Research

= Research =

1) Decatur High School Library wiki
 * LIKE: I think this wiki is organized very well for research. There is a whole research section at the top of the page that includes links to help students find the following information: articles and research, books, MLA citations and test practice as well as teacher resources. It is easy to navigate through and it is very clean; there is not too much information being crammed into one space.
 * WHAT I WILL USE: An aspect of this wiki that I will definitely take away with me and use when I create my own school wiki is the pathfinders they provided. The pathfinders are web pages about specific information and this library wiki mentioned that the pathfinders provided where typically made available because of assignments that teachers had given to students. Way to make the process of locating quality information simple!
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2) Monarch Academy Library wiki
 * LIKE: This wiki is not quite as clean as the Decatur High School Library's wiki, but it is still easy enough to navigate through. I like that this wiki also has pathfinders and I think it is wonderful that there are additional pages for classes and collaborative projects.
 * WHAT I WILL USE: Something that I will definitely steal from this wiki for my library's future wiki is the inclusion of student, teacher, and family resource pages. Each page is created with a specific audience in mind and all three have suggestions to improve the learning process.
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3) Saint Louis School Library wiki
 * LIKE: This wiki has links to other local libraries web sites which I think would be useful to students. I also find it helpful that resources are divided by type and made available on the library's main wiki page; there is no searching involved. Citation tools were also readily available.
 * WHAT I WILL USE: This wiki had links available to the Encyclopedia Britannica and Oxford English Dictionary web sites. I thinks this could be very beneficial to students, especially when they are in the process of completing research. By making these web sites so easy to access, students will be able to save time.
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