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Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evalbiblio.html
This bibliography, originally created by Nicole Auer for a panel discussion
at a regional conference in Wisconsin, has grown with the increasing number
of documents which address the problems and issues related to teaching and
using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet resources.
Last updated 2004 by Robert Sebek, Virginia Tech. |
(The) Big 6TM
http://www.big6.com
The Big6TM -- an excellent outline for evaluating information for relevancy
and reliability. (K-12 is focus.) |
Consumer Web Watch
Consumer Web Watch: Look
before you click. “Consumer Reports will investigate, inform, and improve
the quality of information published on the World Wide Web.” – looks very
interesting, but I haven’t had time to explore it. |
Critically Evaluating Information
Critically
Evaluating Information. Information Navigator, section of Module 3. UALC(Utah),
2001. [You’ll want to try the Web Site Evaluator, an interactive resource to help you critically
evaluate Web information, with the checklist approach, that is.] |
Evaluating Websites
Evaluating
Web Sites Ludke Library, Lesley University, 29 Everett St., Cambridge,
MA 02138 ©2007, Lesley University.) Excellent guide with
a site to review for each evaluation criteria. |
Evaluation of Information Sources
Evaluation
of Information Sources -- Links to sites, some annotated, outlining selection
criteria in evaluating information resources, specifically Web sites. For
librarians and others who are selecting sites to include in an information
resource guide. A Virtual Library site. (from lii.org) |
Fagan Finder URLinfo
http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/
URLinfo is a tool for handling web pages: finding information about it, translating it, finding related pages, etc. To use it, type a URL (web page address) into the box in the top frame. Then choose a tab (such as General or Cache), and click on the name of the specific tool you wish to use. The Translate and Search tabs require a bit more, but should be self-explanatory. Click on the [info] link at the end of any tab for details about it. URLinfo includes 107 tools. |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: or Why It's a
Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. Susan Beck.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
New Mexico State University Libraries. [29 July 1997; updated 10/13/2006, as
noted on 3/28/07—srg: good Criteria and Examples (start here, with “Criteria,” and
try links for each question that take you to sample sites)] |
How Do You Find Quality Websites?
How do you find quality websites?
Another simple approach with links to external resources
(good, inspite of typo making the first evaluate: “evalutate”) |
Internet Detective
Internet Detective:
an interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources. "An
informal but comprehensive online tutorial designed to teach the skills required
to critically evaluate the quality of information found on the Internet. The
tutorial includes interactive quizzes, worked examples and practical hints
and tips." (Originates Great Britain, revised 2006) |
IvyTILT: Module 5
IvyTILT:
Module 5 (summary of Web searching, concluding with evaluation activity).
Module from IvyTILT information literacy tutorial (Ivy Tech's adaptation of
TILT and SearchPath). |
net.TUTOR (Ohio State University Libraries,
2005): Evaluating Web Sites
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/
Tutorial includes nice chart on "Purpose" of websites, quiz questions.
Time: 15-30 minutes" Glossary includes matching game and crossword;
checklist is linked. |
QUICK: The Quality Information Checklist
QUICK: The Quality Information
Checklist. This checklist gives you 8 ways to evaluate Web sites, has
lessons and activities for each checkpoint, and concludes with a quiz. |
Snopes - Urban Legends Reference Pages
http://www.snopes.com/
Snopes is a good site to go to when wanting to check out something someone has sent you or to evaluate facts or information on a questionable web site. You can do a simple keyword search or browse through a variety of topics, including Disney, movies, love, and even an entire category devoted to Coca-Cola. --Tara Calishain from Web Search Garage, p.111. |
Sources Count!
Sources Count! (Evaluating
credible sources tutorial from Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University,
Nova Scotia – 2005, but still one of my favorites) |
Urban Legends and Folklore
Urban Legends and Folklore is
a resource that provides timely and valuable information about the dangerous
world of rumors, net hoaxes and urban legends. (It’s on About.com – so prepare
yourself for the ad onslaught.) Snopes is another option: http://www.snopes.com/ |
Web Content Evaluation
http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/webeval.html
Excellent short FLASH presentation that turns the standard checklist items
into Who, What, Where, Why, When questions you should ask of websites (and
actually
other kinds of sources too)—not terribly much to ask of anyone! |
WebSerch
WebSerch - The Web Research Resource --
This site has been "designed for use by librarians and information professionals,
and is intended to assist in the evaluation and selection of information
retrieval tools and information sources" on the Internet. The site contains
information on evaluating search engines and Web resources; search engine
specifications; search strategies and tips; and metadata. The author of WebSerch
is a public librarian in Dublin, Ireland. |
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