL Handouts
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.htmlBJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper—English
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjenglish.htmlESL Pronunciation
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/ESL/Pronunciation/Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.htmlLessons Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htmOnline Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/Learning English Online the LEO Lab
http://www.aec.ukans.edu/LEO/index.shtmlVOS (Voice of the Shuttle)—English Literature
http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/shuttle/eng-gen.htmlWelcome to K-12 World—Language Arts
http://www.k-12world.com/cy_curr_res.cfmAskEric Lesson Plans—HealthHomework
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/HealthAskEric Lesson Plans—Physical Education
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Physical_EducationCanadian Sport—The Centre
http://www.cdnsport.ca/PE Central
http://pe.central.vt.edu/Physical Education Lesson Plans for Everyone
http://www.sports-media.org/BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper—Health & PE
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjhealth.htmlHealth Information Page—University of Alberta Health Centre
http://www.ualberta.ca/HEALTHINFO/Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.govYahoo—Health
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Lycos Homework ZoneLesson Plans
http://www.lycoszone.com/homework.aspHelp with Homework
http://www.i55mall.com/kids/homeworkhelp.htmlHomework Help
http://about.com/homework/Homework Central
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/Home.htmlHomework Help
http://www.ccpl.org/ccl/cclkids/cclhomeworkhelp.htmlThe Lesson Plan PageGeneral
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.htmlAskEric Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtmlEducation World
http://www.educationworld.com/WebGEMSPlagiarism
http://www.fpsol.com/gems/webgems.htmlAbout.com
http://www.about.com/Awesome Lists
http://209.8.151.142/awesome.htmlDiscoveryKids.com
http://kids.discovery.com/Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/Kid’s Tools for Searching the Internet
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm700+ Great Sites: Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Web Sites for Kids and Adults Who Care About Them
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.htmlFun Things To Do
http://www.ccpl.org/ccl/cclkids/cclfunthings.htmlRecommended Books (Charleston County Library)
http://www.ccpl.org/ccl/cclkids/recbooks.htmlK-12 World
http://www.k-12world.net/Dr. Grammer's Plagiarism Page
http://www.drgrammar.org/plagiarism.shtmlInternet Paper Mills
http://www.coastal.edu/library/mills2.htmPlagiarized Dot Com
http://www.plagiarized.com/Pagiarism and the Web
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htmCut-and-Paste Plagiarism:Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htmUC Berkeley - Teaching Library InternetWorkshops
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Duke University - Finding Web Pages
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_www.htmU South Carolina - Beaufort - A Basic Tutorial on Searching the WebStaying Current
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.htmlSearch Engine ShowdownInternet Addiction
http://searchengineshowdown.com/Search IQ
http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.comInternet Addiction Guide
http://psychcentral.com/netaddiction/produced by Burton Callicott and Sheila Seaman 03.04.02