I read "OT Practice," The Sun-Sentinel's "Business & Technology" section, "Computers in Libraries," "Searcher Magazine," and "Health on the Web" for websites mentioned or featured in articles. Some sites are suggested to me by the keen eyes of: Susan Siporin, (O.T.R. & faculty member of Wayne State University) & her class. I also surf for promising sites at:
Digital Librarian a librarian's choice of the best of the Web
Neat New Stuff on the Net chosen by a librarian
Librarians' Index to the Internet a fantastic directory of online resources chosen by a team of 92 librarians
Internet Public Library this virtual library has lists of online resources, reference questions personally answered by email, & is staffed by volunteer librarians
Web-Savvy keeping current with web-based resources
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet has great links
Although some of the links in them may be old, I check through books like:
The Internet for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Internet Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals
Mosby's Medical Surfari: A Guide to Exploring the Internet & Discovering the Top Health Care Resources
A Pocket Guide to the Medical Internet
How to Find Medical Information on the Internet: A Print and Online Tutorial for the Healthcare Professional and Consumer
How to Find Health Information on the Internet
Consumer Health Information Source Book
I am on a number of wonderful listservs, including:
Respool listserv "pooling new & known reference resources on the Internet"
MEDLIB listserv for medical/health sciences librarians
Whenever I look at a promising website, I check out their "Links" or "Resources" page for websites the owner felt were good. Lastly, I surf the web for websites, but I prefer to get the bulk of my sites from reputable sources and surf only when I couldn't find decent sites elsewhere.
Edwards, M.J.A.
Reed, K.L. & Cunningham, S.
Gibbs, S., Sullivan-Fowler, M., & Rowe, N.W.
Hutchinson, D. & Hogarth, M.
Kovacs, D.K. & Carlson, A.L.
(I haven't read the book yet, but her work is well-known)
Diane Kovacs (medical librarian, lecturer, & author), teaches live & online workshops on this topic
Maxwell, B.
Rees, A.M.
HTML Cheatsheet from WebMonkey
HTML 4.01 Specification W3C recommendations for HTML style
Getting Started with HTML advanced HTML code
More Advanced Features more advanced HTML code--also has the HTML codes for special characters and international alphabets (¥, ã, ÷, and more)
Doc JavaScript this site has excellent tips and tutorials--check out his Rollover Builder (it generates mouse-over text effects)
The Netscape Colors fantastic visual list of font colors & accompanying HTML codes
RGB Color Chart Hexadecimal another fantastic and bigger visual list of font colors & accompanying HTML codes, check out "Dougie's Color Picker" an interactive program
Colour Selector choose colors for your background, foreground, link (visited, followed, & active) & a page displays with the colors & accompanying HTML codes
Vischeck (NOTE: THE URL CHECKER IS STILL UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT; THE IMAGE & TEXT CHECKER IS READY) shows how the text & graphics on your website looks to people with different visual limitations
Net Mechanic an excellent site that will check any URL for an UNLIMITED number of dead links & spelling errors. It will also check for browser compatibility, load time, and HTML errors. All for free!
Website Garage another great site that will check any URL for spelling errors and up to 25 links. It will also check for browser compatibility, load time, HTML errors, & link popularity (how many sites are linking to yours). All for free. It also offers free gif compression at different percentages and the load time for each.
Disability Graphics great clipart
Create It~101 great gif links
V3 Internet Identity Company if your web address is too long, this company will let you choose a shorter one (an alias) for free, & both the original address & the shorter one will take people to your page. The service is free because it places a pop-up advertisement on your webpage.
Bravenet Web Services Wow! Lots of free, great stuff for your webpage.
Teach Yourself HTML: Publishing on the World Wide Web
Bride, M.
10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained
Top Ten Mistakes in Web article
Top Ten Mistakes Revisited article
Top Ten New Mistakes Revisited article
Reader's Comments on the New Top 10 Design Mistakes includes replies by the author
Ten Good Deeds in Web Design article
Top Ten Mistakes of Web Management article
useit.com: Jack Nielson's Website has articles on webpage design & accessibility
The MegaPoll Results: Pet Peeves on the Web ARTICLE NOT CURRENTLY ONLINE
10 Deadly Web Site Sins, Parts 1 & 2 article
Five Common Web Navigation Mistakes to Avoid article
Building a Killer Site (especially Good Website, Bad Website) series of articles
Webmaster Resources articles: "Design Guidelines" and "Five Common Design Mistakes" ARTICLES NOT CURRENTLY ONLINE
Internet Legal Issues links to information
MEGOPhotos free photo images for your webpage
And most importantly, when I really got stuck, a big thanks to Eric Camacho, Saeed Hardanian, and Eddie Marrero of the NSU Microlab & Alejandro Ibarra, Tony Chen, & Michael Geier.
Mudpie & Tanya photo © Copyright Dr. Henry & Mrs. Gail Feddern
Cool Archive: Clipart for "Staff & Serpent" gif
IMAGE-O-RAMA for "New" yellow & black gif, "New" green box gif, "World" gif, "Lightning" gif, "Sunrise/Sunset" gif, & big "World" gif
The Graphic Station for "Updated" gif
Geocities/Yahoo Clip Art for "Maghreb" ("Badshahi") gif--will need a free Yahoo! password & account to access the site
ClipArtConnection for mini "World" gif
Icon Bazaar for "New" red & yellow gif
Action Links smiley gif
Brown Bag Backgrounds for "tealtexture," "flowers," "groovydaisies," "whitegraymarble," "whitemarble," "bricks," "macaroni," "paperclips."
LookSmart
Yahoo!
InfoSeek
Northern Light
Direct Hit
Altavista
Starting Point TEMPORARILY DOWN
Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Ring
Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines: Cross-Cultural Resources
PageTutor offers a free, low-security password-protection device for your webpages
Webspawner you can create a free, basic webpage with little computer background using their simple template
Microsoft's Bandwidth Tester free tool that measures your computer's Internet connection speed
Joint Planning organize your life with online calendars, memos, prioritized project lists, emailed reminders, address book, & more
Tutorial for Learning Ovid Abstracts fantastic interactive tutorial!
Tutorial for Learning Expanded Academic ASAP another great interactive tutorial (updated & revised) by librarian Chris Niemeyer
Introduction & Searching by Exact Title in the (MERLIN) Library Catalog this is another tutorial put out by the University of Missouri--St. Louis; I've included it as an example of how technology can be used for online tutorials
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Miscellaneous Resources of Interest:
Kid's Corner: Website Usability for Children scroll to the bottom of the page to access their 128-page report with 70 usability guidelines for designing websites for children HOME
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