Distance Learning Through Telematics
"a site devoted to distance learning; contains over 250 links to relevant distance
education technologies, telemedicine, projects, associations, institutes, conferences and
on-line journals; maintained by Plymouth University"
Evaluating Internet Resources
"a fact sheet that gives basic criteria for evaluating information specifically on the
Internet based on authorship, currency, accuracy, content, function and technical/visual
aspects; includes a "web-bibliography"developed by the U.S. National Network of
Libraries of Medicine"
Help Web: A Guide to Getting Started on
the Internet
"guide is intended to help people who are just getting started on the Internet learn
their way around; topics covered include email, web, ftp, language, news and
concerns"
Internet Training MetaSite
"resource for Internet training; includes listings of Internet guides, online courses
and tutorials, glossaries and resources for trainers"
Internet Tutorials
"a comprehensive site with mutltiple tutorials on the Basic Internet, Research Guides,
Search Engines & Subject Directories, Netscape Navigator & Communicator and Software
Training developed; by the University at Albany (New York) Libraries"
Life on the Internet: Beginners
Guide
"links to the latest version of Internet software, guides for additional background,
resource lists, and search tools - thousands and thousands of destinations; includes a
section of quick tips"
Modular Approach to
Teaching/Learning the World Wide Web "a pyramid of eight self-contained modules on
learning to use the WWW; ranges from introduction to the web and basic web searching to
evaluating web resources and web research strategies; developed by Widener University
(U.S.)"
School
for International Training: Occasional Papers Series
"contains full text articles dedicated to advancing knowledge, skills, and awareness
of theory and practice in the fields of intercultural communication, language education,
training, and service"
Advanced HTML Online Tutorial
"purpose is to introduce novice HTML authors to more advanced authoring features:
Tables, Interactive forms, Image Maps and Frames; each section of the tutorial includes
written instruction, practice exercises, video demonstrations, and links to further
resources"
Alertbox:
Current Issues in Web Usability
"a bi-weekly series of 'columns' on issues pertaining to web access and
usability; contains links to most popular columns by reverse chronological order; useful
articles for those working on web design and/or web access issues"
Beginner's
Guide to HTML
"'downloadable' introduction to understanding hypertext markup language
(HTML); includes links to additional web-based resources; devised by The National Center for
Supercomputing Application (U.S.)"
CNET:
Builder.com
"a comprehensive site with links to authoring and site design, graphics and
multimedia, programming and scripting, coding and domain names plus other relevant sources
on the www; covers information for the beginner to the expert"
Lycos: Website Building
"a step by step tutorial that enables you to build your own webpage"
Research-Based Web Design and Usability
Guidelines
"provides over 50 of the top Web design and usability guidelines based on emerging
research and supporting information in the field; contains category based links (ie. page
length and layout, navigation, links, content organization, etc.) to specific
guideline"
Tips,
Tricks How-To, and Beyond
"site was created to help you design 'a better web page'; contains numerous
subject categories texts the answer many basic web design problems; includes html problems,
page design and layout, web graphics, web programming and web hosts"
Searching/Search Engines
Evaluating Web-Based
Resources
"a tutorial that summarizes strategies for evaluating the quality of health
information on the Internet; demonstrates how to use the best search strategies and search
engines and how to apply evaluation criteria; reviews guideline on how to cite electronic
sources"
Search Engine Training Kit
"aim of the course is to explore searching on the Internet and incorporate new trends
and developments; kit is mainly practical with a lot of supporting materials; developed by
the Health Care Libraries Unit, UK"
Search Engine
Watch
"a comprehensive site on all aspects of 'search engines'; includes information
on how to use search engines, an overview and status report of various engines and a monthly
update newsletter"
Web Searching
Tips and Techniques
"a Biomedical Libraries/Dartmouth College workshop designed to improve the quality of
retrieval and provide tips and strategies to make searching more efficient; includes
information on search engines, search strategies and website evaluation and
citing"