Evaluating Internet Resources: A Selective Bibliography

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• Alexander, Jane and Marsha Tate. "Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources." URL: http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/webeval.htm Wolfgram Memorial Library. Widener University.
  
  
• Argus Associates, Inc. "Clearinghouse: Information: Rating System." URL: http://www.clearinghouse.net/ratings.html
  
  
• Beck, Susan. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources.&quot New Mexico State University Libraries. http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/eval.html
  
  
• Bryn Mawr-Haverford. "Bryn Mawr-Haverford Research Guide 1: Library Research". http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/Docs/resguide1.html
  
  
• Caywood, Carolyn. "Library Selection Criteria for WWW Resources." http://www6.pilot.infi.net/~carolyn/criteria.html
  
  
• Ciolek, T. Matthew and Irena Goltz. "WWW Virtual Library: Information Quality: The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources." http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-InfoQuality.html
  
  
• Ciolek, T. Matthew. "Today's WWW, Tomorrow's MMM: The Specter of multi-media mediocrity.&quot Educom Review, 32(3) May/June 1997. http://www.educom.edu/web/pubs/review/reviewArticles/32323.html
  
  
• Davis, Bill. "Evaluating Internet Resources." http://www.trinityvt.edu/bdavis/desk/eval.htm
  
  
• December, John. "Challenges for Web Information Providers." Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine vol 1, no.6 (1994) pg. 13. http://sunsite.unc.edu/cmc/mag/1994/oct/webip.html
  
  
• Descy, Don E. "Evaluating Internet Resources." http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/ded/tt/19eval.html
  
  
• Eagle, Michael. "The Seven Steps of the Research Process. " http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm
  
  
• Grassian, Esther. "Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources." http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/critical.htm
  
  
• Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research Sources." http://www.sccu.edu/faculty/R_Harris/evalu8it.htm
  
  
• Henderson, John and M. Poulin. "T is for Thinking" http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html; Ithaca College Library.
  
  
• Holcomb, Athena. "Research Via The Internet: A Few Useful Sites on the WWW." http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~holcomba/rvi.htm
  
  
• Internet Navigator. "Evaluating Internet Information". http://medstat.med.utah.edu/navigator/discovery/eval.html
  
  
• James Madison University. "How to Evaluate Internet Resources". http://falcon.jmu.edu/~maxfiesl/chem/eval.htm
  
  
• Janicke Hinchliffe, Lisa. "Evaluation of Information." http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/Evaluate.html
  
  
• Janicke Hinchliffe, Lisa. "Resource Selection and Information Evaluation." http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/Evaluate.html
  
  
• Jones, Debra. "Critical Thinking in an Online World." http://www.library.ucsb.edu/untangle/jones.html
  
  
• Kirk, Elizabeth. "Practical Steps in Evaluating Internet Resources." http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/practical.html
  
  
• Kirk, Elizabeth E. "Evaluating Information Found on the Internet." http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html
  
  
• Kwan, Julie, Science & Engineering Library, University of Southern California. "Criteria for Evaluating Information Resources". http://www-lib.usc.edu/Info/Sci/pubs/criteval.html
  
  
• Latzer, Sandra and Roth, Carol. "Evaluation of Internet Sites & Internet Research." http://www.d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us/Internal/libinter.htm
  
  
• Lezenby, Richard. "Evaluating Internet Resources." http://www.library.temple.edu/libinst/neteval.htm
  
  
• The Libraries of Purdue University. "Anyone Can (and Probably Will) Put Anthing Up on the Internet". http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/eval.html
  
  
• McLachlan, Karen, East Knox High School, Ohio. "CyberGuides" (WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation and WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Web Site Design. http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html
  
  
• Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada. "Internet Source Validation Project." http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/Curriculum/Validate/
  
  
• Northwestern University Library. "". http://www.library.nwu.edu/resources/internet/search/evaluate.html
  
  
• Oppenheimer, Todd. "The Computer Delusion.&quot The Atlantic Monthly, July 1997. http://www.TheAtlantic.com/issues/97jul/computer.htm
  
  
• Ormondroyd, Joan and Michael Engle and Tony Cosgrave. "How to Critically Analyze Information Sources." http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
  
  
• Ragains, Patrick and Janet Owens. "Evaluating Information Sources: 'How Can I Tell if This Book or Article Is Any Good?'" http://www.library.unr.edu/~ragains/eval.html; University of Nevada - Reno.
  
