Science Reference on the Internet

Summary

In the sciences, there is a wide assortment of information in electronic form and accessible to anyone with the computer communications, hardware, and software prerequisites. For those in search of literature citations, numerical values, commonly accepted facts, word-for-word of published text, and even sound reproductions and to some extent still or living images, the Internet-posted formats have much to offer. In this paper, especially useful or interesting Web sites for reference in any of the basic science fields are identified.     

Internet Reference Sources in Education

Summary

With so many Internet sites devoted to education for educators, administrators, and librarians, it can be a daunting experience trying to find needed resources. There are special sites devoted to teachers, children, and parents. The government provides free access to database searching, statistics, and full-text publications. State and local levels of government also host valuable data and reports. More and more journals are appearing online in full-text format escalating user expectation to assume all journals will be available via the Internet. Tapping into higher education and academic library sites connects to content rich links. While this is not an exhaustive listing of educational Web sites, it leads to a myriad of valuable resources.     

Internet网络资源中的市场信息

介绍Internet上商业、市场、企业、产品等经济信息网址及其内容。     

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针对网上信息资源评价的迫切性,论述网上信息资源评价的标准及图书馆建立标准体系的方法。     

Internet网上统计资料的开发与利用

主要介绍Intenret上统计资料的检索方法及其网址。     

Web资源虚拟图书馆与搜索引擎的比较研究

本文对Web上的主要信息检索工具-图书馆制作的Web资源虚拟图书馆和ICP研制的搜索引擎作分析比较,目的在于探讨两种检索工具之间的检索理论、检索性能和检索效果的异同,以期对Web资源虚拟图书馆的发展和搜索引擎的改进提供借鉴。     

网络信息资源评价研究的现状、问题与发展趋势

通过对国内20篇有关网络信息资源评价领域的论文的调查研究，结合国外相关领域的研究情况，分析了我国网络信息评价研究的现状、问题和发展趋势。该领域的研究主要涉及网络信息资源评价的必要性、评价的主客体、评价标准、评价方法。     

Internet Reference Sources in the Humanities

Summary

Discusses collection development issues involving humanities Internet resources with a particular focus on sustainability, and highlights a few of the major Internet vendors and resources.     

Internet上美国政府信息的检索

介绍Interne上的美国政府各类信息源及其查找方法。     

Health Care Professions: Career Information on the Internet for Students

The United States is currently experiencing a nursing shortage, and it is expected to worsen in the next ten years. Physician shortages are also projected. Some allied health professions are also experiencing personnel shortages. Health sciences libraries can be of service in addressing the shortages by making information available on health care careers. Internet sites and resources on health care career decisions are discussed in this article.     

Demographic Data Sources on the Internet

Abstract

Demographic data is extremely valuable for a variety of business applications, including market research, strategic planning, identifying target markets, advertising, and for use with geographic information systems. Because timely data is very important, the Internet is increasingly being used as a tool for gathering and disseminating demographic data to end-users. This paper outlines many Web sites containing demographic data. Included are sites for governmental bodies, universities, and research institutions; international sites; commercial vendors; and Web versions of journals. Many of these sites also contain links to other useful demographic information resources.     

A Guide to the Best Demography Web Sources

Abstract

This chapter on Web sites for demographic data covers sources from the government, international organizations, and universities and research centers.     

Evaluating Physical Science Reference Sources on the Internet

In the past few years numerous sources of interest to Physical Science reference librarians have become available on the Internet. This article classifies and reviews a representative sample of these sources and suggests criteria for evaluating the mle of these new sources in a physical sciences reference setting. Although the focus of the article is on reference sources in the sciences, the evaluation criteria apply other disciplines as well.     

Meeting Reference Responsibilities Through Library Web Sites

Summary

Among the many ways the World Wide Web has changed libraries are the additional tools gained by librarians and library users for answering reference questions. In addition to the growing number of licensed resources providing the full text of articles from newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and reference works are the millions of free Web sites offering an incredible variety of information about everything. Locating the most useful of these sites and organizing them into categories on library Web sites can be enormously beneficial both to patrons and libraries. After deciding to make their sites reference portals, librarians must make a number of important decisions.     

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)

Abstract

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) is a Web site developed by four library partner organizations, in an effort to provide timely, accurate and unbiased health information to the health consumers in New York City in both English and Spanish. Since expanded to include two other partner organizations, NOAH continues, with the help of volunteer librarians, to expand and enhance the site, always with the mission to provide full-text health information in the most user-friendly method possible.     

Evaluation of Internet Information Sources by High School Students in Ghana

The Internet clearly presents the opportunity for students to expand their knowledge at a fast pace, since they are able to access enormous amount of information. However, accessing the Internet also has its downside since not all information is of good quality. The study explored how 12th grade students at a high school in Ghana evaluated online information sources. These students and the head of the Information Communication Technology department respond to self-administered questionnaires and a semi-structured interview, respectively. The study found that most of the high school students did some kind of an evaluation of online information sources, however, they were not applying the right criteria. The study further revealed that students were not introduced to evaluation criteria at school and this had contributed to the gap in their evaluation competencies.