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The ability to locate information rapidly, to evaluate it, and to use it effectively is becoming an increasingly important skill for the success of students and adults today.*

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Ask Jeeves for Kids

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Merriam-Webster Collegiate Thesaurus

bulletElectronic Encyclopedias
bulletEncyclopedia Britannica
bullet Information Please  - offering millions of useful and interesting facts on a wide range of topics
bullet Encyclopedia.com  - provides more than 17,000 short articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition.
bullet Encarta Online
bulletColumbia Encyclopedia - Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2002
bullet Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Links to on-line Smithsonian Resources and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions from Art to Zoo
bulletMaps
bullet Dynamic Atlas
bullet Maps that Teach
bulletMapQuest
bullet Graphic Maps
bulletMaps On Us
bulletNewspapers
bullet Google News star2.gif (932 bytes)star2.gif (932 bytes) information from 4,500 newspapers automatically linked to current news.
bullet NewspaperLinks.com  star2.gif (932 bytes)star2.gif (932 bytes) gateway to local newspaper sites on the Web.
bullet Usnewspaperlinks.com  - US Newspapers
bullet U.S. Newspaper Links  - listed by state
bullet The Ultimate Collection of News Links  - Giant reference of news-related links
bulletNew York Times
bullet Fast Company
bulletMagazines
bullet Big Pages Magazine Links - links to over 100 magazines
bullet eLibrary star2.gif (932 bytes)star2.gif (932 bytes)  links to magazines
bulletTime Magazine
bulletTime for Kids
bulletPeople Magazine
bulletTeen People Magazine
bulletFortune Magazine
bulletInformation Literacy
bullet WLMA and OSPI Essential Skills for Information Literacy
bulletBig 6 - The Big6 integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information to specific needs and tasks. **
bullet KWLH Chart Development
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Almanac  
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Fact Monster

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The Old Farmer's Almanac

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Information Please

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Farmer's Almanac

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Baseball Almanac

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World Almanac for Kids

bulletUsing a Search Engines
bullet Introduction to Search Engines - Learn more about search engines
bullet Seven Steps Toward Better Searching - easy-to-understand exercise to increase your searching expertise
bullet Worlds of Web Searching - An interactive Web searching tutorial appropriate for students in grades 5-8
bulletOther Links
bulletLibrary of Congress
bullet Internet Public Library: Online Newspapers   - international links searchable by title and geographic location.
bullet NoodleLinks - database of academic bibliographies
bulletAsk Eric - Over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues.

* Washington Library Media Association, P.O. Box 50194, Bellevue, WA 98015-0194 http://www.wlma.org/Instruction/wlmaospibenchmarks.htm

** 2002 Big6 Associates, LLC. http://www.big6.com/

 

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