Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask - This site, developed by Berkeley Library, is one of the best and most comprehensive sites on this topic.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The strength of this site is its "Examples" area. Three web sites of varying quality are provided for several different topics. This makes for a great instructional tool to demonstrate why web sites must be evaluated. The site also provides excellent suggestions for instructors when using the Internet with students, and the criteria sheet is great.
Examples of Good & Bad Websites - examples and then practice is provided
How to Evaluate a Source - excellent information written by a teacher of 25 years working at the college and university level. This page is referenced in the National History Day Contest website area speaking to research techniques
Plagiarism & Copyright
The Copyright Website - the ultimate copyright site that covers everything you need to know with up-to-date current examples in the areas of: movies, music, web, and general information. One of the very best sites for information and instruction.
What is Copyright Protection? - the basics of copyright, with information on: fonts, royalty-free images, sound clips, text, fair use, and public domain, plus links to other resources. Visitors have permission to reproduce any of the site's text for educational and non-profit purposes. This site is not my work, but created by whatiscopyright.org.
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom - contains: An Introduction to Copyright, An Introduction to Fair Use, Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia, and a sample letter to use to request permission to use copyrighted materials.
Plagiarism PowerPoint - explains what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and the importance of citation. The first part of the show is directed at students and the second part at teachers.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Avoid It - site produced by Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, defines plagiarism and provides several examples of plagiarism from original text. Explanations provided as to why the rewrites are plagiarisms and examples of acceptable rewrites are provided. Excellent site for instruction.
Copyright Tutorial - University of Texas' highly interactive "Crash Course" covering all media. Includes a 12 question test.
Avoiding Plagiarism - defines and describes plagiarism. It also provides an online test with answers to see if students understand the concept of plagiarism.
Copyright & Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web (free web) - one of the best sites available for copyright information. It contains: An introduction to copyright, and introduction to fair use, Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia, a review of guidelines designed to help faculty, staff, or student s comply with fiar use guidelines when using images, computer programs, or other materials obtained via the Internet or WWW, and a sample letter to use to request permission to use copyrighted materials.
Grammar Girl - defines plagiarism
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask - This site, developed by Berkeley Library, is one of the best and most comprehensive sites on this topic.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The strength of this site is its "Examples" area. Three web sites of varying quality are provided for several different topics. This makes for a great instructional tool to demonstrate why web sites must be evaluated. The site also provides excellent suggestions for instructors when using the Internet with students, and the criteria sheet is great.
Examples of Good & Bad Websites - examples and then practice is provided
How to Evaluate a Source - excellent information written by a teacher of 25 years working at the college and university level. This page is referenced in the National History Day Contest website area speaking to research techniques
Plagiarism & Copyright
The Copyright Website - the ultimate copyright site that covers everything you need to know with up-to-date current examples in the areas of: movies, music, web, and general information. One of the very best sites for information and instruction.
What is Copyright Protection? - the basics of copyright, with information on: fonts, royalty-free images, sound clips, text, fair use, and public domain, plus links to other resources. Visitors have permission to reproduce any of the site's text for educational and non-profit purposes. This site is not my work, but created by whatiscopyright.org.
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom - contains: An Introduction to Copyright, An Introduction to Fair Use, Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia, and a sample letter to use to request permission to use copyrighted materials.
Plagiarism PowerPoint - explains what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and the importance of citation. The first part of the show is directed at students and the second part at teachers.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Avoid It - site produced by Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, defines plagiarism and provides several examples of plagiarism from original text. Explanations provided as to why the rewrites are plagiarisms and examples of acceptable rewrites are provided. Excellent site for instruction.
Copyright Tutorial - University of Texas' highly interactive "Crash Course" covering all media. Includes a 12 question test.
Avoiding Plagiarism - defines and describes plagiarism. It also provides an online test with answers to see if students understand the concept of plagiarism.
Copyright & Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web (free web) - one of the best sites available for copyright information. It contains: An introduction to copyright, and introduction to fair use, Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia, a review of guidelines designed to help faculty, staff, or student s comply with fiar use guidelines when using images, computer programs, or other materials obtained via the Internet or WWW, and a sample letter to use to request permission to use copyrighted materials.
Grammar Girl - defines plagiarism