Gather Information About

From a Variety of Sources

Local Print and Non print Resources

 Skills

• School Library holdings
  • Use the Automated Card Catalog
  • Fee Based Databases
    (See direct links below)
• Public Library holdings
  • BCPL Online Catalog
• Specific Print Encyclopedias
  • World of Chemistry
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry
  • Chemical Elements
  • Oxford A Guide to the Element
• CD-ROM Encyclopedias
• Online Encyclopedias

• Search Strategies (Boolean, Natural Language, etc)
  
• Using the BCPL Online Catalog
• Unpacking the "Big" Question (Extracting Key Words
  
• Using Print and CD-ROM Encyclopedias... Advantages of different encyclopedia formats
  
• Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website

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•  Evaluating Web sites for Authenticity...This skill lesson would be extremely helpful for evaluating web sites pertaining to the Holocaust.
• Using Electric Library...Learn how to search for magazine, newspaper and transcripts.
• Comparing Search Tools on the Web...Learn the various search engines and why each produces a different set of results.
• Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
• Using the Internet
  
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  newspapers, magazines, maps, excerpts from books, and TV and radio transcripts.