Books, magazines, newspapers...

SILO. State Libary of Iowa.

Can't find the book(s) you want in the JHS library? Try SILO. The SILO Locator is the statewide union catalog, representing the holdings of over 685 Iowa libraries and containing 3.5 million titles.
http://z3950.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/zform.CGI?SILO

Biography Resource Center.Gale

Biography Resource Center is a a powerful one-stop solution for conducting biographical research on any person of note from all over the world, throughout history, and across all disciplines -- literature, science, history, government, business, art, gender and multicultural studies, religion, entertainment, popular culture, sports and much more -- with full-text magazine and newspaper articles, photos, links to Web sites, and thousands of Recent Updates briefs on high-interest individuals.This is a subscription site (provided by Jesup High School) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get that information.
"http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/jesu13928?db=BioRC"

EBSCO. EBSCO Publishing.

Access full text and citations of articles printed in over 400+ magazines and newspapers. There are great health and education sources found here, also. Images, short biographies and brief encyclopedia articles can be found at this site too. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information.
http://search.epnet.com

SIRS Knowledge Source. Proquest

SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) is a comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases which are updated daily; SKS provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, the arts and humanities. Full-text articles and Internet resources are carefully selected from thousands of domestic and international publications and respected organizations. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information.
"http://auth.proquestk12.com/IA/"

World Book Online Americas Edition World Book, Inc.

In addition to all of the articles from their 22-volume encyclopedia, this site includes more than 9,500 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, 129 panoramic 360-degrees views and more than 100 simulated historic web sites. It contains 60,000 cross-referenced links and 248,000 hyperlinked dictionary definitions. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://worldbookonline.com/

iClipArt For Schools Jupiterimages Corporation.

iClipart For Schools is a collection of more than 7.8 million royalty-free photos, clipart, fonts, animations and sounds that teachers and students can use in multimedia presentations, Inspiration diagrams, school web sites, worksheets, newsletters, posters, signs and more. iClipa rt is new this year and will be adding additional content throughout the year including high-resolution photos, animation and HD video backgrounds for video titling. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://schools.iclipart.com/iowa/

Soundzabound Soundzabound Music Library.

Not your average royalty free music library -- Soundzabound (founded by educators AND musicians) contains real music and soundtracks that rock when you need them to -- everything from rock bands to string quartets have been used to produce a wide variety of music, stingers, and sound effects. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://www.soundzabound.com/

AP Images AccuWeather, Inc.

The Associated Press shares over 700,000 photos from 1860 to today's news and can be used across the curriculum-- also radio clips, diagrams, maps, charts, and logos can be found here. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://apimages.ap.org/unsecured/logip.aspx

DE Streaming: Discovery Education

Provides engaging digital resources -- video clips, and puzzle makers, etc. -- to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?location=aea

Atomic Learning. Media Spinners

An online training database that break down software programs into over 2,000 fast-loading tutorial movies played over the Internet. It acutally shows you how to use a program, with narration. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://www.atomiclearning.com/home2

AccuWeather: the best weather on the web. AccuWeather, Inc.

Includes worldwide weather infromation as well as specific detail for our school district, hour-by-hour forecasts, radar, satellite images, weather maps, and explanations of weather imagery and weather tools. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://wwwa.accuweather.com/

Learn360. AIM Education, Inc.

Thousands and thousands of educational videos, video clips, newsreels, audio and video speeches, still images, and audio files from PBS, National Geographic, Standard Deviants, Slim Goodbody, Sunburst Visual Media. and dozens of other educational video producers. This is a subscription site (provided by AEA267) so you will need to use the logon name and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get a bookmark that has this information. http://www.learn360.com/

Miscellaneous Homework Help (sites covering a little bit of everything)

Encarta. Microsoft Corporation.

Online access to the Encarta encyclopedia and other quick reference tools, including dictionary and atlas. Content includes text, graphic, audio and video files -- You'll need QuickTime 3.x to play the video files.
Sections include: reference, homework, college prep, grad school, elearning, parents, geneology, and products. http://encarta.msn.com

Bartleby.com. Alibris.

Access to full text of books on the Web including reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction.
Reference text titles include: Columbia encyclopedia, American Heritage dictionary, Roget's II: the new thesaurus, American Heritage book of English usage, Columbia world of quotations, King James Bible, Oxford Shakespeare, Gray's anatomy, Strunk's elements of style, World factbook, and Columbia gazetteer. http://www.bartleby.com

Bibliomania. Biblomania.com Ltd.

