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EVALUATING WEB INFORMATION

Here are some sites that provide some guidelines and information on evaluating the information that is available on the Internet.

Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkeley Library)
Evaluation Criteria (New Mexico State University Library)
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages (Cornell University Library)

CITING SOURCES FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Here are some sites that provide guidelines and format rules for citing information obtained from the Internet.

Citing Online Information
Citing Web Sites
APA Style (Online Writing Lab at Purdue University)
APA Style (Style Guide from Cardinal Stritch University Library)
(It's a large PDF file so takes some time to load.)

SEARCH ENGINES

ABHE Institutions Search Engine
All the Web
Altavista
Clusty
Creedopedia
Dogpile
Google
Google Scholar
Hotbot
KoolTorch
Search Missions Sites
Religion Explorer
Search Allinone
SearchEDU
Windows Live Academic Search
Yahoo!

OTHER LIBRARIES

Iowa Libraries

Oskaloosa Public Library
William Penn University, Wilcox Library
State of Iowa Libraries Online (SILO)
  Union catalog of library holdings across the state of Iowa

Out of State Libraries

        Oxford University Press Publications
        WORLDCAT
           Union catalog of library holdings
           across the country
           and around the world

REFERENCE SOURCES (www.libraryspot.com)

Alamanacs
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Thesauri
White Pages
Yellow Pages
Zip Codes

NEWSPAPERS

Local

Des Moines Register,
Oskaloosa Herald, The

Other

Los Angeles Times, The
New York Times
Washington Post

 

ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT MATTER:

CHRISTIAN MUSIC

Christian Music

CCM (Christian Contemporary Music)
Christian Music Place
Christian Music (About.com)

Hymn Stories

Hymn Stories 1
Hymn Stories 2
Hymn Stories 3
Hymn Stories 4

EDUCATION

Christian Homeschool Forum
Education Index
Education Issues Bibliography
The Educator's Reference Desk
Homeschool Information
Maryland Association of Christian Home School Educators
National Home Education Research Institute
History of Education

HISTORY

Church History

American Society of Church History
Christian History Magazine
Documents of the Protestant Reformation
Hall of Church History
John Calvin
Reformers of the 16th Century
Swiss Reformation Bibliography

United States

Documents
Hispanic History
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Library of Congress
US History Gateway

Western Civilization

European History
EuroDocs: Primary Historical European Documents
Industrial Revolution
Samuel Slater: Father of the Industrial Revolution
Western Civilization

World History

World History Chart
World History Archives
Timelines of History
Education Planet: World History
World History Compass
World History Gateway
Featured Books on European History
World History of Slavery
People, Places, Events of World History

LITERATURE

General

Authors
Great Books and Classics
Literature Classics
Project Gutenberg
Resources for Classical Literature
Text & Interpretation

American Literature

Anne Bradstreet 1
Anne Bradstreet 2
Willa Cather
Stephen Crane 1
Stephen Crane 2
T.S. Eliot
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Faulkner 1
William Faulkner 2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Earnest Hemingway 1
Earnest Hemingway 2
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cotton Mather 1
Cotton Mather 2
Edgar Allan Poe
John Steinbeck
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry David Thoreau 1
Henry David Thoreau 2
Mark Twain 1
Mark Twain 2
Walt Whitman

Children's Literature

Hans Christian Anderson  
Frank Baum, the man behind the Wizard of Oz
Virginia Lee Burton
Beverly Cleary
Dr. Seuss
Esther Forbes
Ezra Jack Keats
Madeleine L'Engle
C.S. Lewis
James Marshall
Robert McCloskey
L.M. Montgomery 1
L.M. Montgomery 2
Katherine Paterson
Maurice Sendak
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Johanna Spyri
Laura Ingalls Wilder

World Literature

World Literature - Google Directory
Resources for World Literature
Literature on the Web
British World Literature 1
British World Literature 2
William Wordsworth

PHILOSOPHY

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology WWW Virtual Library

RELIGION

Bible Study

Bible History Online

Bible Study Resources

Biblical Covenants
Crosswalk.com
New Testament Gateway
Online Bible Study Aids

Christian Education

Adult Ministry
Children's Ministry Today
childrensministrytoday.net
Children'sministry.com
Christian Education (Resource Site)
Gospel.com (Youth Ministry - Resources from over 300 ministries)
pastor2youth.com (Doug Field's Simply Youth Ministry)
Senior Adult Ministry (CASA - Christian Association Serving Adult Ministries)
Teen Life Ministries
YouthMinistry.com (Group Magazine and Simple Youth Ministry)
Youth Pastor.com
Youth Worker Journal

Cults & Sects

Christian Science 1
Christian Science 2
Jehovah's Witness 1
Jehovah's Witness 2

Mormons 1
Mormons 2
Mormons 3
New Age Movement

Holiness Movement

American Holiness Movement
The Historical Society (Holiness Movement Timeline)
The Voice (Biblical & Theological Resources for Growing Christians)

 

 

Holiness Denominations

Brethren in Christ Church
Church of God (Holiness)
Church of the Nazarene
Churches of Christ in Christian Union
Evangelical Church of North America
Evangelical Friends International
Evangelical Methodist Church
Free Methodist Church
Missionary Church
Salvation Army
United Methodist Church
Wesleyan Church

Holiness Ministries

OMS International
Wesleyan Theological Society
World Gospel Mission

Prominent Women in the Wesleyan Holiness Movement

Deaconess in Nazarene History
Catherine Booth
D. Willia Caffray
Phoebe Palmer
Iva Durham Vennard

Homiletics

The Preacher's Magazine
Sermon Illustrations
Wing Clips (video clips)

Missions

Mislinks.org

Evangelical Missions (ECNA)
Church of the Nazarene
Global Partners
New Tribes Mission
OMS International
Serving in Missions (SIM)
World Gospel Mission
YWAM

Scripture and Science

Science and Faith
Institute for Creation Research
The Bible and Science

Theology

Theology 1
Theology 2
Theology 3 (Google Directory)
Catholic Theology
Theology Today - magazine
Theological Journals Search

World Religions

Buddhism (About.com)
Christianity (Google Directory)
Hinduism (Religious Tolerance)
Islam (Islamworld.net)
Judaism (About.com)
Judaism and Jewish Resources
Judaism (Religious Tolerance)

World Religions Index
Comparative Analysis of World Religions
Meta Religion
World Religions - Religion, History & Literature
The Major World Religions
Divine Digest
World Religions
World Religions Statistics

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Anthropology

Anthropology Resources
Native Web

Political Science

Directory of US Political Parties
Political Resources on the Net
The Library of Congress: Government Resources
The Library of Congress: Guide to Law Online
The Library of Congress: Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room
Types of Governments
US Government Resources

Social Issues

General

Christiananswers.net - Social Issues & Government
Genomics.energy.gov - Societal concerns arising from new genetics
Internet Public Library
Social Issues Research Center
Social Sciences - open directory project
Social Sciences (Google Directory)

Abortion

Religious Tolerance   
Yahoo Directory

Homosexuality

The Christian Perspective - Bible.org
Christian Resources about Homosexuality and AIDS  
Catholic Educator's Resource Center   
Religious Tolerance

Homelessness

Nationalhomelessness.org
US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Sociology

Education Index
Family Sociology
Gallup Organization
Six Sociologists
Sociocite