IssueWeb: A Guide and Sourcebook for Researching Controversial Issues on the Web

Author:   Karen R. Diaz ,  Nancy O'Hanlon
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 March 2004
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Author:   Karen R. Diaz ,  Nancy O'Hanlon
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781591580782


ISBN 10:   1591580781
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 March 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
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A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come. -School Library Journal The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates. -Choice Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended. -Library Media Connection As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries. -Reference & User Services Quarterly [T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams T he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams ?The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.?-Choice ?Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended.?-Library Media Connection ?As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries.?-Reference & User Services Quarterly ?[T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library.?-E-Streams ?A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come.?-School Library Journal


A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come. -School Library Journal The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates. -Choice Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended. -Library Media Connection As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries. -Reference & User Services Quarterly [T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams �T�he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams ?The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.?-Choice ?Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended.?-Library Media Connection ?As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries.?-Reference & User Services Quarterly ?[T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library.?-E-Streams ?A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come.?-School Library Journal


A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come. -School Library Journal Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended. -Library Media Connection [T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates. -Choice As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries. -Reference & User Services Quarterly YThe book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams ?Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended.?-Library Media Connection ?As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries.?-Reference & User Services Quarterly ?[T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library.?-E-Streams ?A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come.?-School Library Journal ?The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.?-Choice


?A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come.?-School Library Journal


A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come. -School Library Journal The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates. -Choice Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended. -Library Media Connection As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries. -Reference & User Services Quarterly [T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams T he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library. -E-Streams ?The work's research guide is its most valuable piece, and the issue summaries and keyword suggestions its most unique offerings. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.?-Choice ?As a guide to quality Web sites on controversial issues, IssueWeb is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and librarians....IssueWeb fills a niche by focusing on current controversial issues, which most undergraduates and high school students need to research for their term papers....This book is highly recommended for undergraduate and high school libraries.?-Reference & User Services Quarterly ?[T]he book is well structured to easily facilitate the creation of an Internet researching class. As such it could be a good tool for any teacher or librarian planning a similar class. Students needing hints on where to go for information will find the brief overviews and list of web sources a handy and timesaving feature. This book would be a great resource for a high school or undergraduate library, or even an individual instructor's library.?-E-Streams ?Starred Review As more and more students increasingly utilize the resources of the Web and as librarians and teachers diligently guide students to reliable sources on the Internet, this book will be a valuable resource for most middle, junior, ans senior high librarians....Highly recommended.?-Library Media Connection ?A veritable gold mine of more than 40 well-organized, well-presented issues briefs follows three remarkably clear, concise chapters on finding, evaluating, and incorporating Internet resources. Using experience gleaned from teaching students onlie to research the Web, the authors introduce topics such as browsing, narrowing, assessing needs, and selecting tools and terminology, e.g., Boolean and other symbologies. They do an excellent job of taking readers through steps needed to evaluate each resource's value for the project, and then to put it all together with helpful instructions for citations and plagiarism avoidance....This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come.?-School Library Journal


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KAREN R. DIAZ is an Instruction Librarian at the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio. She currently teaches online courses on research skills for college students. NANCY O'HANLON is currently an Instruction Librarian at the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio, where she is responsible for developing and managing online information literacy programs.

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