Web Sites - introductory and more advanced explanations
Books - with a UK or European approach, one is free!
Courses - practical mixed with discussion and a little theory
Kent Web Projects - using the Web in education

Web sites for searchers

The Spider's Apprentice    http://www.monash.com/spidap.html
A useful discussion on search engine operation and getting better results. The effectiveness of different search engines is reviewed.

BECTa Information Sheet on Internet Searching
http://www.becta.org.uk/technology/infosheets/pdf/internet-searching.pdf
A summary of subject catalogues, search engines and other facilities available. Downloadable document in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF).

Reviews of Search Engines     http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/business/search.html
Shiela Webber's links to sites and articles about searching.

Books on Internet research

Guide to Network Resource Tools
TERENA and Margaret Isaacs. Readable overview of Internet tools written for the non-technical reader. £11.95 from bookshops ISBN 0-201-61905-9 or free on the Web at www.terena.nl/libr/gnrt/index.html

The Advanced Internet Searcher's Handbook
Phil Bradley. Comprehensive, but anyone who has spent time searching the Web would find this book interesting. Written in the UK, but with a world perspective. £35 from bookshops ISBN 1-85604-302-9 The Library Association Publishing.

Courses on Internet Research

Research Using The Internet
This course, run by EIS, uses practical experience to develop the themes outlined in this site. Some previous computing use is required, but delegates are often just starting to use the Web for research themselves or wish to improve their pupils' research skills. (Tel. 01622 661752 for details).

Internet Research Workshop
Is an intermediate-level day workshop designed to develop further the Web research skills of teachers, librarians and support staff that have used the Internet for a while. The workshop combines practical exercises with discussion. (Tel. 01622 661752 for details).

Kent NGfL Web Projects

Subject Lists     www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/websites/ten.html
Kent teachers and advisors are collaborating to produce lists of the best 80 or so sites for the National Curriculum subjects. Reviews of the classroom relevance are being written.

Specialist Lists     www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/websites/locating.html
This list of Internet resources is devoted to search strategies. It points to Web resources such as tutorials that promote more effective searching and lists search engines and Web catalogues. A list in the same series points to Web Publishing resources.

Kent NGfL Webskills   www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/webskills/
A website concerning research in teaching and learning. Teachers have taught research skills for some time now, this site relates Web use to these conventional skills.