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What is the internet?

  1. Information literacy tutorial
    http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/
    library/infolit_assignment.shtml
  2. Internet definition
    http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/internet/definition.html
    http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/Internet

Evaluation of websites and sources

Evaluate websites to ascertain whether you can rely on the information, identify its inherent biases or limitations, and see how or whether it fits into your overall research strategy.

  1. Website evaluation checklist and tutorial
    http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/checklist.html
    http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/index.html
  2. Checklist for evaluating a website
    http://www.qcc.mass.edu/booth/testing.html
  3. Illustrated evaluation checklist: authority, purpose, currency, objectivity v. bias, support
    http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/
    libraryguide/evalwebpages.html
  4. Objectivity
    http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/pg3.html
  5. Relevance
    http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/pg1.html
  6. Reliability and recognition of a website
    http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/pg4.html

General evaluation sites

  1. Guidelines for judging the quality of information on websites
    http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/referenc/judging.htm
    http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html
  2. Basic evaluation guidelines and resources - CARS checklist
    http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tbarcalow/490NET/Evaluation.htm#guidelines
  3. Resource collection of web evaluation sites
    http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/general/webeval.htm
  4. The CARS checklist for research source evaluation
    http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
  5. Evaluating webpages: Techniques to apply & questions to ask
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
  6. 5-point web source evaluation checklist with further explanations and clear examples
    http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

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Resources for further study: Evaluating web-based information

  1. Thinking critically about discipline-based World Wide Web resources
    http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/discipline.htm
  2. Evaluating internet research sources
    http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html
  3. Evaluating information found on the internet
    http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/
  4. Evaluating sources of information (SDSU)
    http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/evaluate/evaluate.shtml
  5. Brief guide to evaluating web resources
    http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html
  6. Comparing and evaluating web information sources
    http://www.fno.org/jun97/eval.html
  7. Criteria for evaluating websites
    http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/
  8. Web evaluation hub with checklists for students
    http://www.cbu.edu/~reasson/eval1.html
  9. Web source compendium
    http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/websource.htm
  10. Review site for locating and evaluating web sources
    http://www.pstcc.edu/library/Web_Resources.htm
  11. Large annotated collection of articles and guides; contains pointers to criteria for evaluating web resources
    http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html

Webpage types that require evaluation

  1. Webpage types
    http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/page04.html
  2. Evaluating sites using page-specific checklists for advocacy, business & marketing, informational, news, and personal sites
    http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/
    Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/
  3. Frauds, hoaxes, misinformation & hate
    1. Definitions of information and its counterfeits: propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/
      evaluating/counterfeit.html
    2. Frauds & hoaxes
      http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html
    3. Hoaxbusters: Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths, and other bogus information being routed around the internet
      http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxInfo.html
    4. Quackwatch: guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions
      http://www.quackwatch.org/
    5. Rising Tide - Sites Born of Hate: Racist Pages Grow in Number and Sophistication and May Lure the Unwary (article)
      http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/circuits/articles/18hate.html

Finding website information to document an internet source

  1. Understanding and decoding URLs
    http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/url.html
  2. The mechanics of determining authorship, publishing body, and currency on the internet
    http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/practical.html
  3. The anatomy of a webpage
    http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/page0.html

 

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Searching the web

  1. Primary sites: Defining your search topic
    1. Flow chart and explanation of the search process: Defining and narrowing a topic http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/page5.html
    2. NoodleQuest: Develop the optimum web-based search strategy for your research topic
      http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
    3. Web search tutorials
      http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/
  2. 2. Web search strategies
    1. Using web search tools
      http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les5/
    2. Four steps for better web searching: Narrow by using keywords and exact phrases
      http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
    3. Keyword and concept-based web searching
      http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html
    4. Understanding search options: How to make search engines work for you
      http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reference/
      tutorials/internet_tutorial/search_engines.html
  3. Search engines
    1. The best search engines
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
    2. Searchedu.com: 15 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity
      http://www.searchedu.com/
  4. Interpreting web search engine results
    http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/04_use/ID2.html

Resources for further study: web searches

  1. Five-step search strategy
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html#Recommend
  2. Guides to academic search engines
    http://www.unf.edu/library/guides/search.html

The Invisible Web

  1. Invisible Web - hidden sites and content
    http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/
    The_Deep_Web_Find_Out_More_About_The_Deep_Web_Deep_Web_Search.htm
  2. The Invisible Web: What it is, why it exists, how to find it
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html

Web design

  1. Web design
    http://www.wpdfd.com/
  2. Web pages that suck
    http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
  3. How Should Websites Look? Jakob Nielsen and Vincent Flanders Speak Up (article)
    http://www.cio.com/article/30756/
    How_Should_Websites_Look_Jakob_Nielsen_and_Vincent_Flanders_Speak_Up
  4. Patrick Lynch, the bible of web design
    http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?
  5. Web design links and information
    http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/seminars/webdesign/links.html

 

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Free web utilities and tools

  1. Skype: Free video and voice calls and chat over the internet
    http://www.skype.com/
  2. Free Email and IS: Reviews of hundreds of free email services and coverage of other free resources from web hosting to free internet access
    http://www.emailaddresses.com/
  3. Conferencing on the web: A comprehensive guide to software that powers discussions on the web
    http://thinkofit.com/webconf/

Netiquette

  1. Netiquette quiz
    http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html
  2. Netiquette home page
    http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html

Internet addiction

  1. Are you addicted to the internet?
    http://www.kudzumonthly.com/kudzu/jul01/addiction.html
  2. Center for Online Addiction
    http://netaddiction.com/

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