Library+and+Research+Techniques

=**Library and Research Skills**=

**Searching**

 * Wiki Summarizer

A site that allows you to search Wikipedia, have articles summarized by key points, and provides lists of articles that are related to your original search. Here's how it works; let's say I enter the search term "Mount Everest," when I do that [|Wiki Summarizer] provides a list of key points about Mount Everest. I can also get a list of related search terms and related articles through [|Wiki Summarizer].

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 * Thinkfinity Teaching Research Skills Grades 3rd - 8th

Students will read from informational text to develop abilitiy to identify, gather, evaluate, and interpret information for the purpose of presenting information

[|Thinkfinity Read Write Think]


 * How To Teach Your Students To Search Effectively

This is a compilation with lesson plans included from Google. Lessons are broken down into beginner, intermediate, and advanced. They cover the basics of what a search engine is to basic research techniques and strategies.

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Good tips that are simple and straightforward.
 * [|10 Tips for Simple Google Searches]

Library
The Smithsonian Library's 'Digital Library' contains digital publications, collections and objects including __ [|online exhibitions] __, __ [|webcasts] __, __ [|digital editions] __, __ [|bibliographies] __ and __ [|fact sheets] __, and finding aids/inventories for collections such as our__ [|trade literature] __ collection and __ [|artist files] __
 * [|Smithsonian Digital Library]


 * [|Library and QR Codes]


 * Librarian Help in a Moodle from Oviatt


 * [|Moodle Library]

**Citing Information**
[|Long Island University APA format - color coded]

**Copyright**
Wesley Fryer - Copyright Presentation

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[|Copyright for Educators]

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