Excellent tutorials cover a range of topics including basic Internet use, research guides, search tools, and using Netscape Navigator. Includes a number of downloadable PDF files for workshops on Internet Searching. From the Kansas City Library a simple matrix comparing common search engines features. A Web Quest. Online experience for students in evaluating web pages.
Students work in groups to carefully examine and evaluate Web sites relating to a particular topic.
Widener University, Wolfgram Memorial Library Information Gateway . This Web site provides guidelines for evaluating the quality of Web-based information. Indiana University provides a check list of criteria to look for in evaluating the validity of a web page. Why we need to evaluate what we find on the Internet . From Perdue, things to consider in evaluating web pages.