Riccomini
Prework for your library session:
Using the criteria on this page, evaluate the websites linked to on the sheet (click on link below). Print the sheet, answer the questions on the sheet, and bring them to the library session.
Evaluating World Wide Web Resources on The Patriot Act
English 2 - Additional Class Resources
Boolean Searching for the Web - Applies to library database searching too! (Prepared by Joe Barker for "Best Stuff on the Web" - Copyright 2002 (used with permission) The Teaching Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA)
Finding Worthwhile Web Pages - These subject directories are all designed for the academic audience. Subject directories--unlike search engines such as Google--have had their websites filtered in terms of credibility, credentials, scholarly value, bias, content sources, and timeliness.