Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 8, no. 3

[Pat Ensor]

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            The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Volume 8, Number 3 (1997)                          ISSN 1048-6542
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REFEREED ARTICLES

Alastair G. Smith, Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating
Internet Information Resources

     Librarians and users need criteria for the evaluation of
     Internet information resources.  This article reviews
     criteria published in the print literature and on the
     Internet.  An extensive "toolbox" of criteria which can be
     used by librarians and others to evaluate Internet
     information resources is presented.  These criteria are in
     turn compared to criteria stated by selected evaluation and
     review sites.  It is noted that many of the criteria
     considered important by librarians are not used by some
     popular evaluative sites.

     o    HTML file

          World Wide Web:

          <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html>

     o    ASCII file

          World Wide Web:

          <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smith.8n3>

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Editors-in-Chief

Pat Ensor and Thomas C. Wilson
University Libraries
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-2091
(713) 743-9762 and 743-9673
plensor at uh.edu and twilson at uh.edu

Associate Editor, Columns

Leslie Dillon, OCLC

Associate Editor, Communications

Andrea Bean Hough, University of Houston

Associate Editor, Production

Ann Thornton, New York Public Library

Associate Editor, Technical Support

Robert Spragg, University of Houston

Editorial Board

Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin
George H. Brett II
Priscilla Caplan, University of Chicago
Steve Cisler, Apple Computer, Inc.
Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath
Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz
Stephen P. Harter, Indiana University
Charles Hildreth, University of Oklahoma
Ronald Larsen, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
David R. McDonald, Tufts University
R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Ann Okerson, Yale University
Mike Ridley, University of Guelph
Peggy Seiden, Skidmore College
Peter Stone
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University

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List server technical support is provided by the Information
Technology Division, University of Houston.  Tahereh Jafari is
the primary support person.

Publication Information

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external links.  ASCII and HTML files are available from the
following server:

     o    World Wide Web:

          <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/pacsrev.html>

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In consultation with article authors, the editors determine
whether an article is updated, whether both ASCII and HTML files
are created for updated articles, and whether all prior versions
of an article are retained.

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The first five volumes of The Public-Access Computer Systems
Review are also available in book form from the American Library
Association's Library and Information Technology Association
(LITA).

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