Class Resources & Homework Help: Research Tips & Website Evaluation Help
Find pathfinders for class research projects, web links for class projects, and all sorts of homework, research, and tech help here.
Research Process
- Research GuideExcellent overview of the research process from the Springfield Township High School Library.
- NewsBank's Big6 Resource CenterInteractive guides and organizers help students navigate the research process.
- The Writing Process (Purdue OWL)"These OWL resources will help you with the writing process: pre-writing (invention), developing research questions and outlines, composing thesis statements, and proofreading."
Online Discovery & Evaluation Tools
- WhoIs Project"Glean Whois provides a framework for looking at information about who has registered and owns a domain name on the Web."
How To Identify Scholarly Journals (Cornell University Libraries)
Website Evaluation
Google Tips and Tricks
Hitting the Books
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Web Evaluation Forms
Information Literacy & Web Evaluation Resources
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Why it's a Good idea to Evaluate Web ResourcesExcellent examples, criteria and suggestions from the New Mexico State University Libraries.
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