What is steampunk? Most call it Victorian science fiction. Steampunk can claim such authors as H.G. Wells and Jules Verne as its earliest writers. These two Victorian/Edwardian era writers created steampunk settings in books such as "The Time Machine" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth". In the 1990s, writers such as William Gibson, Bruce…

The LMS and library media program standards were written to reflect the 21st century learner. The most current documents, "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" and "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action", have embraced the 21st century learner jargon, despite how vaguely the terms are defined. The library standards, although written…

Experts in different fields of studies are often the most useful of sources for students and yet they are overlooked because students are unable to access them or do not quite know how to interview them. Guidelines are presented on how students can locate and access the right expert to interview.

The various steps to be implemented in helping students to interact with the Internet in order to avoid wrong information sites are presented. It is significant that children need to be well guided to reputable sources of information in electronic subscription databases.

Online genealogy tools is an unexpected resource as these tools not only serve valuable for genealogy research, but also can be used by students to learn about their country's past and learn to use primary materials to draw conclusions. Some of these Online sources like the 1880 census available at www.ancestry.com, www.thepastwhispers.com, which…

Teaching students the difference between good and bad information has become increasingly more difficult for librarians and other educators. While tools exist to help students to understand how to determine good and bad online information (Web site evaluation forms, techniques to link back to Web site owners, etc.), the reality is that most…

The Big6 approach to information problem solving is widely used by students in the US. Use of Information is the 4th stage and marks a shift in focus from selecting and accessing information sources to using the information itself in a process that involves "critical thinking."

Describes the four largest sources of publicly available resources, illustrated with a pie chart: government documents, books, periodicals, and the Internet, with the Internet being the smallest of the four. Adds to this the unpublished information inside individual minds. Discusses how to steer students away from using only the Internet in…