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 How
to Write a Book Review
A
Guide to Doing Oral Interviews by Dr. Fritz
Writing
Strategies
Reading
Strategies
A
Guide to Doing Abstracts or a Research Paper
Proposal
Note-taking
Programs: A few helpful programs
you
can use while doing research.
Gilford
College's Online Writing Manual
http://www.guilford.edu/original/writing_manual/
This site is the home of the on-line Guilford
writing manual. The Writing Manual was written by Jeff Jeske for
Guilford College. The web site was referenced in the Short Guide on
pages 132 and 133, in the section on "Writing Drafts". The site
contains many helpful suggestions about writing, including a "how
to" section on book reviews and peer editing. The site is easy to
navigate and the presentation style is lively and informative.
The ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking About
What You See on the Web
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html
Written and maintained by "John R. Henderson, Librarian,
Ithaca College Library. This lively site, with plenty of color and
boldface writing, provides a good introduction to Web evaluation as well
as an interactive tutorial. Librarian John R. Henderson backs up most of
his points with links to interesting online examples. Henderson opens
with the question of whether the Web is the best resource for certain
types of research, followed by questions of source, authority and
validity, creators’ intention, quality, and the initial purpose of
online material. The site ends with a quiz, an assignment to practice
evaluating sites, and a bibliography of more than 20 resources. This site
was updated in August 2000. Resources Available: TEXT."*
Media
Awareness Network's "Check
Sheet for Internet Sources": An
interesting check list for evaluating web sites. While it had limited
information the site does provide a good overview for the novice
researcher.
Evaluating Internet Research Sources,
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
Robert Harris, Professor of English, Vanguard
University of Southern California.
"This site, created by Professor Robert Harris, addresses the
diversity of information available on the Web and offers strategies for
evaluating it. The article outlines pre-evaluation techniques followed by
tests and guidelines for judging the information quality of Internet
sites. The techniques are based on the “CARS Checklist” which stands
for Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support. Credibility
includes factors such as the author’s credentials, evidence of quality
control, well-developed metainformation (such as tables of contents,
ratings, reviews, and commentaries), and indicators of poor quality (such
as anonymity or poor writing). Accuracy refers to information that is
correct: “up to date, factual, detailed, exact, and comprehensive.”
Judging reasonableness involves “fairness, objectivity, moderateness,
and consistency.” Support refers to the sources cited, especially the
ability to corroborate the information provided on the website. Harris
closes with this advice: “take your information to the Café
(Challenge, Adapt, File, Evaluate).” Resources Available: TEXT."*
Evaluating
Web Sites: Criteria and Tools,
Michael Engle, Reference Division,
Olin Kroch Uris Libraries, Cornell University.
"A basic guide for students and other users of
the web to analyze the usefulness and reliability of sites. Includes four
links to examples of sites in order to illustrate ways to distinguish
scholarly journals and sites from other types; two links to similar
guides prepared by librarians elsewhere; five sites that review and rank
sites; and a three-title “webliography” of books on the subject.
Created for a New York Library Association Conference, but updated
recently (July 2001). Useful for students needing elementary guidance for
using the web to help with assignments. Resources Available: TEXT."*
George
Mason Universities "History
Matters: Making Sense of the Evidence": This site
"offers Learner Guides and interactive exercises that explore the
historian’s craft. The Guides will provide background and strategies for
using various primary sources, including oral history, diaries and
letters, and photographs. The interactive exercises challenge students to
consider the complexities of interpreting certain kinds of historical
evidence, such as photographs, film, and music." Well worth the time
to explore, especially if you are new to research.
* From George Mason University,
"History Matters", Reference Desk", Evaluating Digital
Resources", <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/refdesk/>
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