1- Bare Bones 101:
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial. University of South Carolina - Beaufort Library. 17 short lessons covering Search Engines, Metasearchers, Subject Directories, Library Gateways and Specialized Databases, Evaluating Web Pages, Creating a Search Strategy, Basic Search Tips, Searching with Boolean Logic and Proximity Operators, Field Searching, Troubleshooting and a look at five popular engines/ directories.
2- Current Web Contents Web Site Selection Criteria. http://thomsonscientific.com/free/essays/selectionofmaterial/cwc-criteria/
Institute for Scientific Information. Outline and describes the 9 criteria used by ISI to evaluate Web sites for inclusion in its Current Web Contents. Includes Authority, Accuracy, Currency, Navigation and Design, Applicability & Content, Scope, Audience Level, Quality of Writing and Reviews.
3- Evaluating Information Found on the Internet. http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
Johns Hopkins University - Sheridan Libraries. Covers consideration of Authorship, Publishing body, Point of view or bias, Referral to other sources, Verifiability and Currency in evaluating Web information. Also provides suggestions on how to distinguish propaganda, misinformation and disinformation.
4- Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
University of California - Berkeley. Outlines a five-step process of structured questions to help evaluate the quality of information found on the Web.
5- Finding Information on the Internet. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
University of California - Berkeley. Award-winning site based on the UC Berkeley Library Workshops. Topics include: What is the Internet?; Web Browsers Guides; Recommended Search Strategy; Types of Search Tools (including detailed instructions for selected engines); the Invisible Web; Beyond the General World Wide Web; and Evaluating Web Pages.
6- Glossary of Internet Terms. http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html
Matisse Enzer. Know the lingo! From ADN to XML, this site provides a comprehensive, regularly updated and cross-linked glossary of Internet terms. Maintained by Matisse Enzer.
7- Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet. http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/index_cp.asp
BrightPlanet.com. An extensive tutorial with 12 sections and over 50 topics. Covers the Size of the Internet; Internet Search Basics; Keywords; Boolean Basics and Advanced Operators; Advanced Construction; Pitfalls to Avoid; Using Filters; Understand Your Engines; Specialty Searches; and the Future of Searching.
8- How to Search the WWW : A Tutorial for Beginners and Non-Experts. http://middletownpubliclibrary.org/tutor.htm
Habib, DP & Balliot, RL. An in-depth tutorial covering Search Tools and Methods; Keyword Search Operators; Search Tools; Planning and Conducting a Search; and Hints and Useful Facts about the Internet..
9- Internet Tutorials.
http://library.albany.edu/internet/#using
State University of New York - Albany. Dozens of lessons covering Internet Basics, Research Guides, Search Engines, Subject Directories and the Deep Web.
10- Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources. http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html
Smith, AG. Based on a survey of criteria that have been published on the Web and in the print literature, proposes a set of criteria that can be used to evaluate Internet information sources.
11- The Web At-a-Glance. http://www.learnthenet.com/english/web/000www.htm
Learn Net. A 10 minute basic overview of the World Wide Web for novices. Topics include: What Is the Web?; How the Web Works; Web Pages & Websites; Navigating the Web and Using Hyperlinks; Using Web URLs; Using a Web Browser; Saving Images from the Web; Printing a Web Pages and Multimedia and Plug-Ins.
12- Understanding the World Wide Web. http://library.albany.edu/internet/www.html
State University of New York - Albany. A concise yet comprehensive overview of the WWW. Topics include including Internet protocols, hypertext and URLs, Web browsers, plug-ins, multimedia and programming languages and functions
13- Web Teacher.
http://www.webteacher.org/windows.html
Tech Corps. Although designed for K-12 teachers, provides an excellent basic introduction via units on the Web, Communicating, Multimedia, Homepage Construction, Peripherals & Utilities, and the Web in Your Classroom.
