GENERAL
INFORMATION ON USING THE WWW
The sites on this page are of three types: sites
that provide a general introduction to the Internet along with some guidelines on how to
evaluate internet resources (one of my favorites is Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research
Sources"), and even create your own web pages. There is a list of search
engines to help you search the Internet for information that you want (along with some
material on how to choose and use a search engine), and, finally, a list of metasites
(e.g. such as Yahoo, the University of Kansas History Index, and, one of my favorites, Martindale's The Reference Desk).
There is even an extensive list of anthropology resources
on the Internet.
Internet
Detective [Frames]
http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
The Internet Detective, an online tutorial developed by staff
at The Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) at the University of Bristol
for developing the skills to evaluate information on the Internet. "With
clearly written overviews, interactive quizzes, and worked examples, the tutorial teaches
users the key elements of quality Internet information and offers practical tips for
evaluating a variety of online resources. Free registration is required to allow users to
return to the site as necessary and work through the tutorial at their own pace. "
(Scout Report for Social Sciences, 9/22/98)
Internet
Tutorials--University of Albany Libraries
http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/
LivingInternet.com
http://livinginternet.com/
Billing itself "the net’s most
comprehensive source of information about the Internet," this site from computer
scientist Bill Stewart offers an excellent overview of the Internet and its six main
technologies. The site is divided into seven sections, covering the Internet, E-Mail, the
World Wide Web, Usenet Newsgroups, Internet Relay Chat, Multi-User Dimensions, and Mailing
Lists. "Each section describes how the technology was invented, how it works,
advanced usage, help resources, and other useful and entertaining information." In
addition, each section also features links to authoritative and useful related sites. This
clear and concise guide offers a balance of basic and advanced information that will
appeal to both new and experienced users alike. (Scout Report, 1/21/00)
Official Netscape Guide to Internet Research
http://www.researchbuzz.com
"The site has tips, tricks, and articles on how to make the
most of your Internet research. You don’t have to have the book or use Navigator to
make the most of these articles (past articles have included topics like using
AltaVista’s special syntax searching, finding news archives online, and kid-safe
search engines.) For real research heads, the News part of the site provides information
on new and changed Internet research resources, updated just about every business day.
That section is also available as a free weekly newsletter." (Weekly Bookmark,
11/15/98)
School
of Web Design: Learning Resources
http://www.schoolofwebdesign.com/index2.html
This list of resources at the School for Web Design
contains articles on the history of the Internet (including articles by the inventors of
the Internet), material on search engines, along with extensive tutorials on designing Web
sites.
Searching the
WWW
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Scout
Report
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/index.html
The Scout Report is produced by the Computer Science
Department at the University of Wisconsin. each week they produce a list of Web
resources on various topics, choosing only those that meet certain criteria for
reliability. There is a special section on evaluating
Internet resources that is particualrly useful.
Search Engines
Alta Vista
Search Machine
http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query
Cern
http://www.w3.org
Excite
http://www.excite.com
HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com
Infoseek
http://www.infoseek.com
Liszt: Directory of E-Mail
Discussion Groups
http://www.liszt.com/about.html
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
NY
Times Web Resources and Search Engines
http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/reference/cynavi.html
Northern Light
http://www.northernlight.com/
 Search Engine
Colossus
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Created by Bryan Strome, this metasite offers links to a large number of country- or
region-specific search engines. The search engines are organized by country, with a link
to the service, the language(s) it uses, its point of origin, and a short description when
available. The number of search engines available under each heading can vary
considerably, as would be expected. Search engines in eleven general categories, including
Academic, Business, Medical, and Sports, are also listed. Users wishing to narrow their
searches and/or utilize some lesser-known search engines will find this site a helpful
starting point. (Scout Report, 9/17/99
Search Engine Showdown
http://www.notess.com/search/
Created and maintained by Greg Notess, author of _Government
Information on the Internet_ and a columnist in _Online_ and _Database_,
this site offers reviews, analysis, statistics, and strategies for many of the major
search engines. Organized in four primary sections (Features, Analysis, Learning, News
& Talk) the site explores topics such as search engine database size and capabilities,
searching for Usenet and phone number information, subject guides, multiple search
engines, and tips on successful searching. The site appear to be regularly updated and
additional resources include a newsletter, which users may subscribe to at the site.
