[ LSC 311-02 Information Literacy ]

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NMSU Homepage Instructions

  • Personal Homepage Instructions from NMSU Computing & Networking

    • Information Literacy

  • Information Literacy as a Liberal Art from Educom Review
  • The Information Literacy Model Elaborated -- one view of what information literacy is all about.

    • History of Information

  • Writing Through the Ages
    Click on the type of writing to see examples
  • Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: The Printing Press and a Changing World
  • An Introduction to Incunabula
  • A Brief History of Illuminated Manuscripts

    • Citation Information

  • Citation Guides for Internet Resources

    Evaluation, Search Engines, etc.

  • The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
  • Evaluating Information on the WWW
  • Web Search Engines via InterNIC
    A good way to explore different WWW search tools from one site.
  • CARL UnCover Database
    UnCover is an online article delivery service, a table of contents database, and a keyword index to nearly 17,000 periodicals.
  • WEBCATS--Library Catalogues on the WWW
    A compendium of web-based online library catalogues
  • Library Shortcuts: Using the Internet for Research

    • Censorship Information

  • American Civil Liberties Union
    Information on censorship issues, including the Internet
  • Original "Cyberporn" study by Martin Rimm
    Web version of the study as published in the Georgetown Law Journal
  • Cyberporn Debate
    A page with links to discussion and articles on the issue including the text of the original Timearticle and the commentaries
  • Links to various critiques of Rimm's study
  • American Library Association Banned Books Information
  • Top 10 list of silly & illogical reasons to ban a book (ALA)
  • Index on Censorship
    Online version of journal covering international censorship and freedom of information issues

    • E-Mail Lists, Usenet Newsgroups, Netiquette

  • List Processor Instructions from NMSU Computing & Networking
  • The Net: Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene "I'm NOT Miss Manners of the Internet" Rinaldi
  • How Is a Listserv Like a Coke Machine - a tutorial by Roy Bowers
  • LISZT Mailing List Directory
    Browse or search for an e-mail list on any topic
  • DEJANEWS--searchable index to USENET Newsgroups

    • Internet History & Development

  • The Roads & Crossroads of Internet's History
  • Life on the Internet
    Internet history from the PBS series
  • NetHistory--a page on the early history of Bitnet and the Internet
  • World Wide Web Archive
    An experimental project to archive contents of the WWW for future researchers
  • Internet World Magazine
  • Internet Trends
    A graphic presentation of the development of the Internet, by Tony Rutkowski
  • Internet Domain Survey
    An attempt to keep track of "every host on the Internet" by Network Wizards
  • Hobbes' Internet Timeline
    An excellent & entertaining look at milestones in the development of the Internet; compiled by Robert Hobbes Zakon, archived at http://info.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html.
  • Web Tour
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    by Susan E. Beck
    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, NM
    You are welcome to use and copy these materials for educational purposes, but please credit the source as: LSC 311 Information Literacy, New Mexico State University, and cite the individual author of the modules you use. A8ll commercial rights are reserved. Send comments or suggestions to: Susan E. Beck at susabeck@lib.nmsu.edu