• Elementary - Research
• Elementary - Finding Information
• Elementary - Citing Sources
  

• Secondary - Research
• Secondary - Finding Information
• Secondary - Citing Sources
  

• Elementary Educators
• Secondary Educators

 
Search for a resource or enter the bibliographic information manually for books, magazines, newspapers, websites, journals, films or other. 
Download your bibliography in either the MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian formats and include it in your paper. 
 
 

Online citation creator for books, journal article, newspaper and magazine article, website, E-mail message, Interview.

A printable handbook with samples available.

Clearly stated instructions for citing sources and examples for resources used list.

•  Choose the best search tool for your search

• NoodleBib Express: No subscriptions to this part of the site needed. Choose the type of text you are using and 'wal' through the site to fill in the blanks that will give you our bibliographicrcord for that site.

Examples of sources and their application.

An online flash tutorial to introduce boolean searching and use of keywords.

Level: Intermedate-Senior

Printable sheets

Sample citations provided.

A 6 page pdf file.

MLA, APA, Chicago Style, CBE Style, Other Styles.

Documentation APA style.

Citing references in your paper.

Each of those guides contains slight variations in style, but all agree on one point: When in doubt about whether to include an element (a URL, a site name, an e-mail address, a printed source, or the name of an author, an editor, or a site developer), put it in. If a reader can't locate and verify a source, the reference is meaningless
 

• Modern Language Association Style Guide (MLA)
• American Psychological Association (APA) Style

An online evaluation that covers eight ways of checking information on the web. Online quiz included.

Level: Junior, Intermediate

Evaluating the quality of information on the Internet.  A printable checklist and on-line tutorial.

• Information Literacy Quiz
• Information Literacy Quiz Answer Key and Follow-up Activities
• Websites to Validate
• How to read a web address

Listing of criteria.

 Guidelines used to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the internet.

Tutorial Table of Contents

•  Evaluating Web Pages- Techniques to apply and questions to ask
• Evaluation Checklist - 1 pg. pdf file

This PowerPoint presentation includes: Why evaluate?, Evaluation Criteria, Specific Types of Web Resources, and Evaluation Tools. 

The "Ten Cs" provide criteria to consider for evaluating Internet sources.

Includes the CARS Checklist (Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support). 

Components of web sites are demonstrated with examples of good and bad sites.

Rumours and Hoaxes are dispelled.

• Read About This Site - The site is intended to teach students to evaluate accurate infomation on the interent and learn to access subscription databases such as World Book Online or SIRS Discoverer
• Explorers from A to Z 
  Do not use these links for research of explorers
  • Lessons - Internet Treasure Hunts
  • Materials - Word and pdf files
  • Explorer Quest worksheets (Word docs): Balboa, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Columbus,Degama, Deleon, Drake, Hudson, Magellan.

Critical Evaluation of Websites- printable handouts. Cursor down the page to find a list of fictitious sites to demonstrate critical analysis of websites.

An online tutorial to evaluate a website. You can keep notes along the process and print your report at the end.

Collection of web evaluation sites. Includes lesson plans, evaluation sheets and academic reading on the topic.
 

•  Exceptions

Scroll down to 29.4 to read about copyright exceptions for educational institutions.

The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency.

• Elementary and Secondary Schools Licenses

Links to intellection discussion on copyright in Canada.

Some key questions and answers for teachers.

COPYRIGHT ACT · COPYRIGHT IN PERFORMERS’ PERFORMANCES, SOUND RECORDINGS AND COMMUNICATION SIGNALS AND MORAL RIGHTS IN PERFORMERS’ First reading in parliament July 12, 2008.

An introduction of the basics of plagiarism and how to avoid it, told via a story of a student completing an assignment. Show this to your students early in the school year.

PowerPoint resources and support material and templates for teachers to use for teaching about academic honesty.

 An extensive site that explores plagiarism in our classroom and how to guard against it through lessons.  

• Library Reasearch / Writing Guides
• Why Students Plagiarize
• Terminology
• Preventing Plagiarism
• Detecting Plagiarism
• Reporting Plagiarism
• Paper Mills
• Handouts for Students

• A Short Quiz
• How to Recognize Plagiarism
• Test
• Resources

An large collection of links to assist teachers with academic dishonesty. Includes: Sources used for plagiarism, source fighting plagiarism, resources for students, articles.

Print-friendly format available.

• Making Plagiarism-Proof Assignments

An online tutorial that explains plagiarism and how to avoid it. It is written for university students but can be used with secondary students and adapted for younger groups.

