Electronic Sources
Cora Agatucci, Writing 316: Advanced Prose Writing (for the World
Wide Web), Spring 2002
Writing 316 Course Web Site
Root URL: http://www.cocc.edu/wr316ca/
Evaluating Electronic Sources
From WR 316 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Directions:
Adopt and apply college-level evaluation criteria for analyzing and selecting at least 10 recommended sources (must include both WWW and print sources) for inclusion in your Annotated Bibliography. Careful critical selection, complete bibliographical identification, and clear summary and evaluative annotations of a significant number of (i.e. 10) sources recommended in your Annotated Bibliography will make it valuable to your webusers. And as noted in assignment directions, your evaluation criteria for selecting sources for inclusion in your Annotated Bibliography should go beyond pertinence or relevance to the topic/contents of your Term Project.Links: Evaluating Sources (esp. Electronic Sources):
Alexander, Jan, and Marsha Ann Tate. Checklist for an Informational Web Site. Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener Univ., Chester, PA. 1996-1999. Last revised: 25 July 2001.
<http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/inform.htm>
[last accessed 24 April 2002].
"Print copies of this checklist may be made and distributed provided that 1) They are used for educational purposes only and 2) The page is reproduced in its entirety.
For any other use or for permission to make electronic copies, please contact the authors at Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University, One University Place, Chester, PA. 19013."
---. Evaluating Web Resources. Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener Univ., Chester, PA. 1996-1999.
<http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm> [last accessed 24 April 2002].
Engle, Michael (Reference Division, Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries, Cornell University).
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools. Oct. 2001.
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html> [last accessed 24 April 2002].Evaluating Websites. Hum 299: Student Perspectives on World and Multicultural Writers: Writing for the World Wide Web. (Cora Agatucci, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR). URL: http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/webeval.html
See:
b. Five Content Evaluation Criteria: Authority, Accuracy, Objectivity, Currency, Coverage;
c. Five WWW Source Criteria: Uniqueness, Access & Connectivity, User Friendliness & Organization, Quality of Writing, Graphic & Multimedia DesignKapoun, Jim (Reference and instruction librarian at Southwest State University). "Teaching Undergrads WEB Evaluation: A Guide for Library Instruction." Rpt. College & Research Libraries News 59.7 (July/August 1998). Last updated: 2000.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/undwebev.html [last accessed 24 April 2002].Smith, Alastair G. "Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources." Rpt. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8.3 (1997):
http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html [last accessed 24 April 2002].
© 1997 by the University Libraries, University of Houston: "Copying is permitted for noncommercial, educational use by academic computer centers, individual scholars, and libraries. This message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use requires permission."
...Plus Alastair Smith offers the following "large, annotated bibliography of sources for evaluating information/internet resources":
Smith, Alastair G. "Evaluation of Information Sources." The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Information Quality WWW Virtual Library. 2002.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm [last accessed 24 April 2002].Copyright, Fair Use, & Netiquette
From WR 316 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Directions:
Avoid plagiarism by adhering to copyright and "fair use" laws, and by following an accepted college-level academic style (e.g. MLA) for citing sources.
U.S. copyright and fair use laws, as well academic documentation style guidelines, for World Wide Web sites and other electronic sources, have been in a state of flux for some time. In the interim we must do the best we can to adhere to the guidelines available to us. Links: Copyright & Citation given below offer the most current resources that Cora could identify in Spring 2002.Links: Copyright, Fair Use & Intellectual Property
United States Copyright Office. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
[last accessed 24 April 2002].Copyright & Fair Use. Stanford University Libraries, co-sponsored by Council on Library Resources & FindLaw Internet Legal Resources, 2002.
Key Links to Primary Materials, Current Legislation, Internet Resources, & Overviews of Copyright Law.
URL: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright, Fair Use, and Responsible Use of American Memory Collections. [This section will be most useful if read in its entirety.] Learning Page of the Library of Congress. 2000.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/resources/cpyrt/index.html
[last accessed 24 April 2002].Copyright & Intellectual Property; Avoiding Plagiarism & Citing Sources, Humanities Links, Humanities Instructional Resources, Central Oregon Community College, 2002.
URL: http://www.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/Links/humanities.htmAbout This Site: Donna M. Campbell (Associate Professor of English, Gonzaga Univ., 2002), has constructed this web page to provide complete information about her course web site on American Literature that conforms to MLA's "Minimal Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages," MLA Newsletter, Fall 1999.
URL: http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/about.htm
Cora's Comment: One persistent difficulty in trying to cite and evaluate WWW sources according to guidelines of various academic documentation systems, is that web sites--including academic web sites--rarely offer complete and/or easily accessible "about this site" metacommentary -- i.e. rhetorical analysis and documentation information -- needed to evaluate a site and construct a complete citation. Campbell's is one admirable attempt to provide such information in systematic fashion.Citing Sources & Intellectual Property Issues. HUM 299 Course Resources: Web Design & Evaluation (Cora Agatucci, Hum 299: Student Perspectives on World and Multicultural Writers: Writing for the World Wide Web. Spring 2000 & Spring 2001. Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR):
http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/resources/links.htmlCopyright Statement (Cora Agatucci, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR)
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/cpyrght.htmLinks: Netiquette
Follow accepted practices of "netiquette" by requesting permissions to link to and/or otherwise "use" WWWeb sources in your Annotated Bibliography.
