Evaluating and Citing Electronic Information

Tom Kelliher, CS 102

Sept. 16, 1998

Announcements:

From last time:

1. Narrowing down searches.

Outline:

1. Judging the Web.

2. Quoting the Web.

3. Exercise, if time.

Assignment:

1. Read Evaluating Quality on the Net
   (http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html). Answer the following questions:
   1. What is vanity publishing?

   2. What is grey literature?

   3. What is Magellan?

   4. What is the author's view of Magellan's effectiveness?

   5. What are the author's four key quality indicators?

   6. What is the author's advice to Web publishers?

Judging the Web

Well, what did we come up with for evaluation criteria?

Here are some other's thoughts:

1. Evaluating Resources
   (http://infopeople.berkeley.edu:8000/bkmk/select.html)

2. Internet Resources 10 C's (http://www.uwec.edu/Admin/Library/10cs.html)

Quoting the Web

MLA Style of Citation:

1. Individual Works

   Author/editor. Title of Print Version of Work. Edition statement (if given). Publication information (Place of publication: publisher, date) (if given). Title of Electronic Work. Medium. Information supplier. Available protocol (if applicable): Site/Path/File. Access date.

   Pritzker, Thomas J. An Early Fragment from Central Nepal. N.D. Online. Ingress Communications. Available:
   http://www.ingress.com/~astanart/pritzker/pritzker.html. June 8, 1995.

2. Magazine Articles

   Author. ``Article Title.'' Magazine Title. Date: paging or indicator or length. Medium. Available Protocol (if applicable): Site/Path/File. Access date.

   Viviano, Frank. ``The New Mafia Order.'' Mother Jones Magazine. May-June 1995: 72 pars. Online. Available:
   http://www.mojones.com/MOTHER_JONES/MJ95/viviano.html. July 17, 1995.

3. Discussion List Messages

   Author. ``Subject of Message.'' Date. Online posting. Discussion List. Available E-mail: LISTSERV@e-mail address/Get. Access date.

   RRECOME. ``Top Ten Rules of Film Criticism.'' Apr. 1, 1995. Online posting. Discussions on All Forms of Cinema. Available E-mail:
   LISTSERV@american.edu/Get cinema-l log9504A. Aug. 1, 1995.

4. E-mail

   Sender (Sender's E-mail address). ``Subject of Message.'' E-mail to recipient (Recipient's E-mail address). Date of message.

   Day, Martha (MDAY@sage.uvm.edu). ``Review of film -- Bad Lieutenant.'' E-mail to Xia Li (XLI@moose.uvm.edu). July 30, 1995.

Exercise

Apply what we've learned to the pages available at Evaluating Sources
(http://phoenix.goucher.edu/~jillz/cs102/evaluate.htm).