Evaluating and Using Internet Resources

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Session Resources

Truth, Opinion or Fabrication

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
http://www.dhmo.org/

The Dog Island
http://www.thedogisland.com/

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

All About Explorers
http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/

Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century
http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html

Article by Alan November

November, A. (1998). Teaching Zach to Think. High School Principal Magazine.
http://novemberlearning.com/images/stories/Documents/Articles/Teaching%20Zack%20to%20Think.pdf

Evaluating Information

Barker, J. (2005). Evaluating Webpages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask. University of California – Berkeley, Teaching Library Internet Workshops.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

eSchool News Staff. (2008, December). Matrix Helps Students Weigh Internet Research. eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56296

Harris, R. (1997, November). Evaluating Internet Research Sources. Virtual Salt.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

McKenzie, J. (1997, June). Comparing & Evaluating Web Information Sources. From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal, 6 (9).
http://www.fno.org/jun97/eval.html

Meyer, E. B. (2001). Evaluating Web Sites. EdTech Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/edtech/evaluate.html

O'Neill, A.B. Trash or Treasure? How to Evaluate Internet Resources.
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/eval.html  
This information was adapted from a presentation made by library media specialists Ann B. O'Neill, Franklin High School, and Carrie Terry, Catonsville High School, Baltimore County Public Schools, at the Maryland Educational Media Organization's Fall 1997 Conference: "School Libraries: Plugged In & Connected," held October 23-24, 1997.

Schrock, K. (2002). The ABCs of Website Evaluation. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. Discovery Education.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf

University of Maryland. Evaluating Websites. University Libraries. College Park, MD.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/evaluate.html

Warlick, D. (1998). Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-based Approach. Meridian, 1(2).
http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/jun98/feat2-6/feat2-6.html

Evaluation Tools

Cox, C. (1999). Evaluating Web Resources Checklist. University of Alberta Libraries.
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/instruction/science/evalweb.pdf

Northwest Missouri State University. Evaluating Websites: PART of the Research Process. Owens Library.
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/evaluation/edeval.htm

Stohrer, P. (1995). Evaluating Websites.
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~pstohrer/eval.html
The author, Philip Stohrer, is an educational media specialist currently working with middle school students. Stohrer provides a list of questions students can use as a guide when evaluating websites.

United Kingdom Health Development Agency and the Center for Health Information Quality. (2000). QUICK: The QUality Information Check list.
http://aam.hct.ac.ae/aam/library/semester%202/org.uk/summaryprint.htm

University of Maryland. Checklist to Evaluating Websites. University Libraries, College Park, MD.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/webcheck.html

Copyright

Provided by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Copyright Applies to Everyone (125 page PDF)
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/copyright/finaldoc.pdf

Copyright Brochures

Superintendent
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/copyright/admin.pdf

Principal
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/copyright/prin.pdf

Educator
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/copyright/educ.pdf

Student
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/copyright/students.pdf

Other Resources

Association for Information Media and Equipment (A.I.M.E.)
http://www.aime.org/links.php

Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com

Davidson, H. (2002). Copyright Chart. Technology and Learning, 23(3).
http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf

Davidson, H. (2002). The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use. Technology and Learning, 23(3).
http://www.techlearning.com/article/17674

McCullen, C. Permission to Use Graphics or Create Links. MidLink Magazine.
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/permission.html

McCullen, C. and Musacchia, M. (1999, October). Copyright in a Digital World. Middle Ground.
http://www.sasinschool.com/results/articles/pages/ethread_copyright.shtml

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation. About US Copyright Law.
http://www.mplc.com/aboutLaw.php

Stansbury, M. (2008, December). This Fair-use Guide Offers Copyright Shelter. eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56309

Starr, L. (2004). Applying Fair Use to New Technologies: Part 4 of an Education World Series on Copyright and Fair Use. Education World: The Educator's Best Friend.
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml

Website Citation

Recipes4Success: Citation Maker
http://www.recipes4success.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools&tool=bibliographymaker

The Landmark Project's Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/

Noodle Bib Express
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php

General Resources

Domain Name Registrants

Easy Whois
http://www.easywhois.com
Type just the domain into the search field.

Alexa
http://www.alexa.com
Place an entire URL in the search field.

Archived Copies of a Website

Way Back Machine
http://web.archive.org/collections/web.html

Domain Name Extensions

Computer Hope. Internet domain suffix listing.
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/domains.htm

Information-Literacy Activities

Internet Detective: Wise up to the Web.
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/

Reviewed August 26, 2009.