CDE Research Books

I. “A Friendly ‘How To’ Guide.”
Truly friendly and complete. Good bits of humor, great link abstracts.
Chapters:

1. Introduction to helpful computer features
2. Search Engines
3. Google
4. Travel
5. News & current events
6. Policy Research
7. Government Documents
8. Stock Investing
9. Medical Research
10. References and School study help
11. Solving Problems

$34 per copy (quantity discount available)

II. INTERNET RESEARCH.
A serious “How TO” that teaches you the simple and the advanced tools to find anything on the web. Well illustrated (and that makes it so much easier to understand what you can do). 160 pages. On CD, e-mail or paper.

Includes (1) Finding things (2) Using Your Tool Bar (3) Search Tips (4) Research Strategy (5) Boolean (connector words) (6) Metasearches (7) Selecting search engines (8) Advanced Searches (9) Creating a Search Strategy (10) Finding the best Websites (11) Using General Subject Directories (12) How To Find Specific Topic Directories (13) The CDE Internet Tutorial (14) The Principles of Smart Searching (15) Invisible Web Gateways (16) Internet Resources For Teachers (17) Gray Literature (18) Deep Web Search Engines (19) Researching Specific Fields (20) Subject Tracers (21) Glossary (22) Self-Quiz
$29..

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III. GOOGLE.
Everyone uses it but almost nobody goes past the basics. This book tells you how to use and make the most out of this often underappreciated and underutilized research tool. Google offers you much more than you realize. 127 pages. On CD, paper or e-mail.
Very well illustrated.

You’ll find (1) Advanced Search and Search Options (2) Using the Operators (3) Search Syntax (4) Database Reviews and Reports (5) Google Scholar (6) U.S. Government searches (7) Google Translate (8) Maps and Trip Planning (9) Package Tracking and Phone Codes (10) Search Modifiers and Restrictive Searches (11) Images for copy, essays, school papers or advertising (12) Chrome Web Browser (13) Book Search (especially useful since the law suit blocking its development has been settled).

$26. Use the order form on page 23 or phone 575-751-0514. Tell us if you want the CD, e-mail or paper copy.

IV. FOCUSED INTERNET RESEARCH.
The best researchers know that it saves time and avoids missing key sources to use specialized listings of the best web sites on each new topic. This is the book to give you those annotated listings in very well organized, easy to use formats. 167 pages. On CD, e-mail or paper. $22.
You get chapters with annotated listings and web addresses for extemp (and articles), policy debate, Lincoln Douglas debate, philosophy (plus good articles), stock market, business, economics, education, government sources, legal/law sources, medical, newspapers, magazines, journals, think tanks (plus articles), university policy study centers.
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V. TEACHER’S I.R. RESOURCE BOOK.
A wonderful collection of educational tools for teaching and testing students about internet research. 107 pages. On CD, e-mail or paper.
You get dozens of broader quizzes and tests, general research worksheets, Learning Tutorials, quizzes on Boolean & business sites, CX & Team debate research test, Education research worksheet, Legal Research worksheet, Medical research test, News and extemp quiz/worksheet, Philosophy and L.D. Worksheet, Think Tank Worksheet, Internet Tutorial handout and lecture notes, Lesson Plan for in-class debate on internet-related issue(s), References and colorful worksheets on how to evaluate the quality of web sites, lesson plans on “Teaching Internet Research Strategies” $26.00