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Term Project Format for Web Pages
List the title of the web page, first as a link. If you wish, list the URL below the title of the page.
Below, write your evaluation (a paragraph), after leaving a blank line between the title (and URL). Make sure there's two blank lines after the paragraph, before listing the next site.
Example:
Multicultural
Education [Multicultural Pavilion]
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/home.html
This site provides a valuable index to many quality web sites devoted to Multicultural Education. Created and maintained by Dr. Paul Gorski, Coodinator of the Diversity Works and Student Intercultural Learning Center at the University of Maryland, the Multicultural Pavilion contains comprehensive coverage on many aspects of multicultural education, especially from the teacher's point of view. Includes many useful features such as suggested assignments ("awareness activities"), links to many sites and articles and online journals, and a directory to many multicultural organizations. Well organized and maintained, the site belongs to the educational institution of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Many sites are well-documented with lists of many scholarly references. The site is mainly to inform what multicultural education is, and provides many resources that support Gorski's definition. Multicultural Provision is up-to-date as it has an October 2001 section listed on top.
What is the link? The link is usually the URL to the web page. Make sure the page you want to link to is not framed in another page. To be sure, click the area of the page relevant to your topic and then right click with your mouse. If you see an option that states "This Frame," be sure to "Open the Frame" in a new window or tab to get the correct URL. If you are bookmarking, notice there's also an option to "Bookmark This Frame."
Linking to an article from a Library Subscription Database:
When linking to an article from a database from the Library, you may have noticed that sometimes when you get to that link again, you arrive at a page stated there's been an error. The problem with some databases is that they are not set up that you can actually link to a specific article. A database requires authentication, and sometimes has information stored temporarily on a computer, thus the URL that is generated is not permanent. So how do you link to an article from a library subscription database? Well, it depends on the database, but in most cases, you can only link to the entrance page.
Project MUSE: You can link directly to the article.
Gale (Literature Resource Center and
Gale Virtual Library): You can link directly to the article if
there is the following symbol listed:
EbscoHost: For any of the databases in EbscoHost, you will link to what is called a Persistent link. The Persistent Link is NOT what's stated in the URL window, but listed below in the record (Note: You CANNOT link directly to a PDF article. So, you will find the link at the record of the article, itself. Be sure to scroll down until you see "Persistent link to the record":
ProQuest Diversity Databases (Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch): For these databases, once you get to the article record, scroll down until you see the listing for "Document URL":
Other Databases: You are unable to link to the article level. What you do in this case is link directly to the database entry page. The user then enters the title words of your article and the user can then find the article in the database.
Lexis-Nexis: http://proxy.clpccd.cc.ca.us:2048/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/cis
Facts on File Issues & Controversies: http://proxy.clpccd.cc.ca.us:2048/login?url=http://www.2Facts on File/ICOF/icof-main.asp
CountryWatch.com: http://proxy.clpccd.cc.ca.us:2048/login?url=http://www.countrywatch.com/ip/default.asp
Title of the Web Page for Library Subscription Articles
Instead of using the Netscape title bar, please use the title of the article, instead. For example, if you select an article in EbscoHost titled, "Are Pesticides Hazardous to Your Health?", please state that as the title, not EbscoHost as the title.
What to Do with those Very Long URL's
Create tiny URLs. Copy the URL you want to link, either clicking once in the URL window and then select the Edit pull-down menu then select copy, or highlight the long URL after the Perisistent or Ducment URL listed in the database's record, and then likewise, selecting Edit, then Copy. Then, go to the following website: http://www.tinyurl.com. Click inside the form after "Enter a long URL to make tiny:", then select Edit then Paste:
The TinyURL will then create a smaller URL that will always be the same as that long one:
