Electronic Resources Where Do I Start? Choose unique keywords Use the best tool for the job Consider the source Use multiple sources.

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Electronic Resources

Where Do I Start? Choose unique keywords Use the best tool for the job Consider the source Use multiple sources

Where To Search? Not all searches are created equal Whales : ____________ hits Blue Whales: ___________ hits “Blue Whales”: __________ hits 8,970, , ,000

Where To Search? Not all searches are created equal Wiki (collaborative website) + Encyclopedia (comprehensive reference) “Wikipedia”

Wikipedia Wikipedia (IPA: / ˌ w ɪ k ɨˈ pi ː diə/, / ˌ wi ː ki ˈ pi ː diə/, / ˌ w ɪ ki ˈ pi ː diə/ or / ˌ wi ː ki ˈ pe ɪ diə/) As of December 2007, Wikipedia had approximately 9 ¼ million articles in 253 languages, comprising a combined total of over 1.41 billion words for all Wikipedias. The English Wikipedia edition… as of January 1, 2008 it had over 2,154,000 articles consisting of over 937,000,000 words. Wikipedia's articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world and the vast majority of them can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet. Having steadily risen in popularity since its inception, it currently ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide. Taken from

Where To Search?

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KidsClick!

Reading levels Subject ideas

Where To Search?  It’s more than just an encyclopedia…

Grolier Online

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Encyclopedia Americana

Alphabetical listing of articles

Encyclopedia Americana

Where To Search? *

New Book of Knowledge

Where To Search? * * *

Amazing Animals

Any Questions? Any Questions?