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Good site for short and easy to use research tips such as The Top 10 reasons why you can't cite wikipedia"

Lots of great web guides in here for sure, Barbara. Thanks for posting the link. I've marked the Diigo Assignment as complete for you.

A PDF of tips for students, for use in class or library

"Alexandra Samuel is Vice President of Social Media at Vision Critical, a market research technology provider and the author of Work Smarter with Evernote (Harvard Business Review Press, December 2012). She blogs for Harvard Business Review. Today, she's sharing her top tips for using Evernote to get more from your research."

Love it: "The problem is that human beings are not full text searchable..." (yet)

A great resource for teachers getting into Google Docs - covers all the basics.

A new search tool that can be used in Google Documents - search for web resources, images, quotes within a document - clicking the button generates a citation

Ergo is a site containing a great deal of information about Victorian history, including digitised primary resources. It also has tips on research skills and essay writing.

Seems obvious but I find this an easy to use research tool for a variety of ages.

Improve your research, essay writing and study skills, explore Victoria's history, and access over 700 original primary sources you can use in your assignments.

I found this on Google using a search like this: research vic.edu.au and hit enter. Very powerful and ensures that only relevant sites come up in google without all the unnecessary ones. Really fine tunes the search.

This is by primary teacher Kathleen Morris of Leopold Primary. Useful for primary students when introducing effective research skills.