Selecting and evaluating electronic resources

[Pat Anderson]

We recently presented portions of a research project on a
related topic. While we were focusing on health information
megasites, our bibliography links to a substantial number of
sites with criteria for selecting both internet resources and
electronic resources in general. You can find our initial results
and substantial bibliography at:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/megasite/

This was presented only recently, and we are interested in feedback
concerning what portions of the site people find most useful, and
what of the data not yet included would be most helpful as a next
step.

Possily more closely targeted to your specific request is a cheat
sheet I worked up some years ago as part of a different research
project. This was intended to serve as a tool in selecting
computer-aided instruction resources. While you are looking
at print equivalents and reference tools, many of the issues will
be similar. You can find the cheatsheet (for another week or so)
at:

http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~pfa/pro/articles/cai1.html

or http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~pfa/images/prveval.gif

These will soon be moving with me to a new server at:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/

Sincerely,

Pat Anderson

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