aclJohn's Research/Reference Finds

Imagelogr is a search engine for images.

The objectives of Imagelogr are to...

• index every image currently available for free on the Internet; and
  
• make them instantly accessible to anybody;
• offer image manipulation capabilities so users can modify the selected picture in a way that they see fit, including...
  • the ability to rotate images on the fly;
  • zoom in and out without having to re-size the entire website in order to achieve the desire effect;
• enable users to download and save the s...

Mashpedia is...

• a combination of a search engine and an encyclopedia; 
  
• very simple to use; just type in a search query and hit search.

Mashpedia generates a page of information links about the search topic, collecting information from multiple media and different sources from...

• books;
• blogs;
• text;
• images;
• video; and even
• Twitter references.

Mashpedia is a great tool for creating reading and research tasks for learners, based around authentic materials. It creates web based reading tasks t...

Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University hosts four free animated tutorials designed to teach lessons on web research strategies. <http://library.acadiau.ca/help/tutorials.html>

The four tutorials are...

• Credible Sources Count - learners discover how to recognize the validity of information on the Internet. A good tutorial except for the strong emphasis on using domain names for determining validity;
  http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/

• Research It Right - walks lear...

Welcome to what may well become the home of the most popular note-taking helper!

Isn't it annoying when you want to take some notes and you have to...

• open Word/notepad/other 'word processors' before you can start; and/or if already open
• keep clicking backward and forwards as Word/notepad/other 'word processors' don't float above the web page(s)? or
• tile windows so you and do research and take notes at the same time.

Do you and or your learners find that Window’s Word and NotePad are OK...

There are many search engines on the web that focus on accuracy and relevancy even though that sometimes means displaying inappropriate and explicit content.

I'mHalal is a search engine design for the Muslim community that filters out all the ‘explicit’ content when displaying the search results.

This allows users, and they don't have to be Muslim, to use the internet in a clean and safe environment.

I'mHalal is still in relatively early stages it...

• is available in the followin...

Currently in public beta, RefSeek is a web search engine for learners and researchers that I mentioned during 2009.

Since then, RefSeek has been building some excellent lists of resources for practitioners and learners.

They include, among other things...

• 25 educational video sites;
• A directory of writing and grammar resources and
• A list of professional development resources for teachers. 

Find out more by visiting http://www.refseek.com/directory/.

Are you and/or your learners interested in knowing what foreign language websites have to offer?

Then ForiSearch should be checked out.

This simple online foreign image or video search tool lets users enter a search term, in their native language, and then find images and videos from a different selected language.

ForiSearch is very easy to use...

• enter search keywords
• choose whether to look for images or videos
• choose a language to get back search results

Keitor is an interesting site that offers learners a useful way to type and search Google in their native language.

The homepage of Keitor lets learners activate virtual keyboards for different languages around the world. The list currently has 37 different languages from...

• Albanian to Uzbec_latin

Click on a tab and a virtual keyboard of the selected language pops up on the screen. It can be...

• Dragged anywhere on the page
• Used to enter a query...
  
  • Hit search and users get results fr...