(Scout Report, 6/11/99)
WebCrawler Searching
http://webcrawler.com/
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com
GENERAL
PURPOSE DATABASES AND METASITES
Africa 2000
http://www.africa2000.com/
"Africa 2000 is a comprehensive
resource for information on population and demographic issues; race, class, and
competitive fertility; international 'aid' & economic development; reproductive
freedom v. control; covert activities & military strategy; propaganda or 'psy-war'
operations; and the political history of north-south relations. Our combined pages present
research and analysis by journalists from all over the world, as well as information from
hundreds of formerly-classified documents that are available from no other source."
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- African-American
Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html
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- Australia National
University - Coombsweb Social Sciences Server
- http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombsHome.html
Bill Trochim’s Center for Social
Research Methods http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/index.html
The brainchild of
a Cornell University social scientist, this site provides a wealth of materials for
learning the fundamentals of social research. Undergraduates (and probably many beginning
graduate students) will find invaluable Trochim’s _Knowledge
Base_, an online hypertext textbook on applied
social research methods that gives step-by-step instruction on "defining a research
question, sampling, measurement, research design and data analysis." The site also
features "an online statistical advisor" that recommends appropriate statistical
tests based on research parameters that users enter; a Research Pointers page that gives
links to Internet data and research method sites; and a collection of student Webpages
devoted to presenting Internet resources on selected sociological topics (caveat: some of
these are better than others and none are more recent than the Spring of 1997). In
addition, Trochim offers, for both students and researchers, a collection of online papers
written by Trochim and colleagues, focusing primarily on the idea and application of
"concept mapping," a research method designed to help communities address and
coordinate complicated tasks and projects. (Scout Report for Social Sciences,
12/14/99)
Brookings Institute
http://www.brook.edu/
"In its research, The Brookings Institution
functions as an independent analyst and critic, committed to publishing its findings for the
information of the public. In its conferences and activities, it serves as a bridge
between scholarship and public policy, bringing new knowledge to the attention of
decisionmakers and affording scholars a better insight into public policy issues."
- Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace
- http://www.ceip.org
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- Cato Institute
- http://www.cato.org
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- Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities
- http://www.cbpp.org/pa-rel.htm
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Columbia EncyclopediaColumbia Encyclopedia_, Sixth
Edition—Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Bartleby.com has relaunched its electronic version of the
_Columbia Encyclopedia_ with numerous updates, including improved search and navigation
features. The sixth edition contains close to 51,000 entries, including 17,000
biographies, with over 80,000 hypertext cross-references, as well as links to other
resources such as maps, speeches, and additional full-text collections held by
Bartleby.com. Visitors may search the encyclopedia by keyword (either full-text or entry
word), browse the entries alphabetically, or browse the biographical entries by 140
categories. Definitely one of the standard online general reference works. [Scout Report
for Social Sciences & Humanities -- March 20, 2001]
Cyberanthropology
http://nt2348.vs.netbenefit.co.uk/
Cyberanthropology is a site devoted to the anthropology study
of cyberspace. You can find searchable databases and courses, book reviews, and
links to other resources.
- Fedstats--Hyperlinks to US
Government Statistics
- http://www.fedstats.gov
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Global Issues That Affect
Everyone
http://www.globalissues.org/
Anup Shah's terrific site that details global problems
ranging from population, to debt, to racism, to
the causes
of poverty. The site is filled with links to other resources in the context of
discussions regarding global issues.
- Information Please
- http://www.infoplease.com/
International Studies Resources
on the Internet: A Cyberlibrary
http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Wayne Selcher's comprehensive cyberlibrary on
International Studies. Some 900 annotated links and an excellent Internet Radio
and TV page.
- Journal of
World-Systems Research
- http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html
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- Making of
America--Completion of the First Phase
- http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/
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- Martindale's
The Reference Desk
- http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Ref.html
A marvelous site to find information on just about
everything, including countries, business sites, calculators of all types, etc.
- National Library Catalogues
Worldwide
- http://www.uq.edu.au/~mljeast/
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
http://datadump.icaap.org/cgi-bin/glossary/SocialDict/SocialDict
From "aboriginal peoples" to "xenophobia," the Online Dictionary of
the Social Sciences provides concise definitions for approximately 1,000 entries.
Disciplines covered include sociology, criminology, political science, and women’s
studies with a particular focus on Canadian examples, events, and names. The project is
the online version of a dictionary created by Gary Parkinson and Robert Drislane and a
product of Athabasca University, Canada, and the International Consortium for the
Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP). The dictionary can be browsed using an
alphabetically arranged index or searched using key words; references are also included to
guide users to other related entries. Scout Report for Social Sciences & Humanities --
January 23, 2001]
RRojas Databank
http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~rrojas/
One of the most comprehensive sites on the Web dealing with
development and economic globalization. Robinson Rojas (many of whose writings are
included on the site) has compiled an impressive list of articles and links relating to
economic development. It is also remarkably well-maintained. There is also an
impressive array of curriculum material, including lecture notes, some
of it used in Robinson's Open University courses. A treasure trove of material.
