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Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.

A Google a Day is a puzzle site that improves searching and discernment skills by asking all sorts of questions and encouraging users to get better and better at finding answers.

Great ideas/lessons for teaching students how to search efficiently!

"The Internet has made researching subjects deceptively effortless for students - or so it may seem to them at first. Truth is, students who haven't been taught the skills to conduct good research will invariably come up short."

Google has added graphing functionality to its seemingly ever-growing list of search bar capabilities, the company announced Monday in a blog post."

The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items-photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more-from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA's collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others. Users can also explore digital exhibitions curated by the DPLA's content partners and staff.

Search for a word.  Hear its pronunciation.  Watch it in real situations from YouTube.

"School teachers and administrators can log in and watch any video, but students cannot log in and can only watch YouTube EDU videos and videos their school has added. All comments and related videos are disabled, and search is limited to YouTube EDU videos. YouTube also has created a page for teachers, YouTube.com/Teachers, to help them learn to use the site as a powerful educational tool."

A Google Tool that allows you to use an image as a search term.