Research & Citation Tools
Research Resources
Be CyberSmart Curriculum
A free K-8 curriculum empowering students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively. It contains a set of lesson plans, activity sheets, and resources for classroom teachers.
Four NETS for Better Searching
Bernie Dodge created four-tiered strategy for locating better information. It is designed to use in the classroom and contains a companion worksheet.
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation InformationThis section of Schrock’s website contains a wealth of strategies for evaluating online resources and information.
TrackStar
Teachers can create 'tracks' about a particular assignment or topic. It is a easy tool that you can use to create extended learning activities, homework assignments, or classroom lessons.
Citation Resources
Citation Machine: Serving Students & Teachers, K-12, College, and UniversityIt is a web tool that is designed to help students document sources.
SourceAid: Citation Builder
You can create and manage citations with Citation Builder.
Search Engines
Blue Web'N: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
You can search a range of sites by grade level and/or subject area.
Brainboost: An Answers.com Company
This site defines itself as an “answer engine.”
Dogpile
All the Best Search Engines Piled into One.
Exalead
It offers a variety of search options and organizes results into categories such as multimedia, languages, and documents.
Kids Click! Web Search for Kids by Librarians
This search engine was design by the Ramapo Catskill Library System in New York and maintained by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.
Librarians’ Internet Index: Websites You Can Trust
Librarians’ Internet Index is funded by the public and features high quality websites. You can register for a free, weekly newsletter—it contains dozens of websites selected by librarians.
Mamma: The Mother of All Search Engines
Mamma is a metasearch engine—when you conduct a query Mamma searches through a plethora of sites, directories, engines and then displays the results.
Library of Congress: American Memory
It is an extensive collection of “written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience” (Accessed from the Library of Congress American Memory website, 2008)
Noodle ToolsInformation Literacy: Search Strategies. Choose the Best Search for your Information Need
It is a wonderful resource and provides links to a variety of search engines—ones to define topics, locate quality resources, find facts, or media resources.
Vivismo: Search Done Right
WebCrawler: The Web’s Top Search Engines Spun Together
It uses metasearch technology to simultaneously search the Internet’s leading search engines.
Music & Sounds
Find Sounds: Search the Web for SoundsYou can search the Internet for sound files or effects.
Partners in Rhyme: Royalty Free Music & Sound
It contains royalty free music files and sound effects.