2. Electronic Resources

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

4. Where To Search? Not all searches are created equal Whales : ____________ hits Blue Whales: ___________ hits “Blue Whales”: __________ hits 8,970,000 558,000 195,000

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

6. 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

7. Where To Search?

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9. KidsClick!

12. Reading levels Subject ideas

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

14. Grolier Online

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16. Encyclopedia Americana

17. Alphabetical listing of articles

18. Encyclopedia Americana

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20. New Book of Knowledge

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24. Amazing Animals

27. Any Questions? Any Questions?