Every day, our editorial team evaluates dozens of new websites spanning the globe. Following SIRS' time-tested techniques for vetting and organizing information, each site is carefully selected for its relevance, credibility, appropriateness to students, and reliability before it's added to our SIRS® WebSelect (designed for use in grades 9-14) collections. Each site includes an editor-written summary to help users quickly evaluate a site's content and mission prior to linking.

How reliable are the 14,000+ links in WebSelect? In a word, very.

Special software monitors website content changes throughout the day. When a change is detected, the site is removed from the product until personally reviewed by our staff to ensure compliance to our rigorous standards. Plus, our rigorous editorial process ensures sites are educational in nature, noncommercial, and free from overt advertising.

A perfect complement to SIRS Researcher® and our eLibrary® resources, SIRS WebSelect is accessible through SIRS Knowledge Source®.

With WebSelect, researchers can:

• Retrieve the latest information on broad curriculum areas and ever-changing fields.
• Access primary source information and high-impact graphical content unavailable in most databases.
• Explore ebooks and dictionaries covering everything from ancient texts to the latest technological jargon.
• Conduct effective searches using subject heading, keyword, natural language, and topic browse queries.
• Use the weekly Editor's Top Pick feature that recognizes a website for its research value.

The resources in SIRS WebSelect include:

• Editor's Top Pick and Featured Web Sites regularly recognizes websites for their research value; updated every Monday.
• Spotlight of the Month presents a sampling of websites to encourage research and awareness of a monthly topic, chosen for its timeliness and high interest. (Archive)
• Suggested Research Topics offers keywords, subject headings, and topic browse paths that link directly to coverage of hot topics and timely issues.
• Challenge Quests, presented monthly, pose insightful questions with answers in the form of pathfinders, to encourage student research. (Archive)

Let SIRS WebSelect take the worry out of sending your students online. WebSelect makes Internet research easy, safe, and effective for students of all ages.

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