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Evaluating, Using & Citing Web Resources
Evaluating, Using & Citing Web Resources
Evaluation of Sources
See the following for more information and even a tutorial or two:
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (UCLA)
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12337.cfm
Thinking Critically about Web 2.0 and Beyond (UCLA)
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12008.cfm
Evaluating Sources (CSU Monterey Bay)
http://library2.csumb.edu/instruction/tutorials/infolittutorial4.pdf
Using Sources Correctly vs. Plagiarism
Using Sources (Hamilton College)
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/sources.html
You Quote It, You Note It (Acadia University)
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana University)
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Citing Sources
We have style manuals in Reference in the Library, and can help with complex citations. Also see our Web pages on MLA, APA and University of Chicago Styles, or the following web sites:
MLA's FAQ
http://www.mla.org/style_faq
APA's FAQ
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/new/new_questions01.html
Tony Amodeo,
rev 10/2011 KS