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Branzburg, Jeffrey – Technology & Learning, 2004
Google is shaking out to be the leading Web search engine, with recent research from Nielsen NetRatings reporting about 40 percent of all U.S. households using the tool at least once in January 2004. This brief article discusses how teachers and students can maximize their use of Google.
Descriptors: Search Engines, Internet, Online Searching
Minkel, Walter – School Library Journal, 2004
Minkel Walter, recently read about a school district in Texas that's supplying its fifth- and sixth-grade students with laptops. Along with electronic copies of textbooks, the laptops will also contain a "library" of about 2,000 books--"classics of Western civilization"--packaged by Vital Source Technologies and sold for about 5200 per computer.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Western Civilization, Search Engines, Novels
George, Mary W. – Princeton University Press, 2008
To do solid academic research, college students need to look beyond the computer search engine. This short, practical book introduces students to the important components of the information-seeking process. "The Elements of Library Research" provides a foundation for success in any research assignment, from a freshman paper to a senior thesis.…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, College Libraries, Search Engines, Library Research