Recommended Readings and Works Consulted

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American Library Association and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (1998). Information Power. Chicago: ALA.

Basch, S. (Ed.). (1999). The best of internet activities from teacher created materials. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Benson, A.C., & Fodemski, L.M. (2nd ed.). (1999). Connecting kids and the internet: A handbook for librarians, teachers, and parents. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Berger, P. (1998). Internet for active learners: Curriculum-based strategies for K-12. Chicago: American Library Association.

Bilal, D. (2000). Children’s use of the Yahooligans! Web search engine: I. Cognitive, physical, and affective behaviors on fact-based search tasks. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(7), 646-665.

Bilal, D. (2001). Children’s use of the Yahooligans! Web search engine: II. Cognitive and physical behaviors on research tasks. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52(2), 118-136.

Bilal, D, & Watson, J.S. (1998). Children’s paperless projects: Inspiring research via the Web. 64th IFLA General Conference.
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