Critical
Evaluation Surveys for Internet Resources
This site by Kathy Schrock provides evaluation surveys to be used in elementary, middle,
and secondary schools, and a bibliography of many other sites which provide information on
the evaluation of Internet resources.
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/eval.html
Evaluating
Quality on the Net
Paper by Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College on evaluating
resources found on the Internet.
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
Evaluating the Quality of Information on
the Internet
Site provides a checklist for determining the quality of
Web-based information, commentary on technical trickery, examples of bogus Web sites, and
resources for learning more about evaluating quality. Information is from Virtual Chase, a
Research Site for legal Professionals.
http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/
Evaluation
of Information Sources
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library page which contains links to sites which provide
criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet. It is
useful to librarians and to inform users as to the qualities they should use in evaluating
Internet information.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm
Evaluation
Rubrics for Websites
Web Evaluation rubrics for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Also links to
other sites for information about the Web.
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm
The
Good, The Bad, & the Ugly
Web evaluation criteria developed by Susan E. Beck, Head, Humanities & Social Sciences Services Dept.
at New Mexico State University Library.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Internet Detective
An online tutorial that contains overviews,
exercises, and quizzes that provide an introduction to the issues of quality of
information on the Internet and teach critical evaluation skills.
http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.htm
T is for Thinking (ICYouSee)
A tutorial on using critical thinking skills
when evaluating Internet resources. Includes a pop quiz and homework assignment. A part of
the ICYouSee Internet training tutorial from the Ithaca College Librarians.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
Thinking
Critically About World Wide Web Resources
Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library has developed points to consider for evaluating
Internet resources. She also has a link to additional points regarding Web sites for
particular subject disciplines.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm
Information
Please
The
almanac section includes a variety of business almanacs.
http://infoplease.com
Internet
Public Library - Associations on the net
A
guide to web sites of prominent organizations and associations.
http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/
Worldwide
Chamber of Commerce Directory
Search
for Chambers of Commerce or Cities-States-Provinces around the world
http://chamber-of-commerce.com/search.htm
Boston Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston
The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/business
The
Globe 100 - Boston Globe annual ranking of Massachusetts companies
http://www.boston.com/globe100
The New York Times
http://nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us
CEO
Express
Mega
site of links to newspapers, business magazines, tech news, quotes and market
news, company research,
small business, reference, airlines, and much more.
http://www.ceoexpress.com
List
of Lists
A
database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources.
http://www.specialissues.com/lol
Securities and Exchange Commission
Page on how
to Analyze Investment Analyst Reports
Discusses
who analysts work for, conflicts of interest, and Disclosure
www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/analysts.htm
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Company
forms and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml