History 281
History, Historians, and the Internet

1. Find a listserv/mailing list, related to some aspect of history, that you would find interesting to be a member of. Record the name and address below with a brief discription of its contents.

2. Look for a web site on a topic of your choosing (but it must be history related) using a search directory and a search engine from each of the lists below.

a. Look at two of the following search directories and compare them

Digital Librarian http://www.digital-librarian.com
Librarians Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org
Academic Info http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/

search words:

compare results:

b. Look at two of the following search engines and compare them

Google http://www.google.com
Direct Hit http://www.directhit.com/
Applied Semantics/Oingo http://oingo.com/
Subject Directory of Search Engines http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/subjects/

search words:

compare results:

3. Select either A or B below and compare the web sites using the criteria handed out in class or: Thinking Critically about the World Wide Web (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm) or Thinking Critically about Discipline-Based World Wide Web Resources (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/discipline.htm)

A	B
http://www.martinlutherking.org http://www.thekingcenter.com http://www.stanford.edu/group/king	http://www.nizkor.org/ http://www.ushmm.org/ http://wwwihir.org/

4. Having looked at several history sites, list 3 characteristics of a good HISTORICAL web site.