Guide for ANTH 591:
Teaching College Anthropology
Professor Al Dekin Librarians Janet Hogan, Bartle Library, LN2305, jhogan@binghamton.edu
Beth Kilmarx, Bartle Library LN2328, bkilmarx@binghamton.edu
January 30, 2006
Web Searching Strategies | Evaluating Web Sites And Teaching Web Evaluation |
Citing Sources | Avoiding Plagiarism: A Guide for Faculty and TAs
Goals
At the end of this session, students should be able to:
- Understand how and when to use Library databases (BU Only) for teaching and research
- Understand how and when to use Internet search engines for teaching and research
- Understand and use advanced search strategies when searching online databases and search engines
Understand benefits of using advanced search screens in web search engines - Use specific criteria to evaluate Internet web sites for academic research
- Teach these skills to undergraduate students
Evaluating Web Sources & Teaching Web Evaluation
Teach Web Evaluation Using In-Class Exercises
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources (New Mexico State)
Originally designed as a faculty training session. -
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! (UCLA College Library)
Quick in-class exercise developed by Esther Grassian based upon the Widener University pages.
Integrate Evaluation Into A Course-Related Session
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Contemporary Issues in Multicultural Psychology 473 (Binghamton University)
Use A Web Tutorial - for Self Directed Learning
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Evaluating Web Information (Virginia Tech)
Another interactive tutorial. At the end, students can select web sites to evaluate from a pull-down menu. -
Evaluating Web Sites
Part of the netTUTOR tutorial from Ohio State University. -
Evaluating WebSites
Tutorial from the University of Wisconsin Women's Studies Program -
ICYouSee; T is for Thinking: A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web (Ithaca College)
Exercises and sample web pages with instructions for instructors. - TILT: Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
Individual institutions may adapt the TILT text, graphics, and scripts for their own campuses using an Open Publication
Licensing agreement with the University of Texas system.
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Evaluating Internet Research Sources, Robert Harris
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm -
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask (Teaching Library - Berkeley)
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*Lessons Learned: Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation
Further Readings & Resources.
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An Educator's Guide to Web Evaluation (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign)
Excellent collection of white papers on the topic for librarians and teachers of all academic levels. -
Jacobsen, T. (ed) (2000) Critical Thinking and the Web: Teaching Users to Evaluate Internet Resources. Active Learning Series #4. Pittsburg, PA: Library Instruction Publications.
Contains collection of assignments and exercises appropriate for any library setting. -
Mintz, A. P. (ed) (2002) Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet . Medford, NJ: Information Today.
Information for the consumer on misinformation, scams, fraudulent sites, web hoaxes, with specifics on evaluating medical, legal information, and financial information.
BU Libraries Main Library stacks ZA4201 .W43 2002 -
Teaching Undergrads WEB Evaluation: A Guide for Library Instruction (July/August 1998) College & Research Library News 59 (7), pp. 522-23.
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WebQuest Page (San Diego State University)
Contains examples and training materials for using the web in teaching for all levels - k-12 through adult. Lots of ideas for all subjects. Includes web evaluation activiites.