Chapters and Updated URLs

Given the changing nature of the Web, the URLs in the book may change. The following section includes all the links from the book along with any updates I know about. Click the plus sign to show the URLs for a chapter or show all or collapse all.

• Chapter 1. Web Searching and the Teaching Paradox
  • No URLs
• Chapter 2: Understanding Our Audience
  • Google Toolbar toolbar.google.com
  • SpyBot www.safer-networking.org
  • QHOSTS trojan fix software.brown.edu/dist/w-cleanqhosts.html
  • Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
• Chapter 3: Choosing the Instructional Session Types
  • Classroom Control Systems www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/iscommittees/webpages/instructionaltechnologies/classroomcontrol.cfm [Updated]
  • Snip URL snurl.com
  • TinyURL tinyurl.com
• Chapter 4: Online Tutorials: Friend or Foe?
  • Web Search Guide Tutorial: Research - Web Searching www.websearchguide.ca/tutorials/tocres.htm
  • Finding Information on the Internet www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
  • Internet Tutorials from Laura Cohen, University Libraries, University at Albany www.internettutorials.net [Updated]
  • Learnandgo Searching the Web www.ozline.net/tutor/tutorial.html
  • Quick Tutorial on Searching the Internet www.lib.purdue.edu/phys/inst/searchinginternet.html [Updated]
  • net.TUTOR: Using Web Search Tools liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les5/ [Updated]
  • Internet Search Tips and Mouse Exercise
  • www.hclib.org/pub/training
  • www.hclib.org/pub/training/SearchTips
  • www.hclib.org/pub/training/MouseExercise
  • Tutorial: Site Clustering and Filtering www.searchengineshowdown.com/tutorials/cluster.html
  • Information Cycle www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/infocyle.htm
  • TILT: The Texas Information Literacy Tutorial tilt.lib.utsystem.edu
  • eManual: Online Information Literacy Learning now the The Information Research Guide (University of Winnipeg) cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/learn/irg [Updated]
  • The Internet Navigator (University of Utah) www-navigator.utah.edu
  • Tales from the MSU Stacks (Michigan State University)
  • tales.lib.msu.edu [down, see archived copy]
  • tales.lib.msu.edu/Content/m07/t2/m7t2.html [down, see archived copy, but no video]
  • QuickStudy: A Library Tutorial (University of Minnesota) tutorial.lib.umn.edu
  • InfoTrekk (Curtin University, Australia) library.curtin.edu.au/infotrekk
  • MindMapping (James Cook University, Australia) www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap
  • Library Instruction Tutorials, Library Instruction Round Table www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtproj.html
  • Librarians' Internet Index: Internet Guides and Search Tools: Training snipurl.com/liitraining [Updated]
  • The RDN (now Intute) Virtual Training Suite www.vts.rdn.ac.uk [updated name]
  • Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries www.wiltonlibrary.org/innovate.html#tutorials
  • Searching the WWW: Tutorials, Techniques, Tips www.keithstanger.com/search.htm
  • Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database www.ala.org/CFApps/Primo/public/search2.cfm [Updated]
  • Learn the Net Find Information Fast Online from ULiveandLearn www.uliveandlearn.com/courses/cdetail.cfm?courseid=47
• Chapter 5. Organization: Focus, Length, and Goals
  • No URLs
• Chapter 6: Terminology
  • Ask.com's Smart Search sp.ask.com/en/docs/about/site_features.shtml [Updated name]
  • Yahoo!'s Shortcuts help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-05.html [Updated]
  • Google's Special Features www.google.com/help/features.html
  • The Argus Clearinghouse www.clearinghouse.net [Now defunct]
• Chapter 7: Content: Web Search Features
  • Web Search University Conference www.websearchu.com
  • Search Engine Strategies Conference www.searchenginestrategies.com [See also Danny Sullivan's new conferences Search Marketing Expo at searchmarketingexpo.com]
  • Search Engine Showdown Reviews www.searchengineshowdown.com/reviews
  • Search Engine Showdown Features Chart www.searchengineshowdown.com/features
• Chapter 8: Content: Primary Concepts
  • Librarians' Internet Index (LII) www.lii.org
  • Resource Discovery Network (RDN) www.rdn.ac.uk [Now called Intute, at www.intute.ac.uk]
  • Bibliography on Evaluating Web Information www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evalbiblio.html
  • Mind Mapping www.mind-mapping.co.uk
  • Overture www.overture.com [Update: Bid tool is gone as of 12/06. The Keyword Selector Tool at inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion gives number of searches in previous month.]