•  Plagiarism explained
• Techniques for avoiding plagiarism
• Self-test

• Doing Research
• Finding Books
• Finding Articles
• Searching the Web
• Evaluating Information
• Citing Sources 

The Information Process examined. A variety of Inquiry Research Models are compared.

• Comparison of Inquiry Research Models across curriculum areas - cursor down
• Comparison of Inquiry Research Models written by Kuhlthau, Eisenberg/Berkowitz, Irving, and Pitts/Stripling

Research Inquiry Models - Use the left margin or cursor down to examine the different models available for use in the classroom. You will be able to find a model that matches your teaching style: 5A, Big6 Super3, Dialogue, FLIP IT, ISP, InfoZone, Irving's, noodle tools, pre-search, REACTS, research asst, research process, WebQuest, 8Ws, I-Search, pathways to knowledge, research cycle, compostion, scientific method.

• Documenting your research
• Research Helper for this process.

The intent of the resource is to give teachers strategies to use as they work to improve student learning and achievement through the integration of technology with the curriculum and through inquiry-based learning. (88 pages)

A detailed and well-routed website. Supplement to Focus on Inquiry: A Guide to Developing Students' Research Skills.

Everything you need to do about doing research. Examples demonstrating the steps to research. (Canadian examples)

This tutorial walks you through making an on-line research module where students focus on higher level thinking.

• Online Teacher's Guide
• Online Basic Quiz
• Doing Research on the Web
• Evaluating Web Site Tutorial
• Citing Web Sources Tutorial
• Online Expert Internet Quiz

Information literacy for the information age lesson plans and strategies.

Focus, Investigate, Note Develop Score

Lessons, links, and student worksheets inlcuded

• Focus on Information Need
• Investigate Resources to Find Answers
• Note and evaluate facts and ideas to answer the question
• Develop information into knowledge for presentation
• Score presentation and search process

An overview of the process.

• The four phases for instruction

• Characteristics of an I-Search Unit
• Four Phases
• I-Search in-action

A slide presentation outlining the process and comparing it to traditional research models.

Questions to spark higher level thinking and deeper research.

This Website will help you draft a clear thesis statement for your persuasive essay.

A comprehensive site that outlines How to Write an A+ Research Paper, style guides and samples, and more.

• Search Strategies (PDF)
• Checklist for Evaluationg Websites (PDF)
• Peer Reviewed Journals - What is it and why use it?
• Finding and Using Primary Sources

 Tutorial Table of Contents

• Analyze and you topic and search with peripheral vision - A Five-Step Search Strategy 

76 page document with planning sheets and organizers of the Four Stage Research Model.

Six assessment areas: Authority, Purpose, Coverage, Currency, Objectivity, Accuracy with sites to test each set of assessment tools.
 

A printable form to use with elementary students to evaluate websites.

Tammy Payton provides separate rubrics that primary, intermediate, and secondary students can use to evaluate Web sites. The rubrics can be downloaded for printing.

An online evaluation that covers eight ways of checking information on the web. Online quiz included.

Level: Junior, Intermediate

Evaluating the quality of information on the Internet.  A printable checklist and on-line tutorial.

• Information Literacy Quiz
• Information Literacy Quiz Answer Key and Follow-up Activities
• Websites to Validate
• How to read a web address

Listing of criteria.

 Guidelines used to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the internet.

Tutorial Table of Contents

•  Evaluating Web Pages- Techniques to apply and questions to ask
• Evaluation Checklist - 1 pg. pdf file

This PowerPoint presentation includes: Why evaluate?, Evaluation Criteria, Specific Types of Web Resources, and Evaluation Tools. 

The "Ten Cs" provide criteria to consider for evaluating Internet sources.

Includes the CARS Checklist (Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support). 

Components of web sites are demonstrated with examples of good and bad sites.

Rumours and Hoaxes are dispelled.

• Read About This Site - The site is intended to teach students to evaluate accurate infomation on the interent and learn to access subscription databases such as World Book Online or SIRS Discoverer
• Explorers from A to Z 
  Do not use these links for research of explorers
  • Lessons - Internet Treasure Hunts
  • Materials - Word and pdf files
  • Explorer Quest worksheets (Word docs): Balboa, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Columbus,Degama, Deleon, Drake, Hudson, Magellan.

Critical Evaluation of Websites- printable handouts. Cursor down the page to find a list of fictitious sites to demonstrate critical analysis of websites.

An online tutorial to evaluate a website. You can keep notes along the process and print your report at the end.

Collection of web evaluation sites. Includes lesson plans, evaluation sheets and academic reading on the topic.