Web Site Evaluation
Internet
Detective
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
Internet Detective is a web-based tutorial on evaluating the quality of the
information you find on the Internet. It's free, you can do it in your own
time at your own pace, and it's interactive - with quizzes and exercises to
lighten the learning process.
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General Information Resources
ERIC
http://www.accesseric.org
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national
information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive
body of education-related literature. ERIC, established in 1966, is supported by
the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement, and the National Library of Education.
Scout Report
Signpost
http://www.signpost.org/signpost/
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Internet Scout Project
shows you the way to the best resources on the Internet--then you can choose
what's best for you. Librarians and educators do the filtering for you, reading
hundreds of announcements each week looking for the online resources most
valuable to the education community
Academic
Information Resources
http://www.cam.ac.uk/online/academic.html
A wide collection of information resources.
LSU Libraries
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/weblio.html
An extensive collection of resources from LSU.
Library of
Congress: Electronic Resources
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/eleclcrr.html
A collection of Internet resource pages maintained by Library of Congress
Reading Rooms.
Government
Resources
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/news/extgovd.html
A categorized search of government resources.
The Directory of
Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS/
This site screens, evaluates and organizes discussion lists,
newsgroups, MUDS, MOO'S, Muck's, Mushes, mailing lists, interactive Web chat
groups etc. (e-conferences) on topics of interest to scholars and professionals
for use in their scholarly, pedagological and professional activities.
BUBL Information Service
http://www.bubl.ac.uk
BUBL contains selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
The Argus
Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
The Argus Clearinghouse provides a central access point for value-added topical
guides which identify, describe, and evaluate Internet-based information
resources.
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Curriculum Resources
Arts and Humanities Data Service
http://ahds.ac.uk/
This site works on behalf of the academic community to collect, catalogue,
manage, preserve, and promote the re-use of scholarly digital resources.
Humbul Humanities Hub
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/
The Humbul Humanities Hub aims to be higher education's first choice for
accessing online humanities resources.
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page
for Humanities Research
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
This site's mission is to provide a structured and briefly annotated guide to
online resources that at once respects the established humanities disciplines in
their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those
disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new
digital media.
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American
History and American Studies
http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/american
This Subject Guide for American History and American Studies provides
information about the Yale University Library's print and microform
collections, online databases, internet resources, and other resources
for conducting research.
History
http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/
The HISTORY web site was established in 1993 with the aim of promoting the use
of electronic networks by historians and history students and providing easy
access to on-line resources.
U.S.
Government Printing Office Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/db2.html
A large collection of links to government documents.
Social Science Information
Gateway
http://www.sosig.ac.uk
The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) aims to provide a trusted source
of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners
in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK Resource
Discovery Network.
Global Legal
Information Network
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/law/GLINv1/glintro.htm
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) maintains and provides a database of
laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources.
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U.S.
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html
MEDLINE has more than 10 million journal article references and
abstracts going back to the early sixties. Other databases provide information
on monographs (books), audiovisual materials, and on such specialized subjects
as toxicology, environmental health, and molecular biology.
OMNI: Organising Medical
Networked Information
http://www.omni.ac.uk
A collection of descriptions of quality health and medical Internet-based
resources.
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ADAM: Art, Design,
Architecture and Media Information Gateway
http://www.adam.ac.uk/index.shtml
ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway,
is a searchable catalogue of 2546 Internet resources that have been carefully
selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK
Higher Education community.
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Biz/ed
http://www.bized.ac.uk
The Biz/ed Internet Catalogue aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high
quality Internet information for students, researchers and practitioners in the
areas of business, management and economics. The Internet Catalogue contains
over 2100 resources
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Engineering Electronic
Library, Sweeden
http://eels.lub.lu.se/
The Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (EELS), an information system for
quality assessed Internet resources in the technical sciences. At present, the best covered subject areas are: Physics, Mathematics, Energy
Technology, Nuclear Technology, Light and Optical technology, Computer Science
and Engineering, General Engineering, Polar research and Cold Region Technology.
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual
Library
http://www.eevl.ac.uk
EEVL is a UK-based
guide to engineering information on the Internet. The site features a
catalogue of quality engineering resources (selected by subject consultants),
targeted engineering search engines, bibliographic and events databases, a
directory of science and technology librarians, an Engineering on the Internet
bibliography, and Hot Links to useful sites.
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Christian
Classics Ethereal Library
http://www.ccel.org/
An extensive collection of classic Christian books. The Early Church
Fathers section contains a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800
years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, Ante-Nicene (ANF),
Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I (NPNF1), and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II
(NPNF2). These files have the majority of the text printed in the actual
books, but the indexes are not included.
APS
Guide to Resources in Theology
http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/theobook.htm
An extensive collection of links covering major Christian and non-Christian belief systems; includes manuscripts and texts.
Religious
Studies Resources at LSU
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/religion/index.html
The library collections provide curricular support for the Religious Studies
Program, emphasizing investigations of significant and universal expressions of
human experience and incorporating the great religious traditions of the world
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), as well as smaller
beliefs and cultures.
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Internet Citation
APA Style
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html
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