Internet Workshop
Integrating the Internet into the Foreign Language Curriculum
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Introduction

What is the Internet?

FL Sites

Searching the Web

Evaluating sites

Publishing to the Web

Audio sites

Resources

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 		Searching the Web

Some Major Search Engines

Here are links to the major search engines and directories currently recommended for academic searching. Links to the University of California at Berkeley online tutorial with detailed instructions on using each engine follow.

Foreign Search Engines/Directories

There are many search engines in other countries which can be useful for searching for foreign language documents.

Resources

Here are some sites which will give you valuable information to understand search engines better and to help you search the Web more effectively.

Searching the Internet
Site developed by Mary Lange, Educational Technology Resource teacher for teachers in the San Diego City Schools. It covers types of search engines, tips and techniques, as well as practice search exercises. Draws heavily on material from the more complete "Sink or Swim" site linked below.

Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Needs
Debbie Abilock, school librarian at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California, has a nice succinct presentation of various search engines (including others than those given on this page).

Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools and Techniques
This site contains an online workshop developed by Ross Tyner, Reference Librarian at Okanagan University College in British Columbia. It covers the topics mentioned in "Searching the Internet" given above, and also includes a nice comparison of different search engines.

Finding Information on the Internet
This site maintained by librarian Joe Barker presents the substance of the Internet Worshops offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley . Although its structure is sometimes confusing to navigate, it contains a wealth of information.

Penn Library - Search Tools
Overview of 8 major search engines: AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, Magellan, WebCrawler and Yahoo.

Kathryn K. McMahon