Search & Research |
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| How to use the Internet - First Steps | |
| How to use web browsers | |
| How to search the 'Net | |
| How to evaluate web resources | |
| How to cite resources |
| ICYouSee - T is for Thinking: A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web - With its six steps, this website can be used by adults and students to assist in evaluating websites. There is a skill testing quiz as well. | |
| Evaluating Internet Sites 101 - This web site was developed to help Internet users evaluate Internet web pages.
At the end of this virtual tutorial you will be able to:
-Evaluate Internet resources
-Determine if the web site meets your needs and standards of quality
-Apply what you have learned to evaluate all material, whether... | |
| Finding Information on the Internet - A Tutorial - "This tutorial presents the substance of the web searching workshop (current schedule) offered by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley. The content on this site has been updated to reflect the latest trends in search engines, directories, and evaluating web pages." (site) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html | |
| Evaluating Information Found on the Internet - - an extremely informative page from The Sheridan Libraries at John Hopkins University. http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html | |
| Critical Evaluation of Resources - This site teaches web surfers how to assess the quality of books, articles and websites that they may want to use. It talks about quality on the basis of suitability, authority, objectivity, documentation, and reference sources. | |
| Guidelines for Evaluating Web Sites - This page provides a list of links to sites that provide advice on how to evaluate information that is found on the Internet. | |
| Evaluating Websites: Criteria for the Classroom [Lesley University] - With this overview on evaluating websites, you are asked to review specific websites for each criteria provided and determine whether this is a reputable or questionable website. http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html | |
| The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources - Explore examples, evaluation criteria, suggestions for teachers, and a bibliography (including web links) on this well-structured site from the New Mexico State University Library. | |
| Evaluating Scholarly Content Online - This very informative Flash tutorial challenges you to see what distinguishes scholarly content from other online content. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/tutorials/scholarlycontentonline.html |

