Neat Stuff: Get Off the Internet and Get to Work!
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Cliff Landis
You’ve probably been asked not to do all your research on the Internet. To help explain why not, your Neat Stuff editor recommends Fool’s Gold: Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library, or Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet. Although written for teachers, Critical Thinking and the Web: Teaching Users to Evaluate Internet Resources offers useful information anyone can use to determine a Web site’s authority, evaluate information on controversial topics, or figure out if an online article is “scholarly.†It’s our job to help you understand this stuff- for more information don’t hesitate to Ask a Librarian.
It’s a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time. –Jeff Foxworthy
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