RESOUR> [NetGold] INTERNET: RESOURCES : Finding Quality Information on the World Wide Web

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:58:36 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [NetGold] INTERNET: RESOURCES : RESEARCH: RESOURCES : RESEARCH:
    GUIDES: Finding Quality Information on the World Wide Web

INTERNET: RESOURCES : RESEARCH: RESOURCES : RESEARCH: GUIDES: Finding
Quality Information on the World Wide Web

Finding Quality Information on the World Wide Web
<http://www.iona.edu/faculty/afranco/iima/webliog.htm>

Based on a Presentation Given at the Tenth Annual Conference of the
International Information Management Association

Adrienne Franco, M.L.S., M.S.

and

Richard L. Palladino ,M.L.S., M.S.

Iona College Libraries
New Rochelle, NY
October 14, 1999
Updated 11/19/2003

Table of Contents

Introduction
Summary of  Strategies
Locating Subject Guides
Electronic Discussion Lists
Web Rating and Evaluation Sites
Evaluating Web Sites
Intelligent Search Engines
Computer Science  (a few examples for IIMA audience)

Introduction

"Unlike most print publications which have editors and editorial boards to
screen and select content, any individual or group can publish on the
world wide web.  This lack of quality control and the explosion of web
sites makes the task of finding quality information on the web especially
critical.  Numerous studies report that search engines are difficult to
use, only cover a fraction of existing sites and often are not selective
in terms of quality.

This presentation will focus primarily on finding quality subject guides
and other resources on the web itself utilizing Internet Catalogs and Web
Rating and Evaluation Sites produced, for the most part, under the
auspices of libraries and librarians. The web contains numerous subject
guides on various disciplines and topics which have been selected and
edited by scholars and librarians.  These guides often include
descriptive annotations and sometimes graphical ratings such as  stars or
check marks.  They usually list and evaluate "megasites" within a  field.

These megasites, in turn, link to more specific sites."

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The most interesting thing about this website resource is that it does not
provide an unendingly long list of resources.  The list is more on the
short side, but leads to very high quality resources of great importance
to researchers and students looking to do well designed research.


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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