Using the Internet
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General
- Acceptable Use Policy
Winsor's policies regarding the ethical and safe approach to use of technology and the Internet. - Evaluating Web Pages
Use this checklist to help you find reliable and scholarly Internet sources. - Noodle Tools
This service guides you through the steps of making a bibliography. It is very easy to use, and allows you to create your own folders. From home use username and password, available from the library.
- Acceptable Use Policy
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Internet Subject Directories
- Internet Public Library
"A public service organization and a learning/teaching environment" from the University of Michigan School of Information. - Best of the Web
A private organization in which editors evaluate sites according to specified criteria. - Librarians' Internet Index: Websites You Can Trust
One of the first and most trusted used search directories. - Awesome Library
Designed for students in all grades. - Digital Librarian: a Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web
- Intute
A British directory that, "allows access to both subject-specific and cross-subject resources, all of which have been evaluated for their quality and relevance." - Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites from the Library of Congress
- The WWW Virtual Library
Started by the guy who invented the World Wide Web, this "is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert."
Also try using college and university library sites, which often include subject directories. Click on your subject and look for free websites (as opposed to their own subscription-only databases). Here are just a couple of good ones to start with:
- Internet Public Library