Free access to thousands of e-books, poems, articles, short stories, and plays on the Internet. Study guides are written by Oxford and Cambridge University graduates and include summaries, discussions and commentaries on the the texts. Reference section includes biographies, classic non-fiction, and religious texts. http://www.bibliomania.com

Federal resources for educational excellence. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence.

Lists hundreds of educational web sites supported by U.S. government agencies. Subjects include arts, educational technology, foreign languages, health and safety, language arts, matematics, physical education, science, social studies, and vocational guidance. http://www.ed.gov/free

Homework center. Multnomah Public Library.

This browsable selection of internet resources is organized by topics most commonly requested for homework assignments. Sites are selected and annotated by librarians and an online question feature allows immediate access to a librarian of the Multnomah Public Library. http://www.multicolib.org/homework/index.html

INFOMINE. Regents of the University of California.

Provides access to a collection of resources like databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library catalogs, articles, directories or researchers, and other types of information built by librarians at 30 contributing universities. http://infomine.ucr.edu

Infoplease.com. Family Education Network, Inc.

An extensive browsable collection of almanacs as well as searchable dictionary, encyclopedia, and atlas. http://www.infoplease.com

Internet Public Library. Regents of the University of Michigan.

This virtual library provides easy access to reference resources, books, magazines, and other web sites -- it also has a special section for teens. http://www.ipl.org/ref/index.text.html

The Internet Scout Report. Internet Scout Project.

Published each Friday online and by email, the report is a convenient way to get information about the most valuable resources on the Internet. Resources are selected, researched, and annotated by a team of professional librarians and subject matter specialists. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/sr/current/index.html

Librarians Index to the Internet. Library of California.

A searchable collection of over 10,000 Internet resources selected by librarians at the Library of California for their usefulness to users of public libraries. Browsing and advanced seach functions are included. http://lii.org

Library of Congress. Library of Congress.

Provides access to Library of Congress digital collections of text, audio, and graphics. Other services include: search functions, including catalogues and A-Z index, Web casting, and Ask a Librarian feature.
Collections include American memory, U.S. History and Culture; International Horizons, gateway to the world; America's Library, for kids and family; THOMAS, legislative information; Exhibitions, online galleries. http://www.loc.gov

New York Times on the Web Learning Network. The New York Times Company.

Easily search and access front page and news stories from the New York Times for current and past years. Sections for students, teachers, and parents provide a variety of lesson plans, puzzles, quizzes, and information. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

RefDesk.com. RefDesk.com.

A searchable reference source for facts on the Internet. http://www.refdesk.com/

Lives: Biographies & Autbiographies

Biographies, Internet Public Library's Reference Center. Regents of the University of Michigan.

Links to online resources, magazines, associations on the net which have accounts of peoples lives. http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/

Distinguished women of past and present. Distinguishedwomen.com.

Search for biographical information by subject or name of women writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Lives: the biography resource. Kenneth P. Lanxner.

A collection of links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories. Both individual and group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or geography are provided as well as general collections, resources on biographical criticism, special collections and helpful information on using the site. http://amillionlives.com

American Writers. University of Michigan.

Features excellent information about American writers and their work -- developed to accompany C-SPAN's television series. http://www.americanwriters.org

Language Arts: Dictionaries & other word tools, Researching & writing guides, Information ethics, Genre specific sites...

Dictionaries and other vocabulary tools

Dictionary and Thesaurus Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

"Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet." Another feature of the site are links to providing new puzzles each day for word fun & games and a word or the day.

"To use the dictionary, simply type a word in the blue search box that appears at the top of every page and then click the 'Look it up' button. This will perform a search for the word in the several dictionaries & thesaurus hosted on the site. If you don't know how to spell the word, just guess. You will get a list of suggestions if you are wrong."

http://dictionary.reference.com/

The Wacky World of Words

"Whether you are young, old; student or teacher, if you love to play around with words you have come to the right place." Includes: Compound clues, Words within words, Numbletters, Alpha-spells, Fractured fractions, Rhyming buddies, A-Z lists, Anagrams, Similes, Oxymorons, Mystery word, and Links to more fun with word sites.

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/teachwell

Cambridge dictionaries online. Cambridge University Press.

A simple to use dictionary -- Also includes activities and worksheets, information for language researches and top twenty word list.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org

Merriam_Webster online: the language center. Merriam-Webster Inc.

Provides quick access to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Collegiate Thesaurus, and Unabridged Dictionary. Other features include: "Word of the Day", word games, and word for the wise.
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

Research & attribution guides

SLATE Citation Machine David Warlick & The Landmark Project .

