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1. Univ of Texas Library "High School Research Resources" portal:
http://libguides.uta.edu/highschool

2. Florida Center for Instructional Technology, "The Internet: Ideas, Activities, and Resources," Chapter 5, "Research Tools":
http://fcit.usf.edu/internet/chap5/chap5.htm

3. Virtual Learning Resources Center (note also the "Related Sites" section):
http://www.virtuallrc.com/

4. NoodleTools/NoodleQuest:
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
A non-interactive version of NoodleQuest is here:
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

5. The Internet Public Library (a SILS fave):
http://www.ipl.org/

6. Search operator tips/source evaluation/ethical use of resources:
http://kschimmel.hubpages.com/hub/Using-Internet-Search-Engines-for-Academic-Research-3-Lessons-for-High-School-Students

7. SweetSearch:
http://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps

8. Best of History Websites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/research

9. And finally -- you probably already know about this one, but:
NC Wise Owl: Primary Source Web Sites 
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/professional/Primary_Source.htm

http://www.instagrok.com

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  • Home
  • Public Ed Advocacy
  • Historical Thinking Skills
    • Research
  • US History I
    • Part one >
      • American Values
      • European Schism & Imperialism
      • Early Colonial Period
      • Revolutionary Period
      • From the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution
      • Early Republic
    • Part two >
      • Age of Jackson >
        • 19th Century Religion & Reform
      • Manifest Destiny
      • Coming of the American Civil War
      • Civil War >
        • Lincoln: The Film
      • Reconstruction
      • American Dream
  • US History II
    • Part One >
      • Slavery by Another Name
      • West >
        • Homesteader Webquest
      • Gilded Age
      • Immigration & Urbanization
      • Populism & Progressivism
      • Imperialism
    • Part Two >
      • WW I
      • Roaring Twenties
      • Great Depression & New Deal
      • WW II
  • US History Digital Sources
  • Philosophy
  • AP US History
    • Period 4
  • Raw Materials
  • Race in the US
  • Pedagogy
  • Historical Thinking Skills