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flavor 4Use the starting points below to locate at least four different web sites that are key references/resources in your subject area. Print this page and use the format below to record the sites, how you found them, and what was noteworthy about each site.
S T A R T I N G   P O I N T S
(these sites will open in a new web browser window)
Education Index http://www.educationindex.com/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/
iBiblio http://www.ibiblio.org/collection/
Internet Public Library Reference Center http://www.ipl.org/ref/
LibrarySpot http://www.libraryspot.com/
Landmarks for Schools http://landmark-project.com/
MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/
My Virtual Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/
Open Directory http://dmoz.org/Reference/
StudyWeb http://www.studyweb.com/
Teachers@Work http://www.treadwell.co.nz/
Virtual Reference Desk http://www.vrd.org/
Pre-Wired Search engines
We have rigged up a tool that will allow you to do some web searches with pre-configured keywords. In this case, you can select any of the search sites below to look for subject specific "references" in the area you enter in the search field.

Search Google AltaVista HotBot
for "reference" in the subject area:
S I T E S   F O U N D
The first is an example of how you might complete this worksheet
title: Communication, Sea World
URL: http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Baleen/communbw.html
how found: From the Ask Jeeves site, type in the question "How do whales communicate?" Where can I find out about the communication of baleen whales, where the word "communication" was a menu selection that allows exploration of other aspects of these whales.
notes: It is good to be able to enter a search as a question! The Ask Jeeves site also tries to find the answers in other major search sites.

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Did you sample enough flavors by finding webs sites? Have you grabbed a few web addresses? Next we want to review what we've done so far.