Additional Resources

Below is a list of sources created by librarians and other information specialists to share their expertise in evaluating Web information resources:

Alexander, Janet E., and Marsha A. Tate. "Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources." Computers in Libraries 16, no. 10 (November/December 1996): 49-55.
See also: http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webeval.htm

Alexander, Janet E., and Marsha A. Tate. Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. ISBN: 0-8058-3122-3 (cloth) or 0-8058-3123-1 (paper).
For more information, see: http://www.erlbaum.com/Books/searchintro/BookDetailscvr.cfm?ISBN=0-8058-3122-3

Auer, Nicole. "Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources." Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1997.

Branham, Craig. "A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW." St. Louis: St. Louis University English Dept., 1997.
http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/

Collins, Boyd R. "Beyond Cruising: Reviewing." Library Journal 121, no. 3 (February 15, 1996): 122-24.

Descy, Don. "Evaluating Internet Resources." TechTrends 41, no. 4 (September 1996): 3-5.

Eades, Lynn. "Live from the Internet and Beyond . . . Teaching Patrons to Evaluate Internet Sites." University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Librarians' Association Newsletter, no. 143, (October 1996): 4.
Also available online at http://www.unc.edu/lib/launcch/oct96n.htm#internet

Gilson, Tom. "Reviewing the Internet: The Infofilter Project." Against the Grain 8, no. 1 (February 1996): 58.
Also available online at http://www.usc.edu/users/help/flick/Infofilter/atg.html

Grassian, Esther. "Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources." Los Angeles: UCLA College Library, 1996.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm

Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke. "Resource Selection and Information Evaluation." Champaign, IL: Parkland College Library, 1994, 1996.

Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation: A Guide for Library Instruction" College & Research Libraries News 59, no. 7 (July/August 1998): 522-3. http://www.ala.org/acrl/undwebev.html

Rettig, James. "Beyond 'Cool': Analog Models for Reviewing Digital Resources." Online 20, no. 6 (September/October 1996): 52-54, 56, 58-62, 64.

Rettig, James. "Putting the Squeeze on the Information Firehose: The Need for 'Neteditors and 'Netreviewers." From a paper presented at 15th Annual Charleston Conference on library acquisitions and related issues, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, Friday, November 3, 1995.

Rettig, James. "Beyond 'Cool': Analog Models for Reviewing Digital Resources." Online 20, no. 6 (September/October 1996): 52-54, 56, 58-62, 64.

Rettig, James, and Cheryl LaGuardia. "Beyond 'Beyond Cool': Reviewing Web Resources." Online 23, no. 4 (July/August 1999): 51-55.

Scholz-Crane, Ann. "Evaluating World Wide Web Information." New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Libraries, 1997.

Schrock, Kathleen. "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys." Yarmouth, MA: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District, 1995-99.http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Smith, Alastair G. "Evaluation of Information Sources." The World-Wide Web Virtual Library, 1997. http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm

Smith, Alastair G. "Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8, no. 3 (1997).
http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html

Tillman, Hope N. "Evaluating Quality on the Net." From a paper presented at Computers in Libraries, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, Monday, February 26, 1996.
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html

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