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What is the internet?
Information literacy tutorial
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/library/infolit_assignment.shtml
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
Objectivity
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/pg3.html
Relevance
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/pg1.html
Reliability and recognition of a Web site
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
5-point web source evaluation checklist with further explanations and clear examples
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
Resources for further study: Evaluating web-based information
Thinking critically about discipline-based World Wide Web resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/discipline.htm
Evaluating internet research sources
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html
Evaluating information found on the internet
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/
Evaluating sources of information (SDSU)
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/evaluate/evaluate.shtml
Brief guide to evaluating web resources
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval.html
Comparing and evaluating web information sources
http://www.fno.org/jun97/eval.html
Criteria for evaluating websites
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/
Web evaluation hub with checklists for students
http://www.cbu.edu/~reasson/eval1.html
Websource compendium
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/websource.htm
Review site for locating and evaluating web sources
http://www.pstcc.edu/library/Web_Resources.htm
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
Web page types that require evaluation
1. Webpage types
http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/page04.html
2. Evaluating webpages 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
a. Definitions of information and its counterfeits: propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/counterfeit.html
b. Frauds & hoaxes
http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html
c. Hoaxbusters: Information about hoaxes, chain letters, urban myths, and other bogus information being routed around the internet
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxInfo.html
d. Quackwatch: guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions
http://www.quackwatch.org/
e. Rising Tide: Sites Born of Hate: Racist Pages Grow in Number and Sophistication and May Lure the Unwary
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
Searching the web
1. Primary sites: defining your search topic
a. Flow chart and explanation of the search process: defining and narrowing a topic
http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/page5.html
b. NoodleQuest: develop the optimum web-based search strategy for your research topic
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
c. Web and internet search tutorials
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/
2. Web search strategies
a. Using web search tools
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les5/
b. Four steps for better web searching: Narrow by using keywords and exact phrases
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm
c. Keyword and concept-based web searching
http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html
d. Understanding search options: How to make search engines work for you
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reference/tutorials/internet_tutorial/search_engines.html
3. Web search engines
a. The best search engines
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
b. Searchedu.com: 15 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity.
http://www.searchedu.com/
4. Understanding and decoding URLs
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/url.html
5. 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
Free web utilities and tools
Skype: free video and voice calls and chat over the internet
http://www.skype.com/
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/
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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