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Evaluating and Citing Internet Resources

Evaluating Internet Resources

  1. Evaluating Web Sites (Widener University)
  2. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (UCLA)
  3. Why We Need to Evaluate What We Find on the Internet (Purdue)

Citing Internet Sources

  1. Li, Xia and Nancy B.Crane, "Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information". 
    2nd ed.  Medford NJ: Information Today, 1996
  2. Janice Walker, The Columbia Guide to Online Style
  3. "Online Citation Styles"
  4. Anita Greenhill, ed. "Electronic References & Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources,"
    Guide to a number of citation guides.

Search Engines

  1. Duke University Libraries Research Guide
    This is an extensive guide on doing library research beginning with choosing a topic and finding resources. The site is organized by research steps. It also has information on evaluating websites and citing them.
  2. Search Engines
    AllTheWeb | AltaVista | Ask | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos | Yahoo!Search
    Best used for: finding specific sites or specific information.
  3. Metasearch Engines
    DogPile | Ixquick | Metacrawler | SavvySearch
    Best used for: searching for obscure keywords; getting an overview of what's available.
  4. Directories
    Academic Info | Britannica | INFOMINEInternet Public Library | Librarian's Internet Index | Open Directory | PAIR (Portal to Asian Internet Resources) | Yahoo!
    Best used for: browsing subjects; finding quality web sites.
  5. Portals
    Excite | Go.com | Lycos | Yahoo!
    Best used for: finding the most popular types of information (weather, stock quotes, sport scores, etc.).
 

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