"An interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people."
http://citationmachine.net/

APA Style Manual Online American Psychological Association.

Excerpted from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual (© 2001), the material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite information media -- starting with electronic resources.
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation Humanities Department and Arthur C. Banks, Jr. Library of Capital Community College, Hartford, CN.

Provides information on getting started, taking notes, using outlines, plagiarism, using quotations, formating the research paper, alphabetizing, citation guidance, creating a MLA works cited pages & showing sample works cited pages, citing sources using MLA, grammar & writng, principles of composition, as well as help using APA style guide.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/

MLA Citation Style Davis Schwarts Memorial Library at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.

This site uses color coding to illustrate examples showing how to use the basic bibliographic components (author, title, publisher...) in an MLA styled citation.
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

MLA Style for Electronic Information Formats Mary Ellen Guffey's Communication @ Work.

This site does a nice job of presenting explanations and examples of how to use MLA style to cite information found on the internet, on CDs, etc. Also, check out MLA's own answer to "How do I document sources from the World Wide Web in my works-cited list?"
http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.html

Using MLA Format Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University.

Guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style; basic guidelines to referencing the works of others within the body of your paper & preparing a Works Cited list; basic MLA fromatted examples for citations for sources in print, electronic sources, and other types of potential sources; endnotes & footnotes; and a list of additional resources to consult on using MLA and writing research papers -- including some really useful links.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_mla.html

Ethics & information

Copyright for students Iowa AEA Online.

Learn your "rights and responsibilities as users of copyrighted materials"
http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/educators/all/BriefNotes_Copyright.pdf

Copyright issues Annette Lamb, Eudscapes.

"Many people enjoy sharing their intellectual property with others. However, they may want to get credit for their hard work."
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic24.htm

Electronic resources on ethics and a digital society Oswego State University of New York.

Links to organizations, courses, and conferences whose goal is to provide information on how to avoid using in electronic resources (i.e. the WWW) inappropriately.
http://www.oswego.edu/oda.resources.html

Social ethics in the digital age PT3 Vision Quest Project .

"Speed, freedom, and individual power-they are thoroughly modern concepts that define the Digital Age...exciting yet disturbing opportunities, online and off. One person's freedom of speech is another's right not to be bothered by it."
http://www.pt3.org/VQ/html/ohler.html

Perennial plagiarism Division of Computer Studies at City University of Hong Kong.

"Looks at some remarkable collections of materials recently accumulated to help students and teachers avoid the problems caused by plagiarism."
http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/plagiarism2003.htm

Plagiarism: detecting, preventing, and understanding Center for Instructional Technology,

The University of North Carolina.

"The availability of web pages and electronic texts has increased concern about plagiarism...The following resources address detecting, preventing, and understanding plagiarism."
http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/plagiarism/index.html

Journalism

Journalism help. Robert Niles.

Finding Data on the Internet: Research it yourself via links to some of the most popular sources of free (and reputable) datasets on the Internet. Topics include: Basic stuff, Agricultrue, Crime, Economics, Education, Energy, Finding people, Health, Investing, Language, Law and politics, Mail, Military, Safety, and Other resources.
Statistics Every Writer Should Know: A journalist's guide to using basic math to understand data and statistical research. Learn how to present statistical information accurately. Topics include: mean and median; standard deviation and normal distribution; margin of error; and data analysis.
http://www.robertniles.com/

How newspapers work. HowStuffWorks, Inc.

Examines "how the news is covered and reported, how it makes it into the newspaper and how the newspaper makes it to the press and then to your neighborhood and racks across the circulation area. We'll also look at the newspaper as a business and discuss how it balances making money with serving an important communications role in our society." http://www.howstuffworks.com/newspaper.htm

Journalist jargon. Detroit Free Press.

Examines "how the news is covered and reported, how it makes it into the newspaper and how the newspaper makes it to the press and then to your neighborhood and racks across the circulation area. We'll also look at the newspaper as a business and discuss how it balances making money with serving an important communications role in our society." http://www.freep.com/jobspage/high/jargon.htm

Newspaper writing 101. Detroit Free Press.

Tips for beginners on writing a story news style. This page also links to other pages with tips on news reporting, including interviewing. http://www.freep.com/jobspage/academy/writing.htm

Poetry sites

American Verse Project. University of Michigan.

An electronic archive of over 125 volumes of American poetry written prior to 1920. http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/

History, geography, and other social sciences

Fact Check

A nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.