  
• Retting, James. "Beyond Cool: Analog Models for Reviewing Digital Resources." http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/SeptOL/rettig9.html
  
  
• Richmond, Betsy. "Ten C's for Evaluating Internet Resources" http://www.uwec.edu/Admin/Library/10cs.html; University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
  
  
• Scholz, Ann. "Evaluating World Wide Web Information." http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/research/classes/gs175/3gs175/evaluation.html
  
  
• Schrock, Kathleen. "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys" http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/eval.htm; Nathaniel H. Wixon Middle School, South Dennis, Mass.
  
  
• Shapiro, Jeremy and Shelley Hughes. "Information Literacy as a Liberal Art: Enlightment proposals for a new curriculum.&quot Educom Review, 31(2) March/April 1996. http://www.educom.edu/web/pubs/review/reviewArticles/31231.html
  
  
• Smith, Alastair (maintainer). "Evaluation of Information Sources." (Part of WWWVL-InfoQuality) http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm
  
  
• Smith, Alastair. "Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources." http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/index.htm
  
  
• Sonoma State University. "Critical Thinking Community." (Subject directory of resources about critical thinking) http://www.sonoma.edu/cthink/
  
  
• Stepno, Bob and Bob Henshaw. "Quality of Information...and Disinformation Online." http://blake.oit.unc.edu/~rbstepno/disinfo.html
  
  
• Tillman, Hope N. "Evaluating Quality on the Net." http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html
  
  
• Treloar, Andrew. "Scholarly Publishing and the Fluid World Wide Web." http://www.csu.edu.au/special/conference/apwww95/papers95/atreloar/atreloar.html
  
  
• University of Washington Libraries. "Teaching Students to Think Critically about Internet Resources: Community College Symposium on Teaching, Learning, and Technology. University of Washington, June 17-21, 1996." http://weber.u.washington.edu/~libr560/NETEVAL/index.html
  
  
• Wilkinson, Gene (with Kevin Oliver and Lisa Bennett). "Evaluating the Quality of Internet Information Sources." http://itech1.coe.uga.edu/Faculty/GWilkinson/webeval.html
  
• Wu, Hong. "Evaluating & Citing Information Found on the Net." http://www.jsr.cc.va.us/lrc/evaele.htm
  

• Blandy, Susan Griswold and Patricia O'Brien Libutti. "As the Cursor Blinks: Electronic Scholarship and Undergraduates in the Library." Library Trends 44(2) Fall 1995, pgs 279-305.
  
  
• Bodi, Sonia. "Scholarship or Propaganda: How Can Librarians Help Undergraduates Tell the Difference?" Journal of Academic Librarianship January 1995, pgs 21-25.
  
  
• Brandt, D. Scott. "Evaluating Information on the Internet." (Techman's Tech Page) Computers in Libraries 16(5) May 1996, pgs 44-47.
  
  
• Brandt, D. Scott. "Relevancy and Searching the Internet." Computers in Libraries 16(8) Sept. 1996, pgs 35-38.
  
  
• Brinkley, M. and Burke, M. "Information Retrieval from the Internet: An Evaluation of the Tools." Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy 5(3) Mar. 1995, pgs. 3-10.
  
  
• Collins, Boyd. "WebWatch" column. Library Journal. February 1, 1996, pgs 32
  
  
• Collins, Boyd. "Beyond Cruising: Reviewing." Library Journal February 15, 1996, pgs 122-124.
  
  
• Cunningham, Sally Jo. "Teaching Students to Critically Evaluate the Quality of Internet Research Resources" SIGCSE Bulletin June 1997, pgs.31-34, 38.
  
  
• Doran, Kirk. "The Internot: Helping Library Patrons Understand What the Internet Is Not (Yet)." Computers in Libraries June 1995, pgs 22-26.
  
  
• Fox, Lynne M. "Some On-line (and Off-line) Resources for Evaluating Information on the World Wide Web." Colorado Libraries Summer 1996, pgs 46-47.
  
  
• Garman, Nancy. "When Online Is Not Enough." Online May/June 1995, pgs 6-7.
  
  
• Gorman, Michael. "The Corruption of Cataloging." Library Journal September 15, 1995, pgs 32-34.
  
  
• Hernon, Peter. "Disinformation and Misinformation through the Internet: Findings of an Exploratory Study." Government Information Quarterly 12 (2) 1995, pgs 133-139.
  