Netiquette = "Prescribed social behavior and manners on computer networks via an electronic medium":
http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/genques.txt
...as defined by Arlene Rinaldi (Florida Atlantic University), The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette, 1998:
http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/
See also Netiquette: Network Etiquette:
http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/webcite2.htmlCiting Electronic Sources
From WR 316 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Directions:
If your Term Web Project addresses a topic in the sciences or social sciences, please see Cora for guidance. Otherwise, I assume that you will be using MLA Style for citing your sources (print and electronic) or an acceptable adaptation of MLA Style for citing your electronic sources.OWL: Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing Across the Disciplines. Purdue Univ. Online Writing Lab, 1995-2002.
URL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/wac/index.html
...Resources for Documenting Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docsources.html
...Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Format
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
...Using APA (American Psychological Association) Format (updated to 2001)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
...Formatting in Sociology
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docsocio.html
...Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.htmlMLA Style (Modern Language Association) guidelines for citing electronic sources seem to have stabilized, despite competition posed by the Columbia (Univ. Press) Guide to Online Style (CGOS), authored by English professors Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor (2000), for citing electronic sources in Humanities disciplines. While MLA has its own official web site, direct access to online guidelines and models for citing electronic sources is impeded by MLA's use of frames. However, you can get to those online guidelines via:
MLA Style: Frequently Asked Questions: "How do I document sources from the World Wide Web in my works-cited list?" Then follow the relevant links.
http://www.mla.org/www_mla_org/style/styleFaq_index.asp
[last accessed 24 April 2002].Research & Documentation Online. Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister, Bedford-St. Martin's, 2002. Finding Sources, Documenting Sources, & Example Papers demonstrating academic documentation styles in Humanities | Social Sciences | History | Science.
URL: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
A Writer's Online Resources. Diana Hacker, Bedford-St. Martin's, 2002.
URL: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resources.htmHarnack, Andrew, and Eugene Kleppinger. "Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Electronic Sources." Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources: Citation Styles. Bedford-St. Martins, 2001. Note that Online! is frequently recommended and linked these days for reliable and user-friendly access to MLA style citation guidelines and models:
URL: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
[last accessed 24 April 2002].Citing Electronic Sources. Learning Page of the Library of Congress. 2000.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/resources/cite/index.html
[last accessed 24 April 2002].Library & Information Science: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents, 2002. INFLANET - The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
URL: http://www.ifla.org/I/ training/citation/citing.htmCiting Electronic Resources. Internet Public Library at the University of Michigan. 2001.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
[last accessed 24 April 2002].Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS) - Columbia University.
Note well: Columbia University's CGOS is in competition with other academic professional organizations' guidelines for citing electronic sources.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.htmlExample Citation in MLA Style
(Note: I have not double spaced or indented because of web formatting limitations)Baccala, Angela D. “Muses or Maestros? Women of the Beat Generation.” 1997. Student Project, HONR269J: The Beat Begins: American Culture in the 1950s, University Honors Program, Univ. of Maryland-College Park. 2001. 1 May 2002. <http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/HONR/HONR269J/.WWW/projects/baccala.html>.
Hyperlinked Citations in (Adapted) MLA Style
From WR 316 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Directions:
Take into account cyber-rhetorical principles of effective web communication in constructing the web presentation of your Annotated Bibliography.
(See Agatucci, Cora. "Cyber Rhetoric: A Rhetorical Approach to Writing for the World Wide Web." HUM 299: Student Perspectives on World and Multicultural Writers - Writing for the World Wide Web. Central Oregon Community College, 2000, 2001.
Cyber Rhetoric (1): What Is Cyber Rhetoric? The Web Medium; Web User Patterns:
<http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/rhet1.html>
Cyber Rhetoric (2): Domains of Web Communication; Informational Websites & Targeted Audiences:
<http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/rhet2.html>
Cyber Rhetoric (3): Web Genres Form & Function; Student Web Genres:
<http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/rhet3.html>Cora has been experimenting with various models for citing electronic sources (in adapted MLA style) on her WWW web sites since 1997, as you will see on the WR 316 web site, as well as Cora's other course web sites, including . . .
Bibliography & Works Cited in Cyber Rhetoric & HUM 299 Directions Webpages. HUM 299: Student Perspectives on World and Multicultural Writers: Writing for the World Wide Web.
http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/biblio.htmlChinua Achebe Bibliography (partially annotated). HUM 211 African Authors: Chinua Achebe.
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebib.htmChinua Achebe In His Own Words (partially annotated).
HUM 211 African Authors: Chinua Achebe
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe2.htmGenre Theory & Criticism: ENGL 339 Historical Fiction Annotated Bibliography
under construction:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng339/biblio/genre.htmIntroduction to Historical Fiction: Selected Readings ~ ENGL 339 Online Course Pack:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng339/Intro/index.htmSources & Resources for Further Study. Hum 211 African Timelines Bibliography:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinebib.htm
Works Cited. Hum 211 African Timelines:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/worksctd.htm
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