Philosophi.ca : MLA Digital Work. This area is for an ongoing project by members of the MLA Committee on Information Technology. We are experimenting with a wiki as a way of developing materials to assist in the evaluation of digital work for tenure and promotion. Note: This site has now been taken on by the MLA with other interested parties. That version should be consulted for the most up-to-date version. See MLA Evaluation Wiki (note this link has been updated. The general MLA wiki is at .) Some of the resources developed are: Types of Digital Work - A list of types of academic digital work with thoughts as to how they might be presented for evaluation and how they might then be evaluated.
Library: Databases Accessibility Issues. Library Services > Help and Support > Accessing resources > Disabled user support > Databases accessibility issues Introduction This page provides suggestions for overcoming known accessibility issues with some of the databases the Open University Library subscribes to. We will continue to add information to this page. If you have accessibility problems with any online resources please let us know by contacting the Library Helpdesk The instructions mainly relate to screen readers with some information for keyboard only users. ABC-CLIO eBook collection Instructions for screen reader users: This database defaults to listing the ebooks available in full text on the home page using the book title as the link to full text.
Go to ABC-CLIO eBook collection Academic Library Instructions for screen reader and screen magnification users: The full text on this database is not accessible to screen reader users. Go to Academic Library Instructions for screen reader and keyboard users: ACM Digital Library. 21st Century Information Fluency. Home > Evaluation > Assessment The IMSA Evaluation Wizard tool offers ten criteria, in the form of questions, to help students assess the credibility of a web resource. The Wizard provides an interactive form to be filled in. • To begin, type (or paste) the URL of the website being evaluated into the box; • Then type the answers to at least three selected evaluation questions in the text box on each page, as directed; • Produce a one page evaluation report by clicking Print Report and printing the page, or • Copy the summary report to a word processing document to create a permanent file (the Wizard does not save a copy) • Review students' Summary pages to gain insights into their ability to evaluate digital information.
The guide below may be used to develop a rubric for assessing your students' evaluation abilities. • Although 10 sets of evaluation questions are provided, not all 10 categories are needed every time to inform decision making. Grade level suggestions: Download this list. Quality on the Web - Home. Internet Detective | Wise Up to the Web: Internet research skill. Credibility Commons.