Exploring the Internet Using Critical Thinking Skills
Author | : Debra Jones |
Publisher | : Neal-Schuman Publishers |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105028617483 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Exploring the Internet Using Critical Thinking Skills written by Debra Jones and published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This workbook by an Internet librarian seeks to provide instruction and practice in developing skills to locate a variety of information resources on the Internet, apply critical evaluation to select relevant, good-quality data, and identify bias and personal opinion in full-text online material. The eight lessons encompass a basic orientation to the World Wide Web and Netscape, basic search techniques, WWW search engines, Internet sources for news, government data, and educational resources, E-mail resources including listservs and Usenet newsgroups, computer-use ethics, copyright issues, and guidance in citing digitalized information in footnotes and term-paper bibliographies. Basic definitions provided in the text are duplicated in the glossary. Online practice exercises accompany each lesson."--Library Journal.