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Research project: by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project on teens research habits.

"Integrated tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving/annotation, and collaborative research and writing."

This piece articulates why students need to be taught information literacy skills and be exposed to a variety of information sources on the web. "Students today write reports from information they find on the internet. They need to understand this type of new information source and the network it comes from. Students are making connections with many different kinds of people, actively looking for and soliciting different points of view. They need to develop the skill to work out just who are the experts are in the crowd and then using a "blend of personal and social information" to predict the best solution,create the best content and ask the best questions."

I'm sure others will share this link to Research Skills information site!

Ergo on the State Library of Vic website: 'Learn skills' shows you how to make school work easier and will also help you improve your marks.In this section you'll find practical guides to researching assignments, writing essays and studying for exams. Useful resources to show classes in secondary school

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