This document, modified from a similar one by Jeri Hurd, librarian at Western Academy of Beijing, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). It is specifically designed to support the IB Diploma Program Extended Essay, but it can be modified to support many types of research.
1. LIS DP Research Planner
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2. LIS DP Research Planner
Specialized Search Engines #Twitter Hashtags
Call Numbers/Books
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Google Books http://bit.ly/x7is1t
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http://dewey.info/ BiologyBrowser
Ask Ms. Katy infomine.ucr.edu/
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Primary Source Collections: Alternative Sources
Databases, Encyclopedias & Internet History Sourcebooks: Videos, Images, Audio
Digital Libraries: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Curated Collections
Flickr
WorldBook Online Scoop.it
YouTube
The Avalon Project:
Vimeo
Science in Context http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ Libguides.com
Ted.com
Student Resources in EuroDocs: Google Images
Twitter
Context http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.ph Big Think
p/Main_Page iTunesU
Questia Diigo/Delicious
Top Documentary Films:
American Memory Project: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
The Literary Encyclopedia http://memory.loc.gov/ Khan Academy Paper.li
Free Online University
Internet Public Library Africa: South of the Sahara: Courses: Scribd.com
http://www- http://www.openculture.com/free
Oxford Quick Reference sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/h onlinecourses Slideshare.net
Grove Music Online istory/hisprimary.html Podcasts (iTunes)
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