Introduction Internet Background Information Basic Research Strategies Online Content Evalutation Online Search Strategies Online Reference Tools & "Pearls" Directories+ Search Engines Meta-Searchers Learning & Keeping Up Bibliography

UPDATED, 1/21/98. (Most links have been checked and updated where necessary. Some older links have been deleted, and a few new ones added.) INTRODUCTION... Introduction to Researching the WWW... The purpose of this presentation is to examine the merit of various information sources, explore search engines and other research tools, and to look at incorporating good research skills in the use of the World Wide Web. HTML Sample WWW RESEARCH GUIDE... Sometimes it's more helpful to provide a "WWW Research Study Guide" that gives students some "pearls" and some starting points, especially if online time is limited and "surfing" isn't the main focus of the lesson.* You, another teacher and/or some helpful students could prepare one using a template: Go to this link for a template Guide http://www.alaska.net/~wamsley/guide.html Use the "Save As" command, saving this template as SOURCE. Open it with your word processor and you will find a HTML document in which you can put your specific information and links. Be sure to save your completed document as a TEXT file, and then use your browser's "Open File" command to use it. *Another option is to create a sample "Bookmark" file for your browser. When it is saved to disk it is saved as a text HTML document, and it can be opened from the -file- menu. Or if it is uploaded (ftp) to a web server it can be accessed over the Internet just like any other web document. Simple HTML information for beginners: This site will help you understand what the basics of HTML are and how to put together the code (tags & elements) to create a simple web page. NCSA--A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Part 1 http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html For a basic cheat sheet of HTML tags, save and/or print this out: THE BARE BONES GUIDE TO HTML http://werbach.com/barebones For a list of links to other HTML helpers for beginners, try The WWW help page http://werbach.com/web/wwwhelp.html#guides Introduction to this web site and its author / compiler. This site was put together for use as updated handouts and presentation slides for a session at the ASTE Conference, April 7-8, 1997, Anchorage, Alaska. Since then inservices and workshops have been presented for the Anchorage (4/97 and 1/98), Kenai (8/20/97) and Matanuska-Susitna (8/27/97) School Districts. The "Webmaster" is Pat Wamsley, retired school librarian and teacher with about 30 years experience K-12, and intense experience searching the WWW in the last couple of years. Send comments or suggestions about this site or its topic to Pat Wamsley.