Research Orientation ABC's of HyperMedia

Class Lesson Example: Technology, ILT, Computers Student Practice Research Topics: Oceans, Oceanography, Jack Cousteau Africa, Animals, Jane Goodall Arctic, Roald Amundsen Glaciers Brainstorm with your group/partner(s) two facts that you know about your topic. I know this about this topic: Why I want to know this about the topic: List two questions that you want to know the answer to about your topic. Put your information on a word document on the computer. Go to Lion.dpsk12.org and locate at least two two books that could be used for informational purposes on you topic. List the Author. Title. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date. Example: CitingTaylor, David and James Williams. The Ultimate Dog Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Internet Strategies Google Collaborative filtering, huge database. Excellent. Ask Natural language search engine. Alltheweb Large database, good results. Web Wombat Search engine, vertical engines, directory. KartOO Visual search tool. Alta Vista Web, Usenet. Speedy. Large database. MSN Search Search engine from Microsoft. HotBot Web, Usenet. Directory. Large database. . Go Network Web, Usenet, news, maps, directory, yellow pages, company profiles. Zapmeta Metasearch tool. Site previews. Excite Search and directory, sports, news, weather, reviews. Turbo10 Deep Web metasearch tool. Lycos Search and pictures, sound, news, software, rated sites. Dogpile Performs metasearching on web, Usenet, FTP. Starting Point Web search and directory. Clusty Clustering metasearch tool. SearchEdu.com Search engine for university sites. Zuula Results from several engines, tabbed format. D i r e c t o r i e s Yahoo Most popular directory, image searches. LookSmart Nicely set up directory from Reader's Digest. Google Directory Google rankings applied to Open Directory. Very Good. Open Directory Directory created by volunteer editors. about.com Directory of expert guides, including Web searching. 1UpInfo Excellent, easy to use directory. Librarian's Index Very nice directory, dozens of categories Search.com Directory plus links to search engines. Education Index Directory by educational subject, with annotated entries. Webbrain Really cool graphic directory with good reference links. UniXL Directory of education related sites. 100Hot.com 100 most popular web sites in many categories, including newspapers. PlanetSearch Engine with links to companies and government pages. R e f e r e n c e Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica & Internet Guide. Bible Gateway Search or read several English and other versions of the Bible. Encyclopedia.Com 17,000 short articles (Concise Columbia Encyclopedia). InfoPlease.com Almanacs, Encyclopedia, Dictionary. Encarta Online Concise version of Microsoft's Encarta. Libraryspot.com Reference and Library site. AllRefer Database of articles and reference materials. Free Internet Encyclopedia Another encyclopedia. Dictionary.net Excellent dictionary, multiple sources. Bartleby More reference works. Good. Refdesk.com Links to facts, encyclopedias, dictionaries, news, much more. whatis?com Dictionary of Computer Terms. WWW Virtual Library A global encyclopedia. Dictionary.com & M-W.com Dictionaries and Thesauruses Onelook Dictionaries Several hundred searchable dictionaries. AcronymFinder The meanings of acronyms. Infomine Extensive index of scholarly Internet resources. Essential Links Wonderful list of specific links. AllWords Find a word if you know only part of it. SciQuest Science sites. English Dictionary Another dictionary. The WayBack Machine Search archived Web content. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Articles on philosophical topics. Wikipedia Community written encyclopedia. The Free Dictionary Dictionary and resources. D a t a b a s e s The Invisible Web: Databases not accessible to ordinary search engines. Findarticles.com Search hundreds of journals. Complete Planet Hundreds of databases by category. Magportal Full text magazine articles. All Academic Journals & other free academic content. Online Books Page Full text of more than 18,000 books. G r a p h i c s Ditto.Com Search engine for photographs and graphics. Internet Archive Audio and film archive. Google Images Image search from Google. Marine Art Marine Art Information Center. Paintings, photographs, and more. ArtFind Art, photography, maps, and more. Art.Com More than 100,000 art images. Foto Search Photos Stock image photography. Barewalls.com Thousands of art images. The Louvre Many excellent art works. National Gallery The U. S. National Gallery of Art. World Wide Arts Links to all the arts, including museums. PCL Maps Links to hundreds of online maps from library at U Texas. National Gallery National Gallery of London. Artcyclopedia Encyclopedia of art and artworks. S p e c i a l t y Google Groups Search discussion groups. HealthAtoZ Directory and search for health and medicine. Tile.Net Lists of mailing lists, newsgroups, ftp sites. Topica Directory of mailing lists, by category or search. InfoSpace Directory of people, business, government, cities, more. AskMeHelpDesk Ask real people questions. AnyWho Directories by AT&T of people, businesses, toll-free, more. 1UpHealth Reference, news, diagnosis and other health info. Superpages.com Find businesses, get maps and directions. FindLaw Legal resources. AllPages.com Yellow pages from everywhere. Healthopedia Info on health, disease, nutrition, medicines. Da+ White & yellow pages, reverse phone lookup. P e r i o d i c a l s Onlinenewspapers.com Links to 100,000 newspapers worldwide. BUBL Information Service Abstracts and some full text of 200+ journals. Newslink Links to all media. Columbia Journalism Review Keeps an eye on the news media. New York Times News Washington Post News and archives. G o v e r n m e n t Thomas Legislative information. Fedworld Gateway to many federal government sites. U. S. Census The U. S. Census Bureau. FirstGov Government info gateway. Fedstats Gateway to statistics from many government agencies. Govt Info Xchange Links and search for U.S. federal, state, & local government. Foreign too. Consumer Information Center Hundreds of consumer information items. American Memory Library of Congress American Memory. Govspot.com Lots of government links. B o o k s Amazon.com Includes reviews of many titles. Powell's Books Used, new, hard-to-find, and out of print books. Barnes & Noble Lots of books. Christianbook.com Lots of Christian books. Bookwire All kinds of book information. Pricescan Search for the best price from many bookstores at once. Bookspot.com Book information, reviews, sites with reviews. Borders Books, bargain books (remainders). Melvyl The University of California Library catalog. Overstock.com Books and other items. Chambal Book shopping bot. Compare prices. Books Price Shopping bot to compare prices. M e d i a IMDb Internet Movie Database with reviews. N e w s FOX General News. News Index News source, search engine, and gateway to news sites. News.com Emphasis on technical and computer news. News Watch Media watchdog organization. ABYZ News Links Links to 15,000 newspapers, TV stations, other news sources. MSNBC Cable channel news site.

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