Internet ~ Table of Contents

Step 1     Web When?   Web Why?

Step 2     Web How?

• Subject directories
• Search strategy
• Search engines
  • Google
  • Lycos
  • WebMD
  • Vivisimo
  • Searchedu
  • Infomine
  • Complete Planet
• New Topics

   

Step 3     Web What?   Web Who?

• Evaluation criteria
  • Authority
  • Purpose
  • Accuracy
  • Currency

Step 4     Web Where?

• MLA
• APA

A History of the Internet            Internet Vocabulary      
Schrock's Guide to Internet Evaluation

Getting Started--

1.  Print the worksheet.

2.  Go to Step 1:  Web When?  Web Why?.

3.  Follow directions to work your way through the four steps.  Estimated time to complete the Internet tutorial--45 minutes.

4.  Return to Table of Contents if necessary.

Purpose:  What's the point?  

During your years at Slippery Rock University, you will have to do research to complete assignments, reports, and papers.  Learning how to use the Internet effectively will make these tasks easier.  Throughout your life, you will have a need to locate, evaluate, and apply information.  Becoming information literate is one of the most important skills a lifelong learner can acquire.

Skills and Outcomes for the Internet Tutorial:

• Recognize when Internet resources are appropriate for research
• Search the Internet effectively, quickly, and efficiently
• Evaluate Internet resources for authority, accuracy, objectivity, and currency
• Construct bibliographic citations for World Wide Web resources following APA and  MLA style formats.

Acknowledgements:

Edited by Jane M. Smith, Resource Sharing and Government Documents Librarian, Bailey Library, Slippery Rock University.  Special thanks to Sherry Wilson and the student staff of the Instructional Materials Center, Bailey Library, for valuable input during testing.

Author:

Melba Tomeo is the Instructional Materials Center/Instruction Services librarian at Bailey Library, Slippery Rock University, the author of RESEARCH.COM, an online information literacy course, and a confessed Internet junkie.  

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