  • Google Keyword Tool adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
  • Census Bureau www.census.gov
• Chapter 9: Additional Content: Image Searching, News, Usenet, and More
  • CRAYON (Create Your Own Newspaper) www.crayon.net
  • Google News news.google.com
  • Yahoo! News news.yahoo.com
  • NewsNow newsnow.co.uk
  • Rocketinfo www.rocketnews.com
  • Daypop www.daypop.com
  • Feedster www.feedster.com
  • Google Groups groups.google.com
  • Yahoo! Groups groups.yahoo.com
  • Epinions www.epinions.com
  • Ditto ditto.com
  • Picsearch www.picsearch.com
  • Singingfish singingfish.com [As of 2007, now redirects to AOL Video video.aol.com]
  • Wayp www.wayp.com [Updated with www. at front]
  • AnyWho anywho.com
  • Switchboard switchboard.com
  • 192 192.com
  • TheUltimates theultimates.com
  • Google Scholar scholar.google.com
  • Windows Live Academic academic.live.com [Addition]
  • Scirus scirus.com
• Chapter 10: The Search Engines
  • Proteus www.thrall.org/proteus.html
  • Ask.com www.ask.com
  • Teoma www.teoma.com (Now just redirects to Ask.com)
  • Exalead www.exalead.com
  • Gigablast www.gigablast.com
  • Google www.google.com
  • Google Inconsistencies www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/google/inconsistent.shtml
  • MSN Search search.msn.com [Update: Now has new name of Live Search live.com]
  • Yahoo! search.yahoo.com
  • Yahoo! Directory dir.yahoo.com
  • Open Directory Project dmoz.org
  • Librarians' Internet Index (LII) www.lii.org
  • Resource Discovery Network (RDN) www.rdn.ac.uk [Now called Intute, at www.intute.ac.uk]
• Chapter 11: Creating a Framed Workshop Web Page
  • Basic Internet Searching Tutorial www.searchengineshowdown.com/strat/basicsearch.html
  • Advanced Internet Searching www.searchengineshowdown.com/strat/advancedsearch.shtml
• Chapter 12: Presentation Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
  • Jesse Ruderman's Bookmarklets www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets
  • Google Browser Button Bookmarklets www.google.com/options/buttons.html
  • Bookmarklets.com Search Bookmarklet bookmarklets.com/tools/search/srchbook.phtml
  • Bookmarklets.com Make Search Bookmarklet Tool bookmarklets.com/mk.phtml
  • Search Engine Showdown Bookmarklets searchengineshowdown.com/bmlets
  • Adblock Plug-in for Mozilla and Firefox adblock.mozdev.org
• Chapter 13: Anecdotes, Examples, Exercises, Stories, and Tales from the Trenches
  • Researchers Map the Web www.almaden.ibm.com/almaden/webmap_press.html
  • The Internet Hockey Database Team Search Form hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teams.html
  • PubMed pubmed.gov
  • Virtual Reference Library www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca
  • Canadian Council on Tobacco Control www.cctc.ca [UPDATED]
  • Robots Exclusion www.robotstxt.org/wc/exclusion.html
• Appendix A: The Trainers: Introduction to the Interviewees
  • Finding Information on the World Wide Web: A TUTORIAL www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
  • Infopeople Project infopeople.org
  • Infography Search www.infography.com
  • National Teacher Training Institute Web Wise by Who Is-ing Lesson Plan www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf03/webwise.pdf
  • National Teacher Training Institute No Waah! Lesson Plan www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf02/nowaah.pdf
  • The Infography about Internet Searching www.infography.com/content/813746743748.html
  • Phil Bradley www.philb.com
  • Conan the Librarian pages [Defunct. See archived version.]
  • Richland College Library www.rlc.dcccd.edu/lrc/rlclib.htm
  • Dallas TeleCollege Library ollie.dcccd.edu/library/telecollege.htm
  • Online Strategies www.onstrat.com
  • Kovacs Consulting -- Internet & Web Training www.kovacs.com
  • The ResourceShelf www.resourceshelf.com
  • Price's List of Lists www.specialissues.com/lol
  • Search Engine Watch SearchEngineWatch.com [Update: Danny Sullivan is now at Search Engine Land searchengineland.com and no longer at Search Engine Watch.]
