Block 4 Sessions, 2:00-2:45 p.m.
Block 5 Sessions, 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Program Q
Note: This is a two-hour session and
covers blocks 4 and 5
Brave the Wave: Using the Internet for Student Research
Elizabeth Saliba
Federal Documents Librarian
Mesa Public Library
Kellie Shoemaker
Young Adult Librarian
Mesa Public Library
This workshop offers practical help to the busy professional who lacks
the time to search the Internet for authoritative and appropriate
information. The intended audience for this presentation ranges from
upper elementary to junior college school librarians, public librarians,
and teachers who are interested in using the Internet to help students
with reports and homework assignments. The focus is on hard-to-find
information, and the factors that were considered in selecting the sites
were currency, availability, reading level, language, source reliability
and subject popularity. All the sites that were selected for the
presentation were evaluated by librarians who work in a large public
library, using guidelines established by professional sources.
More than 170 Intenret sites were collected for an annotated bibliography
that is provided to workshop participants. The list is organized by a
wide range of subjects, including geography, government, history,
literature, science, medicine, social issues and statistics. The workshop
is a presentation of about twenty sites that represent the subjects
listed on the bibliography along with general tips for searching the
Internet and criteria to use in evaluating sites.