  
• Janes, Joseph W. and Louis B. Rosenfeld. "Networked Information Retrieval and Organization: Issues and Questions." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 47(9) September1997, pgs 711-715.
  
  
• Jurek, Richard J. "Don't Be Fooled Again" Internet World 8(4) April 1997, pgs 47-50.
  
  
• Kimmel, S. "Robot Generated Databases on the World Wide Web." Database, Feb./Mar. 1996, pgs. 41-49.
  
  
• King, B. "Web of Deceit" Internet Underground. 7, 1996 pgs. 26-32.
  
  
• Konrad, Lee and James Stemper. "Same Game, Different Name: Demystifying Internet Instruction." Research Strategies , vol.14 no.1, Winter 1996, pgs 4-21.
  
  
• Makulowich, John. "Quality Control on the Net." Database February 1996, pgs 93-94.
  
  
• Martorana, Janet and Carol Doyle. "Computers On, Critical Thinking Off: Challenges of Teaching in the Electronic Environment." Research Strategies 14 (3) Summer 1996, pgs 184-191.
  
  
• McKenzie, Jamie. "Making WEB Meaning." Educational Leadership 54(3) November 1996, pgs 30-32. (discusses projects for middle school classes)
  
  
• Miller, William. "Troubling Myths about On-Line Information." Chronicle of Higher Education 43(47) August 1, 1997, pg. A44.
  
  
• Oberman, Cerise. "Avoiding the Cereal Syndrome, or Critical Thinking in the Electronic Environment." Library Trends 39 (3) Winter 1991, pgs 189-202.
  
  
• Oberman, Cerise. "Unmasking Technology: A Prelude to Teaching." Research Strategies 13 (1) Winter 1995, pgs 34-39.
  
  
• Page, Mary and Martine Kesselman. "Teaching the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities" Research Strategies 12 (3) Summer 1994, pgs 157-167.
  
  
• Pagell, Ruth A. "Quality and the Internet: An Open Letter." Online July/August 1995, pgs 7-9.
  
  
• Pask, Judith and Carl E. Snow. "Undergraduate Instruction and the Internet." Library Trends 44(2) Fall 1995, pgs 306-317.
  
  
• Pratt, Gregory F., Patrick Flannery, and Cassandra Perkins. "Guidelines for Internet Resource Selection." College and Research Libraries News March 1996, pg 135.
  
  
• Rader, Hannelore, Billie Reinhart, and Gary Thompson. Evaluating Information: A Basic Checklist. (Item number A127). Chicago: ALA, 1990.
  
  
• Rettig, James. "Beyond "Cool": Analog Models for Reviewing Digital Resources." Online 20 (5) Sept/Oct 1996, pgs 52-64.
  
  
• Rosenfeld, Louis B. "Guides, Clearinghouses, and Value-Added Repackaging: Some Thoughts on How Librarians Can Improve the Internet." Reference Services Review Winter 1994, pgs 11-16.
  
  
• Rothenberg, David. "How the Web Destroys the Quality of Students' Research Papers." Chronicle of Higher Education August 15, 1997 pg A44.
  
  
• Santa Vicca, Edmund F. "The Internet as a Reference and Research Tool: A Model for Educators." The Reference Librarian , no. 41-42 (1994), pgs 225-236.
  
  
• Schrock, Kathleen. "It Must Be True. I Found It On The Internet." Technology Connection 3(5) September 1996, pgs 12-14. (includes a K-12 lesson plan for teaching evaluation skills and a useful checklist. See also author's web site listed above.)
  
  
• Stoll, Clifford. Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
  
  
• Tate, Marsha and Jane Alexander. "Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources." (includes informational Web page checklist) Computers in Libraries 16(10) Nov-Dec 1996, pgs 49-54.
  
  
• Vendetti, Gus. "Critic's Choice: Six Sites That Rate the Web." Internet World 8(1) January 1997, pgs 82-96.
  
  
• Weibel, S.L. "The World Wide Web and Emerging Internet Resource Discovery Standards for Scholarly Literature." Library Trends. 43(4), Apr. 1995, pgs. 627-644.
  

• The Argus Clearinghouse
  
  
• INFOMINE
  
  
• InfoSeek
  
  
• Lycos
  
  
• McKinley's Magellan Internet Directory
  
  
• University of Northumbria at Newcastle. "Web Search Tool Features." http://www.unn.ac.uk/features.htm
  
  
• Venditto, G. "Search Engine Showdown." Internet World. 7(5), May 1996, pgs. 79-86.