288 p. · $30.00
Text & Activities on disk [paper is out of print]

ISBN 0-9652711-1-0
© 1997

Unmasking the Internet for Research Using Hands-on Active Learning Exercises

Marilyn P. Whitmore, Contributing Editor
Active Learning Series, no. 2

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From the Editor

"Unmasking the Internet for Research Using Hands-on Active Learning Exercises provides 18 lesson plans contributed by 23 librarians from different institutions across the United States. The chapters include the reasons for which the lesson plan was developed at each author's institution, the learning objectives, components of the in-class instruction, handouts distributed to classes, hands-on exercises or student activities, evaluation, and suggestions for teaching variations. Some special bibliographies are included, such as the Bibliography of WWW Sites Related to Web Instruction in the chapter "World Wide Web Navigation; Teaching Small Groups in 50 Minutes Using Hands-on Exercises" ... . The HTML documentation for three web tutorials is provided as well."

Reviews and Comments

"I am looking forward to using your ideas and appreciate that you actually took the time to share them with all of us." - Martha J. Lollis, Cayuga Community College

"Thank you for my copy of Unmasking the Internet; I am proud to be a part of this volume. I told a colleague about the psychology research lesson plan and we plan to adapt it for the Research Design class he teaches." - Ru Story-Huffman, Cumberland College

Table of Contents

18 lesson plans in 4 sections

Search Strategies to Navigate the Internet Successfully
  • Integrating the Internet into Course-Related Instruction
  • Netscape: Introductory and Advanced Search Strategies Workshops
  • Teaching Faculty to Use the Internet as an Effective Research and Teaching Resource; An Interactive Approach
  • World Wide Web Navigation: Teaching Small Groups in 50 Minutes Using Hands-On Exercises
Search Strategies Plus HTML for Web-Based Lessons
  • "Searching The Net:" Using Web-Based Lessons to Teach Internet Searching
  • WWW Basics; An Introductory Workshop
  • An Advanced WWW Workshop
Evaluating Internet Sites
  • ACRES: Accessibility, Content, Relevance, Effectiveness, and Stability of Internet Sites
Topic Oriented Internet Navigation
Biography
  • Biographical Information on the Internet; A Web Tutorial
  • Biographical Sources; Or, How to Write an Obituary
Business
  • Business Information on the Internet
  • Money and Banking on the Internet
Careers and Jobs
  • Career Exploration and Development
  • Job Searching on the Internet
Education
  • Children's Literature on the Net; Spinning a Web of Information
  • ERIC Research Techniques for Web-Based Searching
Health
  • Consumer Health Information; Searching the Internet
Psychology
  • Psychology Research; A Roadmap for Utilizing the Internet