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Educator and technology trainer Thomas Daccord has painstakingly selected and compiled this guide to the best history sites for use in high school, academic, and public libraries. The Best of History Web Sites is the quickest path to a rich variety of content, including multimedia presentations, subject gateways, lesson plans and activities, primary resources, interactive quizzes and games, virtual tours, maps and atlases, statistical collections, and more. Based on his award-winning Internet portal, this new resource describes over 800+ Web sites covering United States, ancient and medieval, and modern history. Each entry includes the complete URL and a detailed annotation. Unique to this resource are easy-to-identify categories that indicate the type of content featured on the site; grade level recommendations; and "Best Of" selections that identify the best e-texts, research and plagiarism sources, advanced placement study guides, virtual tours, and more. Two special introductory chapters help librarians and educators learn to locate and evaluate history Web sites and integrate them into the educational or library setting. Librarians and educators will find this an ideal starting place for designing lesson plans, helping students complete assignments, getting researchers started on specific subjects, creating pathfinders, or even answering history-related reference questions.

 "Recommended to history teachers, academics and librarians...as a useful addition to their reference resources."
-- OIR, Vol. 32, No. 2
 
"This is a recommended book for public, school and academic libraries."
-- Reference Reviews, Vol.22, Number 7
 
"Given the amount and variable quality of information to be found on the World Wide Web, it is extremely helpful to have a book such as this to guide us to credible resources."
-- Partnership, vol. 3 no. 1, 2008
 
"The index is superior.... This book will be of tremendous value for the near future."
-- Catholic Library World, Vol 78, Number 4, June 2008
 
"Takes readers on a voyage through time exposing them to both primary and secondary resources via invaluable gateways to historical information....Encourages active learning, exposes readers to a wealth of Web resources..."
-- The Journal of Academic Librarianship, May 2008
 
"Designed to assist teachers and librarians in their search for worthwhile and appropriate sites for students and classroom materials, this copious volume surely succeeds."
-- School Library Journal, March 2008
 

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