Online Learning Support
Southern Connecticut State University
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology

Mary E. Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Information Science
Brown@SouthernCT.edu

CONTENTS:
Course Syllabi
Course Resources
Online Study
For Advisees
News/Weather
Reference Works

Web Resources for LSC 551-70
Digital Libraries

• FAQ, Course Activities, & Miscellany
• Reviews and Projects, by class members
• So you want to be a digital librarian Dr. Brown's recommended course of study
• Y2K:, The Problem & Self-Help
• Designing and Evaluating a Web Site
• How to Find Information on the Internet A tutorial: from basic to advanced techniques.
• Online Computer Library Services "This site provides an immensely useful index to periodical literature in computer-searchable format, including 36 screens of links to global centers where periodical text is stored and accessible." John Tracy McGrath
• Digital Library Resources Digital library initiatives (see especially starred items) plus hot topics.

Designing a Web Site

• Web Style Resources
• Information Architecture Web Architect column from Argus Inc.
• Web Wonk (David Siegel's graphic design) Tips for writers and designers.
• Siegel Vision Creating Killer Websites by David Siegel
• Toy Box
• Yale WWW Task Force (report)

Evaluating a Web Site

• How to Critically Analyze Information Sources [a general resource from Cornell U] Covers initial appraisal and content analysis.
• The Web as a Research Tool: Evaluation Techniques [Widner Univ] Covers need for evaluation, review and adapting of traditional print evaluation criteria.
• Web Evaluation Techniques: Bibliography [Widner Univ] Covers print and online resources.
• Evaluating World Wide Web Information [Purdue U]
• Evaluating Quality on the Net [Babson College, MA] Covers relevance of existing criteria, generic criteria for evaluation tools, key indicators of quality.