The P.A.R.C. Method for evaluating Web and other resources
Purpose: What is the function of the resource? Who is the intended audience? Is it profit-oriented?
Authority/Accuracy: Who is the author? What are his or her credentials? Is the resource self-published?
Reliability/Relevancy: Does it provide useful, relevant information for your topic? Are there signs of bias? If so, is it still worthwhile?
Currency: How timely is the resource? Is the age likely to affect the information provided? Can you find more current resources?
In addition: is the site easy to navigate? Would you like to return to this site?
Are there "dead" or misdirected links on the page?
Are there "Help" files or FAQs?
DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND IMAGE, TEXT, & AUDIO COLLECTIONS
Compfight Image search tool that can find millions of free and open access images, in addition to licensed ones; use filters to choose which types you want included
Digital Book Index Links to over 142,000 titles from 1,800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, university libraries and private sites; about 100,000 of these books and texts are free
Google Books Links to online books and Google eBookstore, which contains thousands of free e-books
Internet Archive A large, open access collection of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form; also includes the Wayback Machine to view previous versions of Websites
Internet Classics Archive Select from long list of classical literature works by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Websites; mainly Greco-Roman works some Chinese and Persian, in English translation
Internet Public Library 2 Combines Internet resources, organized by subject, from the Internet Public Library and Librarians' Index to the Internet; from Drexel University
Library of Congress Digital Collections A growing collection of free Library of Congress materials including photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, maps, and books
Online Books Page Lists over 20,000 free, chiefly historical texts on the Web; from the University of Pennsylvania
National Jukebox Provides fascinating historical recordings for free; from the Library of Congress
Project Bartleby Archive A free Internet publisher of literature, references and verse providing students and researcherswith unlimited access to books and information on the Web
Project Gutenberg The original and largest collection of free electronic books
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