Tips and information about how to evaluate resources, both print and electronic. Includes information about source authority, purpose, objectivity, currency, completeness, and relevance. It includes a printable handout (top right)with...

Read about the Railroad Strike of 1877 using three excerpts from textbooks and three original newspaper articles. Compare and contrast the information in the primary and secondary sources.

Teachers' Domain is a multimedia digital library for the classroom that provides learning experiences in ways no textbook can. This ever-expanding library currently includes collections on: Science: Life Science, Physical Science,...

This instructional activity, based on the animated story "The Worm Turns" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use several types of informational texts to gather facts. In the video, Molly and her friends are...

A bio-bibliography of Alain Leroy Locke with background information of his life and famous literary works. With a list of media resources related to Locke.

Awesome Library's searchable database is full of resources in all subject areas. It also provides information to parents, students, teachers, principal, family, and community.

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the song "Look It Up" illustrates how words and images can provide important information. It combines an upbeat tune with kid-friendly images to motivate children to use reference materials....

This site offers some historical background information about the passing of the GI Bill. Also lists the current benefits provided by the bill, along with the main provisions of the GI Bills associated with World War II, the Korean...

This page offers some specifically targeted videos and tip sheets to help you develop several vital research skills. You may need to copy and paste the links provided in order to access the videos. W.11-12.7 Research

Students are immersed in primary source materials that relate to child labor in America from 1880-1920 to gain a personal perspective of how work affected the American child within a rapidly growing industrial society. This project is...

The primary goal of this activity is to give young scholars the genuine experience of oral history in order to appreciate the process of historiography. We identified immigrants in our community who reflect the ethnic diversity of our...

This site provides clear techniques and guidelines on finding secondary and primary research for use in scholarly analysis that involves looking at the evidence and discovering a pattern that makes meaning.

This resource offers a good look at periodicals as a source of information, and offers help for finding articles in a variety of situations.

Though the suffrage movement failed to exclude African-American women, and many obstacles came in the way of their voting (e.g., poll taxes, literacy tests, etc.), "African-American women were not strangers to community activism." Learn...

Examining context as well as other factors is important for research success. Learn what questions to ask and what factors to look for in the evaluation process.

A learning module that begins with "The History of the Cylinder Phonograph" by The Library of Congress, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

This 35-minute interactive tutorial models the research process via the story of Quentin, a UMUC student. It takes him through the various research process steps: understand how to locate background information on his topic by showing...

Internet research is a fine writing tool, but can you trust the information you find? This presentation by Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries at Babson College, gives advice on assessing the quality and credibility of information...

Informative, fun, and humorous tutorial that uses cartoon characters to provide an introduction to information technology. The tutorial covers operating systems/desktops, email, the world wide web, and networks.

A gateway to a collection of more than 500 prints, from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, which encompasses several forms of political editorializing. A wonderfully curated collection, with images, a summary of the historical...

Teachers often find the Holocaust to be an overwhelming subject to approach with their students. While the Holocaust offers important lessons to today's students, it can be a difficult to find the appropriate amount of information to...

Excellent site outlining each step for Internet research for grades 6-12. This site focuses on writing a research paper from selecting a topic through to the final paper. Click on Cite My Sources to get the electronic citation machines....

During the course of this lesson, the students will research various forms of natural disasters that occur in the United States and what someone should do in the event of that disaster. The teacher and library media specialist will...

This clearly presented tutorial can be used by individuals or could be presented to a class. Be sure to take the interactive quiz for some thought-provoking exercises.