RE: Lois Swan Jones' book--it is also available electronically, if you
get 'ebrary'...
anne
Anne Haas
Bowdoin College
Joan Benedetti wrote:
> You should definitely refer your colleague to Art Information and the
> Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It, by Lois Swan Jones.
> (Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999). Although it is a little out of date, the
> information and the sites (though not all the URLS, naturally) are
> still terrific. This text should really be her starting point. --Joan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Hebert"
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> Subject: [ARLIS-L] Evaluation of web sites for ART class
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>> I am posting this query on behalf of a colleague who is teaching an
>> upcoming Information Literacy class for an undergraduate art history
>> course. The class is on evaluating web sites for art history topics,
>> e.g. sites that would be retrieved via a google search. She is
>> mostly interested in sites that cover art movements, styles, etc.
>> such as Mannerism, Art Deco, rather than just images. She is looking
>> for examples of web sites that may be considered in-accurate or
>> un-reliable as well as comparable sites that could be considered
>> authoritative or "peer reviewed". Her predecessor used examples from
>> medical web site on topics such as pancreatic cancer to explain how
>> to go about evaluating web sites. My colleague would prefer to use
>> art specific examples to help make the assignment more relevant.
>>
>> If anyone has any examples they'd be willing to share, we'd be most
>> grateful.
>>
>> Thanks, Marianne
>>
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