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Project Information Literacy is a national study about early adults and their information-seeking behaviors, competencies, and the challenges they face when conducting research in the digital age.

A pretty comprehensive project and study! Thanks for posting the link, Paul. I've marked the Diigo Assignment as complete for you.

Joyce Valenza's comprehensive information literacy, web tools and research tools Libguide containing tools, tutorials and other resources to help students navigate the research process. 

Looks great, thank you

Joyce is a TL superhero!

Google's created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond. Search Literacy lessons are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.

An interesting article found on school libraries and the student research process

Thanks for sharing this link. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

A good way to share this type of information with students is via infographics. Complete a search for [infographic google search] and you will find a gold mine of information. 

Love infographics and so do my students. Thanks for sharing the link, Simon. I've marked your Diigo assignment as completed on Lore.

Interactive tutorial from Rutgers University for students covering these areas: Selecting a topic, finding sources, selecting keywords, identifying citations, evaluating sources. Includes database searching using example of EBSCO, importing citations with RefWorks.

Thanks Amanda. I like the interactive nature of the site. It is very smooth and informative. I think Uni students would have the stamina to go through the options offered but I wonder about high school students' ability to stay with it.

Thanks for sharing, Amanda. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore.

Lists the best search engines for a particular research need

This is a fully searchable database of all the 780 First Fleet convicts via a number of search options. Searching can be done by name, ship or by crime. The data can be downloaded free of charge provided it is for non-commercial use. This is a great way to introduce students to real data based on real people. There are many opportunities to introduce children to the language of the day through information written in the database based on the occupations listed for some of the convicts.

Thanks for sharing this valuable link, I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

I first came across Eric years ago at MLC. Haven't caught up with all the posts yet, so someone may have beaten me to it! Excellent search tool for anything and anyone. Contains journals, collections, microfiche archives,etc

Research skills in step-by-step process. Covers searching for information, referencing, plagiarism, smart searching.  Provides the option of Flash movie format or print.  Only disadvantage is that movies will not play on iPad without Flash enabled browser.

Great site! Thanks for sharing Camilla

Ten steps to better web research Takes you through: 1) Deciding where to search, including using alternative search engines 2) Planning your research 3) Evaluating your search results

A study skills guide for primary & secondary students. Includes the research process, thinking & doing skills as well as web 2.0 tools.

The Study Vibe site is designed for students to encourage then to develop skills in many facets of study and research. It is the brainchild of Leonie McIvenny, a Western Australian teacher librarian.

Thanks for sharing. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Great tool for content curation.

Create and share media very easily with this great web publishing tool. Easy to share your passion, create topic pages or subject guides you have previously researched for your students. Even a way students can show their research.

Sorry Gina, should have read down the page to see what others had shared first, but like you I was excited to share this great tool!

I am a great fan of graphic novels, as are my students! Comic Rockets for readers writers artists takes users to the actual website and helps them find and track web comics. Oh and I found it on a fabulous site www.thelibraryasincubatorproject.org

The original link you posted takes us to the article on the incubator site."Incubator" looks like a blog worth exploring! Thanks for sharing the link to the site. I've marked your Diigo assignment as complete on Lore.

Fantastic short course which will introduce you to some of the advanced search techniques available using Google. Some you will be familiar with, others you may have forgotten and some will be completely new. The course is not currently open but all the course material is still available at this site.

Well worth a look. Thanks for sharing Natalie. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

A website with a focus on innovation, expert analysis and advice. Also produces a comprehensive cross-curricular program designed to assist students in developing a critical understanding of the world through the news media.

Looking for best practice 'Library Research Skills' for year 7's and I came across this link which I thought would be suitable for year 10's upwards. Any one else know of any other online self paced e-learning tools ranked and sequenced for secondary year levels???

A large collection registry of digital research tools.

Just had a glance, looks terrific, will have to spend some time here later!

Thanks for sharing, Noelene. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore.

Saw a presentation about this by Bernadette Mercieca on this at Saturday's TeachMeet Looks like a great way to save AND share