  • Search Engine Land Contact Form searchengineland.com/contact.php  [Updated]
  • Workingfaster.com www.workingfaster.com
  • Search PortfolioJ www.searchportfolio.com
  • Information Literacy Weblog information-literacy.blogspot.com [updated]
  • The Information Literacy Place dis.shef.ac.uk/literacy/
• Appendix B: Sample Handouts and Other Training Material
  • Begin the Pre Searching Analysis www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/form.pdf
  • Web Page Evaluation Checklist www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf
  • Recommended Search Engines: Table of Features www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
  • Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze your Topic & Search with Peripheral Vision www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html
  • National Teacher Training Institute Web Wise by Who Is-ing Lesson Plan www.wvpt4learning.org/lessons/pdf03/webwise.pdf
  • Internet Tools for the Advanced Searcher www.philb.com/adint1.htm
  • Searching the Invisible Web www.rlc.dcccd.edu/lrc/ppt/invisible.ppt [Down. See archive copy.]
  • How to Download Text From the Web www.rlc.dcccd.edu/lrc/pdfs/download.pdf [Down. See archive copy.]
  • Web Resources: Ready Reference Sites www.incolsa.net/handouts/int004.htm
  • Kovacs Consulting: Internet and Web Training Workshops List kovacs.com/training.html
• Bibliography Entries with Links
  • Auer, N. J. (2004, Aug. 13). Bibliography on Evaluating Web Information. Retrieved March 28, 2005, from http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evalbiblio.html.
  • Berkman, R. (2004). The Skeptical Business Searcher: The Information Advisors Guide to the Evaluating Web Data, Sites, and Sources. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books.
  • Brandt, D. S. (1997, May). Tutorial, or Not Tutorial, That Is the Question. . . Computers in Libraries, 17(5), 44 46.
  • Broder, A., Kumar, R., Maghoul, F., Raghavan, P., Rajagopalan, S., Stata, R., Tomkins, A., & Wiener, J. (2000, June). Graph Structure in the Web. Computer Networks, 33(1), 309‑320. Also available online at http://www9.org/w9cdrom/160/160.html. [Updated link.]
  • Dale, A., Johnston, B., Webber, S., & O'Flynn, S.(2003, April). Information: It's All in the Mind. Library + Information Update, 2(4), 30‑34. Retrieved January 4, 2004 from http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine/archive/archive2003/april/update0304b.htm [Updated link.]
  • Hansen, C. (Summer 2001). The Internet Navigator: An Online Internet Course for Distance Learners. Library Trends, 50(1), 58-72.
  • Hock, R. (2004). The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books.
  • Notess, G. R. (1995, July‑August). Searching the World‑Wide Web: Lycos, WebCrawler and More. Online, 19(4), 48‑53. Also available online at http://notess.com/write/archive/9507.html. [Updated]
  • Notess, G. R. (1998, May). Keyboard and Navigation Shortcuts. Online, 22(3), 48-50. Also available online at http://notess.com/write/archive/9805.html. [Updated]
  • Notess, G. R. (1999, October). A Multiplicity of Databases on Search Engines. EContent, 22(5), 60-62. Also available online at http://www.notess.com/write/archive/9910econtent.html
  • Notess, G. R. (2000, May). The Never‑Ending Quest: Search Engine Relevance. Online, 24(3), 35‑40. Also available online at http://www.notess.com/write/archive/200005quest.html
  • Notess, G. R. (2003a, July). Bookmarklets, Favelets, and Keymarks: Shortcuts Galore. Online, 27(4), 38-40. Also available online at http://www.infotoday.com/online/jul03/OnTheNet.shtml
  • Notess, G. R. (2003b, September). The Google Dance: Their Database Update Saga. Online, 27(5), 42‑44. Also available online at http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep03/OnTheNet.shtml
  • Notess, G. R. (2004, January). Toolbars: Trash or Treasures? Online, 28(1), 41-44. Also available online at http://www.infotoday.com/online/jan04/OnTheNet.shtml
  • Olson, J., Christensen, R., Jeffries, S., Auer, N., Ashmore, B., Durisin, P., Emmons, et. al. (2004, June 30). Classroom Control Systems. Retrieved June 12, 2005 from ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee Web site: ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/teachingmethods/classroomcontrol.htm [Updated]
  • Oxford English Dictionary. (1989) 3rd ed. (in progress) Mar. 2000‑ (ed. John Simpson). OED Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved January 4, 2004 from http://dictionary.oed.com
  • Sherman, C., & Price, G. (2001). The Invisibile Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books.
  • Udell, J (2005, May 16). Secrets of Screencasting: With a little diligence, short online videos can become powerful educational tools for IT. InfoWorld, 27(20), 21. Also available online at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/11/20OPstrategic_1.html