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Lincoln, Margaret – MultiMedia Schools, 2002
Discusses Internet plagiarism and includes an outline for a presentation that library media specialists can use with teachers. Highlights include an overview of the problem; helping teachers recognize the signs; pinpointing the source, including the use of search engines and Web sites; and prevention, including more control over the research…
Descriptors: Cheating, Inservice Teacher Education, Internet, Learning Resources Centers
Perrett, Valerie – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This article looks at the information literacy (ILS) skills of graduate students and is based on an audit at the ANU in 2003 which included database searching, web searching, information management and word processing skills--vital to all graduate students. Each student who completed the audit received a "training needs profile". Staff…
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Literacy, Word Processing, Graduate Students
Rogers, Sally J.; Ozonoff, Sally – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Unusual responses to sensory stimuli are seen in many children with autism. Their presence was highlighted both in early accounts of autism and in more recent first-person descriptions. There is a widespread belief that sensory symptoms characterize autism and differentiate it from other disorders. This paper examines the empirical…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Investigations, Autism, Search Engines
Devarrewaere, Anthony; Roelly, Aude – Journal of Archival Organization, 2005
The Archives Departementales de la Cote-d'Or chose as a priority for its automation plan the acquisition of a search engine, to publish online archival descriptions and the library catalogue. The Archives deliberately opted for a practical approach, using for the encoding of the finding aids an automatic data export from an archival management…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Archives, Metadata
Kaczmarek, Jerzy; Landowska, Agnieszka – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
In this article, an extension of the existing structure of learning objects is described. The solution addresses the problem of the access and discovery of educational resources in the distributed Internet environment. An overview of e-learning standards, reference models, and problems with educational resources delivery is presented. The paper…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Resources, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Helms-Park, Rena; Radia, Pavlina; Stapleton, Paul – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
While the use of a search engine to find secondary sources is now a commonplace practice among undergraduate writers, recent studies show that students' online searches often lead to materials that are wholly or partially unsuitable for academic purposes. Accordingly, this project set out to determine whether using a more specialized search…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Internet, English for Academic Purposes, Information Sources
Colaric, Susan M.; Fine, Bethann; Hofmann, William – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
There is a wealth of information available on the World Wide Web that can assist pre-service teachers in their course studies. Yet observation of students in a technology integration class indicated that students were not able to find resources efficiently or reliably. The purpose of this study was to establish a baseline of what undergraduate,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Educational Technology, Computer Literacy, Search Engines
Bilal, Dania – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Using a participatory approach, 11 middle school children created paper prototypes for Web search engines. The prototypes were analyzed in relation to content-related spaces, specific spaces, general spaces, instruction spaces, and other spaces. Children's comments about the purposes of the interfaces were analyzed in terms of functionality and…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Preferences

Gunn, Holly; Hepburn, Gary – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
Reports findings of a study in four Nova Scotia public schools of twelfth grade students' information seeking strategies when using the Internet as an information source. Discusses student's knowledge of World Wide Web search engines; how students acquired Internet information seeking knowledge; and how students perceive their ability to locate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Information Seeking, Information Sources

Lucas, Wendy; Topi, Heikki – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Describes a study of college students that investigated Web-based search engine queries and compared relevancy ratings with expert-formulated queries. Considers the number of subject terms used and the use of Boolean operators and discuses the need for designing search engine interfaces that provide greater support in term selection and operator…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Interfaces, Design Requirements
Abram, Stephen – Information Outlook, 2002
Considers trends in the information technology field that affect libraries and librarians. Discusses search paradigms, including web search engines, visual displays, multimedia searching, and multilingual searching; expanding online databases; computer technology, including voice recognition; work and learning environments; knowledge management;…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Environment, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Shoemaker, Robert – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: To outline the conceptual and technical difficulties encountered, as well as the opportunities created, when developing an interlinked collection of web-based digitised primary sources on eighteenth century London. Design/methodology/approach: As a pilot study for a larger project, a variety of primary sources, including the "Old…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks
Feeney, Mary; Newby, Jill – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
Presenting electronic resources to users through a federated search engine introduces unique opportunities and challenges to libraries. This article reports on the decision-making tools and processes used for selecting collections of electronic resources by a project team at the University of Arizona (UA) Libraries for the Association of Research…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Search Engines, Research Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Gunn, Holly; Hepburn, Gary – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken in four Nova Scotia public schools of twelfth grade students' information seeking strategies when they use the Internet as an information source. Various Nova Scotia Department of Education curriculum documents hold high expectations of students' information seeking strategies when using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Grade 12, Information Seeking

Huang, G. Q.; Shen, B.; Mak, K. L. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2001
Describes TELD (Teaching by Examples and Learning by Doing), a Web-based online courseware engine for higher education. Topics include problem-based learning; project-based learning; case methods; TELD as a Web server; course materials; TELD as a search engine; and TELD as an online virtual classroom for electronic delivery of electronic…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Courseware, Instructional Materials, Learning Strategies