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Elizabeth F. McLean, Copyright 2010 Kids aren't always in school or at the library when they ask good questions. Parents and caregivers can be overwhelmed often and say things like - we should look that up! (LATER). or "just Google or Wikipedia it"). It is especially important now more than ever for kids to learn to answer their great questions by learning to look up information using good print or digital sources. Accompanies a web instruction module "Let's Look It Up!" that focuses on print reference resources. Information literacy tool.
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Let’s Look It Up!Web Reference Sources for Kids
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Browse: Choose the right place
• To browse online, always use web sites that your family or your teachers have guided you to, like these good selections from our lesson:– Kid search engines
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To Browse is to…...Look at the topics listed like these above and over here
With your mouse, click and pick out the ones that really grab your attention
Read what you have uncovered to see what you can learn.Now you try it!
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Searching Online
• To search online, first write down the main topic. Add a few other words that go with your topic or subject that you plan to learn about.TOPIC:
launch vehicle
rocket AND mission OR space
NOT science
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Using AND, OR, NOT with Search WordsThis topic shows our main topic to be:Launch Vehicle
Words we also want to use in this search with Launch Vehicle could be:mission AND rocketrocket OR spacemission AND space
This picture also represents a Search for Launch Vehicle AND rocket NOT science
By using NOT science in the Search box, we should expect results that will NOT include rocket science.
Launch Vehicle
mission
science
rocket
space
NOT
Type space AND rocket into your favorite kids web search engine. What results did YOU get? Click here to try it.
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What do you see on this web search engine page?
How many ways do you see to browse on this page?
How many places can you enter search words on this page?
What other things can you look up from this page?
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Important!• Choose web search engines that your teachers or parents have checked out
first.• Remember that if you get stuck or can’t find something, you can always ask
for help.• The web/internet does NOT have every book or reference source available.
You should always use a mix of print reference and digital (online) reference sources.
• The best web sources cost money, so use the library search engines to access them!
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Try this!
Keep a notebook with your topic searches• Write down:– The question you are looking up the answer to– The places that you looked that were helpful– The information that you learned that was good– Where you found the information that you plan to
use if you are writing on the topic (citation).
Keep looking up your questions and ask for help when you need it!
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ConclusionLooking up answers is something great that You can do yourself.Every time you look something up, you get better at doing it! It’s fun to find good answers!
You can combine Browse and Search steps (and repeat them) to learn about a topic you like.
You can always ask for help from family, teachers or your librarian!
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Web Search Engine Sources:
AND http://www.wordcentral.com/
