Walt Howe's Internet Learning Center Walt Howe's Internet Learning Center has a "button" for Internet Training. These workshops were developed for librarians so they are of the highest quality. This site also gave the address for a discussion list (listserv) for Internet trainers.
Writing for the Web
Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
Writing for the Web (Web Developers Virtual Library)
Some resources to help you when you create your own Internet sites.
History of the Internet (University of Leiden)
All About the Internet (Internet Society)
AnswerConnect Internet & Computer
Sites on Internet history!
BARE BONES 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web From the University of South Carolina, Beaufort; a comprehensive tutorial on searching the Internet that includes the basics as well as using individual search engines.
Assessing Website Quality
A site from University of Washington on judging the quality of any data you find on the Internet.
Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet The law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, gives a checklist of points to consider, including examples, an interactive tutorial for judging quality, links that instruct about fraud, and more.
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet From the University of Alberta, this site uses five traditional criteria for critical evaluation of information found on the Internet.
Internet Fraud Watch From the National Fraud Information Center. "...crooks also recognize the potential of cyberspace."
Hoax Busters; The BIG LIST of Internet Hoaxes, The U.S. Dept. of Energey site Hoaxbusters has shut down. Try this site for Internet hoaxes.
Internet ScamBusters™ "The #1 Publication on Internet Fraud." News on Internet scams, urban legends, spam, and more.
Snopes.com Rumor has It Always Always Always check Snopes.com before you even start to believe anything that anybody sends to you over the Internet!
ClickZ Network Formerly CyberAtlas, sometimes presents statistics (data) on the demographics, size, and scope of the Internet.
Internet World Stats; Usage and population Statistics Statistics about Internet usage by region, actual numbers of users and percentages. Also links to other sites with data about the Internet.
Google Groups (formely Deja News) Is a search engine to search Internet Usenet news (discussion) groups for topics of interest on just about anything.
Internet Archive An attempt to keep a perminent archive of the Internet. Look here for great sites of the past. “The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.” Includes the Wayback Machine search engine, by URL, date, or key word.
Internet Public Library (IPL) The Internet Public Library is hosted by the School of Information (i.e. Library Science) of the University of Michigan. The IPL presents the Internet under the range of services traditional in a public library including for Children and Young Adults.INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections INFOMINE, produced by the University of California, Riverside, is a quality, comprehensive gateway to the Internet. It claims access to "10,000+ Academically Valuable Resources".
Lii.org Librarians' Index to the Internet This site began as the Berkeley Public Library Index to the Internet. It is organized by broad subject categories and has a search engine.
Scout Report Archives From the University of Wisconsin; search the Internet by entering terms, or by Library of Congress subject headings, or by broad category. The Archives hold the best Internet sites chosen by the Scout Report, "a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators."
The WWW Virtual Library (WWW VL) The WWW Virtual Library was established by the people at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) who also started the World Wide Web WWW. The Virtual Library is organized by subject fields, some correspond to academic disciplines. Typically discipline sites are maintained by a university faculty.
About; the Human Internet About is a large well-organized general interest site that includes Academic Info. The subject pages have annotated sites and the person responsible for the subject page is often pictured.
Galaxy Galaxy is a large, general interest directory site.
How Stuff Works Marshall Brain "Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold?" presents his articles here.
Information Please This site has several basic almanacs and dictionaries.
Martindale's "The Reference Desk" "The Reference Desk" is a quality, comprehensive site that includes a number of "Enjoy, Have Fun" links.
RefDesk.com Formerly My Virtual Reference Desk (MVRD); a large, comprehensive reference center!
Daniel Hanne
dhanne@csupomona.edu
October 2009
