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Evaluating and Searching the Web

Class, please keep an eye on this page as it continues to grow with more tips and more tutorials on how to search and evaluate the World Wide Web.  Norman.

  •  Optimizing Your Web Experience (Searching and Evaluating the Web Handout)

    •        http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/workshops/optimizeweb/optimize.pdf
    From the University of Arizona, this is a handout that librarians use to teach a one hour and a half course on searching and evaluating the Web.   You need Adobe Acrobat to view this page.
     
  • Thinking Critically of World Wide Web Resources

    •         http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
    From Esther Grassian, Bibliographic Instruction Librarian from UCLA's College Library, an excellent handout on how to evaluate web sites effectively.
     
  • Bare Bones 101

    •         http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
    A tutorial on searching the World Wide Web from the beginner's level
     
  • Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

    •         http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
    From UC Berkeley, includes tutorials on basic and advanced searching, as well as evaluation of web sites.
     
  • Internet Search FAQ

    •         http://www.purefiction.com/pages/res1.htm
    Frequently Asked Questions on Internet Searching, such as "How Can I Find Specific Information" and "Why Use the Internet At All?"