State of Iowa

Official State of Iowa website gateway for citizens, business, and government employees. Provides one-click access to information: Ask a Librarian, State Government Agencies, State Telephone Directory, Business & Economic Development, Education, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Health & Human Services, Technology, Transportation, Public Safety, Living In Iowa, Visiting Iowa, Facts About Iowa, Government , Homeland Security, Contacts, Maps, Policies, Translation Tools, Top Hits, Weather & Road Conditions, Help Desk, & FAQ

FirstGov

The official U.S. Government gateway for citizens, business, and government employees. Provides one-click access to federal, state, local, tribal, and international government information.

Making of America

Primary sources documents, from the antebellum period through the Reconstruction -- currently represents pages from 50,000 journal articles and 8,500 books in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

American Family Immigration History Center

Explore your family history by accessing the records of all immigrants to pass through Ellis Island and the Port of New York from 1892 to 1924.

Ben's guide to U.S. Government

Quick facts and information about the U.S. government. You can also put together an interactive puzzle of the nation or access print games including word searches and crossword puzzles.
Topics include: Our nation, historical documents, branches of government, how laws are made, national versus state government, election process, citizenship, and national high school debate topics.

The Federal web locator

A comprehensive guide to federal government information. Also includes extensive list of links to search engines.

Legal Encyclopedia

The plain-English articles on legal topics can be easily found by browsing the extensive list of topics or the table of contents.
Also included on the site are a legal dictionary, "Ask Auntie Nolo", calculators for calculating loans, retirement, etc. and a legal research sectio of searchable statutes and cases.

National Museum of the American Indian conexus

This site offers a virtual tour of the museum's New York annex. Images can be enlarged and rotated three-dimensionally.

CIA World Factbook

Quick reference to information for all countries including, : geography, maps, people, government, economy, military, communication, travel and transnational issues. Also includes a comprehensive collection of reference maps and a definitions and abbreviations section.

Asia Source

Provides a variety of information pertaining to Asia including: food, business, events, news, holidays, maps, and statistics.

Atlapedia online

Full color physical and political maps from countries around the world plus facts and statistics on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, and economy.

Ethnologue

Information on about 6,800 languages and 41,000 alternative dialects from around the world. Users can search for world language information byb using the interactive world map to drill down to particular countries or search by language name, codes, or families. Specific information for each language includes population, region, alternative names, classification, and comments.

The Political Reference Almanac. Keynote Publishing Company.

Provides online access to the print verson of The Political Science Almanac. The almanac contains information for all branches of the U.S. government, as well as organizations, political parties, and an extensive calendar.

Health, math, and other sciences

Math.com

"Math.com is dedicated to providing revolutionary ways for students, parents, teachers, and everyone to learn math." Site inclueds homework help (Basic math, Everyday math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics, Calculus, Advanced topics, & Others), practice resources, Ask and Expert help,access to online calculators and tools, and math fun & games.

SOS math.

Math Medics, L.L.C. Provides tutorials and practice exams on elementary to college-level mathematics.

Tutorial Math Textbook Solutions on the Internet. Hotmath, Inc.

Provides tutorial solutions to homework problems in selected state-approved algebra textbooks. Solutions include hits, Socratic questions, graphs, figures, and steps leading up to and including the final answer.

Health Info Iowa

Access to a single consumer health web site that combines national, state, regional, and local resources printed information, also to agencies, organizations, and services that can help meet health information needs. http://www.healthinfoiowa.org

Healthfinder, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This government website serves as an all-purpose source of free medical and health information for the general public. http://www.healthfinder.gov/

eNature.com, Audubon Society.

Field guides online and searchable, with descriptions and color photographs of over 4,800 North American plants and animals. If given a zip code, the site will provide descriptions and pictures of birds native to that region.

NASA explores, NASA.

This site contains articles discussing receent scientific research at NASA. Each article is available at several reading levels, so you choose the one which best suits you.

Online exhibits, Field Museum.

Collection of exhibits shows such things as: photographs of a 19th-century hunt for two lions who had eaten 128 workers building a Ugandan railway bridge; an animated, insect's-eye view of underground life; and paintings of stages in life's evolution.

The PLANTS database, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

An extensive serchable database of plant information by common name, scientific name, and symbol. Also included are special topics such as : alternative crops, cultural significance, distribution update, and fact sheets. Tools focus on crop nutrients, erosion prediction, and ecological site information system and plant materials.

SciLinks. National Science Teacher's Association.

