CSCI 217 Resource Page

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This page contains links to resources that will be useful in this course (and afterwards too!).
Index: [Search Info] [HTML info] [Graphics info] [Java applets & JavaScript info] [Copyright Info]

Searching & evaluating web resources
- Bare Bones 101 basic tutorial on web searching by USC-Beaufort Library
- John December's List of Internet resources
- How to Search the Web: A Guide to Search Tools by Terry Gray
- Internet Searching Tips & Advice also covers free and fee-based searches
- ICYouSee: T is for Thinking the ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web
- Evaluate your Sources gives questions to help evaluate on-line information
- Comparing & Evaluating Web Information Sources, a worksheet to assist with evaluations (The Educational Technology Journal)
- Secrets of searching the web & promoting your website
HTML page design information
- Current Web Design Articles by Jennifer Kyrnin
- The University of Georgia's Seven C's of Web Design
- Useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's site on Usable Information Technology. This contains classics which includes:
- Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 W3C Accessibility Guidelines
- Working with HTML Accessibility Tips
- Yale University's Web Style Guide (online version of excellent text)
- HTML Made Really Easy has examples
- Writing HTML: A tutorial for creating WWW pages gives online lessons
- Bare Bones Guide to HTML by Kevin Werbach
- XHTML 1.0, the extension of HTML to XML by the World Wide Web Consortium. Tools include a free program, TIDY, to clean up HTML pages and a new free web browser/editor, Amaya, for HTML or XHTML documents that includes an implementation of MathML.
- Lynx Viewer, a text-mode browser to use for testing accessibility
Graphics sources
- Background graphics from WebReference
- MediaBuilder design tools and free graphics
- Media Link, free web graphics and tutorials
- A1 Icon Archive good free images
- Yahoo!'s Graphics Page an index to many resources
- The Clip Art Collection, loads of free clip art
- Barry's Clip Art free gifs
- The Stablegirl's Lair misc clipart free for non-profit use
Java applet and JavaScript resources
- Website Abstraction, free javascript code, java applets, and tutorials
- Sun's Java Site contains free applets and more
- Yahoo!'s Java Page an index
- Yahoo!'s JavaScript Page an index
- Free-Applets.Com
- Anfy Applets, free applets
- Developer.Com Java Page
- Jars.Com Reviews java applets
Copyright information
- www.gigalaw.com, articles on current legal issues
- US Copyright Office
- Stanford University's Fair Use site
- Copyright Website