Excellent resource for novice teachers and novice researchers once they learn how to use the site to its potential; however, some may be concerned that this does some of the thinking work that kids need to engage in.

My Take

I tried searching the website for "ebola" in December 2014. The main hits for back were articles from 2008 and 2009. The default search appears to be postings from the findingDulcinea staff. Their content appears to be outdated. However, the site also provides resulted from "selected sites" which are much more recent. A quick glance suggests that from the searching that I did, the website provides links to credible sources such as the NYT, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, NPR, and CNN. However, I tried to search for "ebola transmission" and the website returned zero hits. I realized that I have to change the tab at the top to search findingDulcinea's selected sites instead of just findingDulcinea alone. This could prove to be somewhat troubling in the classroom, but not insurmountable with the proper modeling and demonstration. Overall, I would definitely recommend this as a possible resource for teachers to use in creating lesson plans on research skills. Some teachers might benefit from the fact that the search can be filtered for ALL results versus JUNIOR results. That feature could be huge for teachers of younger students.