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AskA+ Locator :: http://www.vrd.org/locator/

This is a database of high-quality "AskA" services that was compiled by the Virtual Reference Desk. Using this site, you can find someone who is likely to be able to answer your question. You can search by keyword and grade level, by subject area, or by the name of the "AskA" service.

Citation Styles for Electronic Documents :: http://www.clpgh.org/research//compinternet/citations.html

This page has direct links to resources which will guide you through this sometimes confusing process.

Evaluating Internet Resources :: http://keithstanger.com/evalsite.htm

This is an entertaining website which profiles phony copies of websites alongside the original. Enjoy yourself while honing your website evaluation skills. Scroll back for other useful tips. Anyone want to research dehydrated water?

What Makes a Website Good? :: http://www.multcolib.org/homework/webeval.html

How can you tell if a website is reputable? Get some help from the Multnomah Public Library.

Finding Information on the Web :: http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/tut/websearch/

Just learning about internet searching or confused about website evaluation? Check out this tutorial from Wesleyan University Library. Follow the links for related tutorials.

A Guide to Internet Research for High School and College Students :: http://www.useekufind.com/uiresear.htm

This guide links to many sites that help with writing and researching term papers. There is general advice for writing as well as links for specific subject areas.

Internet Detectives :: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives/

"Internet Detectives is a Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) initiative for all middle school social studies teachers and students to acquire skills in accessing and critically evaluating information found on the Internet. Students write a summary of their evaluated Web sites. Classes then select a cluster from the evaluated and summarized Web sites for publication on the on the World Wide Web, thus building a student-generatedlibrary of evaluated Internet resources. ... Students everywhere can benefit from the library of evaluated and curricular-related Internet resources."

Navigator for Students :: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/navigator/students.html

"A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO THE INTERNET - If you are new to the Web, this list of links will provide you with a solid starting point for exploration, and may also show you that there's a lot of fun and useful stuff going on out there."

Online! A Reference Guide for Using Internet Sources :: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html

This is an overview of citation styles for internet sources with links to many general subject area resources.

The Quality Information Checklist :: http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm

This checklist will help you to determine if the information you have found on a website is reliable.

Teen Safety on the Information Highway :: http://www.safeteens.com/

This is a place for you to learn more about safety and privacy on the Internet. Find out how innocent activities on the web could be used to exploit you or your privacy. This is written just for teens and applies to teen interests.

TILT :: http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

This tutorial was produced by the University of Texas Libraries to help students understand the research process. Click your way through interactive modules to learn about information literacy and kinds of sources - books, journals, web pages, etc. - and what kind of information you can expect to get from them. The tutorial also lets you choose a general topic of your interest and molds its examples to that interest. This is the place to go to get a good handle on how to do good, time-effective research and write a great paper! For the full experience, you'll need Shockwave Flash, but an equally helpful HTML versions are available.