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IssueWeb: A Guide and Sourcebook for Researching Controversial Issues on the Web by Karen R. Diaz, Nancy O'Hanlon

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IssueWeb: A Guide and Sourcebook for Researching Controversial Issues on the Web Karen R. Diaz, Nancy O'Hanlon
Language: English
Page: 300
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1591580781, 9781591580782
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

From 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 online 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. Ninety percent of the book is devoted to issues briefs, organized alphabetically from abortion through world trade. Each one follows a consistent format beginning with a two-page summary and suggested sites for that topic. Sites are grouped into reference, news, law and legislation, data, and advocacy (pro and con). Appendixes include a listing of online opinion magazines, think tanks, and proprietary databases. This easy-to-use, easy-to-reference book is a godsend for those who are able to incorporate controversial issues into their research instruction. While sites, of course, are subject to change, most seem to have relative permanence so the book should retain relevance for some time to come.–Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Review

“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“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“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“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“[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