January 6, 2006

Criteria for Reliable Websites (or, for that matter ANY source of information)

University of California, Berkeley Library

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Some Library Resources

Voyager Library Catalog http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/sslib/

ProQuest, General Reference Center, Academic Search Premier

CQ Researcher (Both via the World Wide Web and in print: REF H35 C67 2001)

Description: CQ Researcher is a weekly publication covering the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Users may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles using words, dates or other criteria.

Contemporary Issues Book Series

Opposing Viewpoints

Also, at Seattle Public Library: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_db_subscription

Reference Shelf

Current Controversies

Encyclopedia of Social Issues

                       HN57.E59 1997

               The Law and the World Wide Web

          http://faculty.seattlecolleges.com/rnelson/law3.htm

          World Music

          http://faculty.seattlecolleges.com/rnelson/worldm.htm

  Statistical Abstract of the United States

               HA202

          http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Humans in the World’s

Ecosystems

GF 75 B5613 1999

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

GN 333 W67 1998