Provides access to web sites to expand understanding of concepts, science news to add context to learning, activities to expand learning opportunities, and experts to answer questions.

Smithsonian expeditions. Smithsonian Institution.

Tells the story of teh North and Latin American naturalists who collaborated on anthropological, botanical, and zoological expeditons in South America in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Star journey.. National Geographic.

This site provides a star chart with embedded links to 39 Hubble space telescope photographs of the corresponding heavenly bodies. Also includes articles on the Hubble space telescope and on constellations.

The Tree of Life.. David R. Maddison.

This collaborative web project by biologists around the world is composed of more than 2,000 web pages that provide information about phylogeny and biodiversity. Each page gives information about one group of organisms and is linked to other pages on the evolutionary tree. Included are a variety of photos of each organism as well as detailed information and reference section.

Athletics

IA Boys Athletic Association

Find out who plays whom, when, where, and what the score was by looking here for your favorite Iowa high school boys' teams.

IA Girls Athletic Union

Find out who plays whom, when, where, and what the score was by looking here for your favorite Iowa high school girls' teams.

IA Track & Field & X-Country

Find out who plays whom, when, where, and what the score was by looking here for your favorite Iowa high school track and cross country teams.

College & After High School Planning

Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information (Occupational Outlook Online)

Provides vocational guidance interested in the arts, mathematics, science, physical activities, the outdoors, social science, or reading.
http://www.bls.gov/audience/students.htm

Choices

Find out about occupations, courses of study, and schools that offer those majors or training.
This is a subscription site (provided by JCS guidance office) so you will need to use the logon identity and passwords -- stop into the JHS library to get the information to access to this site or see Mrs.Bauer.
http://www.ihaveaplaniowa.gov

College Bound Network

Provides potential college applicants with a variety of resources, including information on 3,000+ colleges -- a great way to find out about different schools.
http://www.collegebound.net

College Planning Center Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation

Get tips on planning a career, preparing for college during high school, choosing a college, acquiring financial aid, and debt management -- including "quick tips to avoid financial pitfalls", i.e. dealing with credit cards.
http://www.collegeplanning.org

FastWeb Scholarship Search

Search this site for information on schools, scholarships, grants, and more.
http://www.fastweb.com

FAFSA

U.S. Department of Education offers free application for federal student aide
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

ICAN (Iowa College Access Network)

Whether you are a student, parent, or educator, the Iowa College Access Network is your one stop in Iowa for free information and resources to plan, apply, pay for, and succeed in college.
http://www.icansucceed.org/

Iowa Workforce Development Center

Discover your talents and create your future. Iowa Workforce Development will provide quality, customer-driven services that support prosperity, productivity, health and safety for Iowans.
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/files/students.htm

Online searching

ICYouSee: A Guide to the World Wide Web John R. Henderson, Ithaca College Library.

ICYouSee, which has been on the Web since 1993, is the creation of John R. Henderson of the Ithaca College Library. He is a reference librarian, instructor, and internationally recognized authority on Internet training and critical thinking issues.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/icyousee.html

Accessing information

Using Internet online research databases Iowa AEA Online.

Provides help in understanding the type of information available and how to use the databases provided to Iowa schools by the AEA's: EBSCOhost, World Book Reference Center, and AP Multimedia Archives.
http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/educators/all/BriefNotes_Integration.pdf

A basic tutorial on searching the Web University of South Carolina Beaufort Library

The information is designed to get you started in the right direction with a minimum of time and effort, truly "bare bones."
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

Beyond general World Wide Web searching University of California Berkeley Library

Searching the Internet involves more than just what's on the WWW."
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/BeyondWeb.html

Things to know before you begin searching University of California Berkeley Library

Finding information on the web is a process. The better you understand your options, the more likely your success.Your search success depends on what you know about your topic and what you want to know."
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ThingsToKnow.html

Evaluating information

Evaluating Internet resources Annette Lamb, Eduscapes

"There's lots of good information on the Internet, but you will also find opinions, misconceptions, and inaccurate information. How do you judge the quality of Internet resources? "
http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm

Evaluating web pages: Techniques to apply & questions to ask University of California Berkeley Library

Not all web pages are equally reliable -- some of the information is great, some ok, some poor, and some..., well... Do you know how to tell what you've found?
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Search engines

Euroseek | Google | About.com | AltaVista Ask Jeeves! | CNet Search | Direct Hit | Dogpile | Excite | Go.com | GoTo | HotBot | Infoseek | LookSmart | Lycos | Metacrawler |
The Mining Company | MSN Web Search | Northern Light | Yahoo!