Center for Continuing Studies - Innovative Leadership for Lifelong Learning

Finding Online Materials in Your Subject Area

Starting Points

Education Index http://www.educationindex.com/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/
iBiblio http://www.ibiblio.org/collection/
Internet Public Library Reference Center http://www.ipl.org/ref/
LibrarySpot http://www.libraryspot.com/
Landmarks for Schools http://landmark-project.com/
MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/
My Virtual Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/
Open Directory http://dmoz.org/Reference/
StudyWeb http://www.studyweb.com/
Teachers@Work http://www.treadwell.co.nz/
Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/

Sites Found

The first is an example of how you might complete the worksheet

Title: Communication, Sea World

URL: http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Baleen/communbw.html

How found: From the Ask Jeeves site, type in the question "How do whales communicate?" Where can I find out about the communication of baleen whales, where the word "communication" was a menu selection that allows exploration of other aspects of these whales.

Notes: It is good to be able to enter a search as a question! The Ask Jeeves site also tries to find the answers in other major search sites

Adapted from: Maricopa Community College What A Site! http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/show/what/finding.html.

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