- Scholars Guide
to the WWW
- http://members.aol.com/dann01/webguide.html/
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Scout Report
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/
One of, if not the best, review site on the Web.
There are weekly and bi-monthy Web reviews in the social science, business and
economics, and science and engineering, along with a general interest review. We
make extensive use of the Scout Reports to update our Web pages.
SOSIG New Look
http://sosig.ac.uk/
Social Science Search Engine :http://sosig.ac.uk/harvester.html
US Mirror: http://scout18.cs.wisc.edu/sosig_mirror/
The Web’s premiere Social Science gateway has
gotten even better, with a new interface and several other features that help users find
quality social science research and education resources, hand-picked and described by
librarians and subject specialists. The heart of SOSIG remains its excellent Internet
catalog, which includes thousands of online resources, browseable or searchable by subject
area. Within each section, resources are organized by subcategory and listed by type. Each
section supplies information on its editor and a link to an extremely useful Subject Guide
to conducting online research in that field. Visitors can find additional, uncataloged
resources, using the Social Science Search Engine, which indexes a database of over 50,000
Social Science Webpages. (Scout Report, March 3, 2000)
- Third World Network
- http://www.twnside.org.sg
ULIS: UNESCO Electronic
Document Management System
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/
A database of full texts of UNESCO documents. Includes
documents on the World Heritage Fund, speechs of the Director General, and many other
resources. Documents are in PDF format and must be read with Adobe Acrobat.
- United Nations
Scholars' Workstation
- http://www.library.yale.edu/un/unhome.htm
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- United Nations General Assembly
- http://www.un.org/ga/
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United Nations Global Statistics
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm
This UN directory site allows users to quickly
access national statistics through the official outlets of UN-member states and
international statistics through dozens of UN programs and agencies as well as autonomous
organizations such as the World Trade Organization and Eurostat. Data covered include, but
are not limited to, health care, economics, politics, environment, and social
demographics. The site offers a simple search engine with Boolean capabilities and is
updated on a biweekly basis. (The Scout Report for Social Sciences, Nov. 2, 1999)
- University Of
Kansas: History Index
- http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/history/index.html
US Census: _Statistical Abstract
of the United States, 1999_ Selected portions:
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/index.html
Complete Report [.pdf, accessible by sections, 1045 pages]:
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
Dubbed "the National Data Book" by the
Census Bureau, this online tome offers a vast collection of statistics on social and
economic conditions in the United States. A special feature of the 1999 edition is a new
section, "20th Century Statistics," "which presents data
beginning in 1900 where available on a broad range of subjects such as population,
education, income and labor force." Selected HTML highlights include USA Statistics
in Brief, frequently requested tables, state rankings, state profiles, and a guide to
State Statistical Abstracts. The complete report can be accessed from a table giving data
section titles and corresponding pages in manageable .pdf portions. (Scout Report for the Social
Sciences, 5/16/00)
World Bank Teachers and Students
Home Page
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/index.html
"The World Bank Site (reviewed in the September
25, 1997 Scout Report for Business and Economics) now has a section specifically devoted
to educational resources. Educational material found here relates to topics relevant to
the World Bank’s larger mission of reducing international poverty and raising the
standard of living for people in developing nations. For instance, the Learning Materials
area focuses on sustainable development, with learning modules on Population Growth Rate
and Access to Safe Water, as well as graphs, charts, and questions for students and
teachers to explore. Students have the opportunity to get their own work published in the
Sustainable Development Post, an online newspaper with student contributors from around
the world. Other areas of the site offer resources on specific issues, such as AIDS,
climate change, and gender, or on particular regions and countries. Teachers and students
can also use the site to learn more about the World Bank and its mission, read views on
development from people around the world, and learn how to use data and other tools
available at the World Bank site. Sections of the site are yet to be completed, but on the
whole, there are plenty of resources to keep classrooms busy." (The Scout Report,
1/1/99)
- World Systems Archives
- http//csf.colorado.edu/wsystems
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- World-Wide
Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue
- http://www.w3.org/pub/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
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- Yahoo!
- http://www.yahoo.com
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- Yale
University Law School's Avalon Project
- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
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