Information literacy

A Guide to Electronic and Printed References

Information Literacy

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http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/publications/web_citation.html
Academic Bibliographies and the World Wide Web

A general proposal for what bibliographic elements should be required to adequately cite a Web page. Recommends the following structural units: author, publication date, page title, site title, URL, date accessed, and paragraph number.

http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/about/index_e.html
Canada Office of Learning Technologies

http://www.fno.org/jun97/eval.html

Jamie McKenzie, Comparing & Evaluating Web Information Sources, FNO - From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal, June 1997, Vol.6, No.9

This article provides a summary of sources promoting evaluation strategies for Web information sources.

http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webeval.htm
Evaluating Web Resources.

Course Module developed by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate, Widener University. The goals of the module are to provide materials to assist in teaching how to evaluate the information of Web sources, and to provide a bibliography of materials on applying critical thinking techniques to Web resources.

http://www.library.vcu.edu/help/evaluate.html
VCU Instructional & Outreach Service.
Evaluating Your Sources

Instructions and advice offered by Virginia Commonwealth University librarians on how to evaluate information in terms of author, information accuracy, objectivity, and currency. For consultation, experts are listed. Last update: May 2001

Logan, Robert K. The Fifth Language. Learning a Living in the Computer Age. Toronto, Canada: Stoddard. 1995. (Annotated at Computers & computing)

Sherman, Chris and Gary Price. The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See. Cyber Age Books. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc: 2001. (Annotated at Search engines & mechanisms)

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