610 Support page

School of Library & Information Science
Catholic University of America
Fall 2005

LSC 610 Internet Searches & Web Design
Supporting Web Resources
instructor: Ingrid Hsieh-Yee

Search Tools

Search engine & directory resources

Internet search tools (B): "better" subject guides, OPACs, database & digital libraries

Examples of visualization tools

Visual Net has examples for searching PubMed, Open Directory, and other information spaces.

WebBrain also provides visual and text searches of various subject areas.

Kartoo a new tool that has been recognized for its visualization effort.

Web page evaluation & creation

Evaluating Web Pages

NCI Usability.Gov Offers definition of usability, explains methods for testing usability, and provides guidelines and examples of usability studies. A rich resource page on this topic.

WebSAT Evaluation Rules

NIST Web Metrics page

NIST Web Metrics: Web Usability Resources

HTML Resources

HTML Intro.

Web Page Layout Examples

Background, GIF, File Management

GIF & Tables
Also IMAGES (Selected images for practice) and Layout samples
Tables, Frames, Imagemap

TableMaker (a useful tool to test your design ideas)

CGI and JavaScript

Turning book image

Light bulb image

Marquee example (marquee.htm)
can only be displayed in Internet Explorer.

LSC 610 Course page

Created 2001, last updated Oct. 10, 2005 by Ingrid Hsieh-Yee