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RESEARCH TOOLBOX

Research Toolbox The Education World Research Toolbox is a valuable one-page tool with dictionaries, translators, encyclopedias, thesauri, almanacs, quotations, maps, calendars, tables & codes, convertors, calculators, experts, museums, great thinkers, news, libraries, and lots more.

COPYRIGHT, CITATION & PLAGIARISM

Articles	The Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use When it comes to copyright law and the application of fair use exceptions, ignorance is definitely not bliss! Learn how to educate yourselves and your students and avoid making a costly mistake! Copyrights and Copying Wrongs Are you a copyright scofflaw? Is Fair Use a License to Steal? Tips for determining whether your use is fair use. Copyright Law and New Technologies The technology resources you can and cannot use! Applying Fair Use to New Technologies How students and educators can use copyrighted technology resources! District Liability and Teaching Responsibility How school districts can protect staff and students from copyrighting wrongs! Who Said That? How to Cite Electronic Resources Increasingly, students are using electronic resources for researching papers, projects, and reports. This week, Education World explores a variety of bibliographic styles for citing those resources. Included: Four mini style guides students can save -- and use!
Reviews	KAIROS - A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments Articles, news, reviews and discussions related to the teaching of writing for the Web.
Database	Research Resources: Bibliography Resources Copyright & Intellectual Property Issues
Related Links	Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association This site provides style formats for online reference sources from the American Psychological Association (APA). Citing the World Wide Web in Style: APA and MLA Formats This site provides style references for online sources from both the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA). Citing Electronic Resources The Internet Public Library provides links to a number of sources providing formats for electronic style. Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web This site provides style references from the Modern Language Association (MLA). For online source formats, go to MLA Online, click MLA Style, and click Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web.) Citing Internet Sources Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher provides guidelines for referencing electronic citations. Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources The University of Alberta provides links to a number of sites on citing electronic sources. Basic Columbia Guide to Online Style Columbia University Press provides these style guides for online resources. United States Copyright Office Complete site for copyright issues, both in the United States and Internationally. Plagiarism Q & A Great site on all issues regarding plagiarism and proper internet citation. Guide for Citing Electronic Information Professional guidelines for proper internet reference citation. Glatt Plagiarism Services, Inc. Superb software services program to identify plagiarised sources of information from the www. Principally designed for higher education instructors and universities.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDY AIDS

Articles	Online Resources: Specialized Encyclopedias and Reference Portals Good news for teachers, students, and parents: There *is* good, free reference material available on the Internet. Education World writer Mary Daniels Brown offers resources in two areas -- specialized online encyclopedias and reference portals (sites that collect links to reference resources on the Web). Online Encyclopedias: Which Are the Best Ones for Students? Good, free reference material *is* available on the Internet. Today, Education World writer Mary Daniels Brown analyzes and compares a handful of free online encyclopedias. Online Libraries Internet educator Walter McKenzie highlights the best Internet resources!
Reviews	FirstGov This Web portal offers free access to more than 20,000 U.S. government Web sites in one easy-to-search, central location. Noodle Tools Noodle Tools provides resources for making Internet research easier. The Researching Librarian The Researching Librarian site provides links to a meta-list of carefully selected sites useful for research. PinkMonkey.com PinkMonkey is the premier site on the Internet for students who need homework help in literature and other subjects. It also offers an online study guide for the SAT. The CyberLibrarian's Reststop The CyberLibrarian's Reststop contains useful information on searching, developing virtual collections, and staying Web savvy. World Lecture Hall The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses in any language. (It contains Lecture Notes and exams on most college courses. This is an extremely valuable site.) Texas Information Literacy Tutorial This excellent interactive library tutorial will prepare you to explore and research the online world. Available in low-tech and high-tech versions.
Related Links	Alta Vista Translation Machine This valuable translation tool will be of great assistance in approximately translating foreign languages. (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese) Research Center.com Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. Includes and idea directory, discussion area, chat, and writing center. Study Guides and Strategies (Multiple languages) Supercenter for study guides in learning, studying, reading & writing skills, test preparation, test taking, essays, class participation and many really useful links. In English, German, Freanch, Italian, Luganda, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, and Hindi. Study Skills Guide: Dartmouth The Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center is for the entire College community. Its primary goal is to assist students in becoming more efficient and effective learners, improve their academic skills and ability to learn. Study Skills Guide to Notemaking Tips and techniques to help you learn more effectively and get results. Thinking Like a Genius Thinking Like a Genius: Eight strategies used by the super creative, from Aristotle and Leonardo to Einstein and Edison. These eight strategies encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. InfoZone Research Skills Area This site will walk you through each step required to write a research paper or project. It is very thorough and comprehensive. An excellent four site site. Critical Evaluation Surveys Superb site by the Discovery Channel for researchers on the internet. Amongst Kathy Schrock's excellent pages for young researchers, you will find guides to recognizing high quality information sources on the Internet and from those sources, accurate and appropriate information. Evaluating Web Resources Useful set of materials from Wolfgram Memorial Library at Widener University.

GRADUATE STUDY AIDS