Library Resources

Accelerated Reader Lists

Web Page Evaluation

DESTINY Library Catalog
(On Campus)
DESTINY Library Catalog
(Off Campus)
RV Library Resources
Internet Search Engines
Clip Art
MS Curriculum/Depts
Copyright

Indexes

BadgerLink
(EBSCOHost Magazines)
(ProQuest Newspapers)
*You may need to use your Pub.
Library site to access these of
campus-- Have your Pub. Lib. Card
number ready to enter and access their ONLINE DATABASES

Dewey Decimal Sites

Do we really know Dewey?
Dewey Decimal System
Dewey Decimal System Webquest

Online Educational Games

FunBrain Games
Funschool Games and Activities
World Almanac for Kids
CyberKids
Dimdima Kids
Squigly's Playhouse
Brain Teasers
Kids Place Brain Teasers

Take AR Quiz
Check ARBook Level/Point value

Internet Searching Skills

1. Log on to Google
2. Use the My Plump Starfish Quickly Lowered Lincoln's Tie for better searching techniques.
3. Explore and complete the worksheet on the different options included in Google (Advanced search, Preferences, Language options, Images, Groups, Directory, etc.)
4.. Next, choose any other search engine or directory and using the above technique, explore this other search menu.

Web Page Evaluation Worksheet
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
How critical an observer are you? Learn how to evaluate information sources by doing the following exercise.
Pick 2 Web sites. You will have ten minutes to examine them.
After 10 minutes, we will ask you to tell the class about your evidence.
The main questions to keep in mind are:
-Would you use this Web site for a research paper? Why or why not?
Analyze the following sites:
Are these sites real or spoofs ? You decide.
California’s Velcro Crop Under Challenge
Medline Plus
Dangers of Bread
Conspiracy
CNN

Newbery Award Books

SearchQuest: A WebQuest About Search Tools

Women of Accomplishment:
An Internet Scavenger Hunt