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Critically Analyzing Information Sources
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Evaluating Information Rubric
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The Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPN)
The Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet) is a distributed digital preservation network for locally created digital content. It represents a low-cost digital preservation solution for academic institutions, state agencies, and cultural heritage organizations in Alabama.
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Any Alabama institution with digital collections that are freely available to the public is invited to join ADPNet and use the network for archival preservation. ADPNet is a Private LOCKSS Network (PLN). This means that the archived content is accessible only to the members and only if it is needed to restore content lost as the result of a mishap or natural disaster.

ADPNet is a program of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries. A steering committee with representatives from each ADPNet member institution sets policy and manages the network.
ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented,
Archive Finder
Archive Finder is a current directory which describes over 220,000 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
COPPUL: Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries
Western Canada's university libraries. Collaboration, research, leadership. Browse resources-Electronic information resources licensed by COPPUL. Titles, expiry dates, license terms, and subscribing libraries.
DPLA: Digital Public Library of America
Discover 33,658,432 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States
Edina
EDINA is a world-class centre for digital expertise, based at the University of Edinburgh.
Working with partners to innovate, deliver and inspire, we transform new ideas into robust solutions.
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
LOCKSS
Stanford Libraries launched the LOCKSS Program. For nearly two decades, the LOCKSS Program has empowered institutions and communities to robustly preserve for themselves the digital materials that matter to them. The LOCKSS Program keeps digital stuff safe.
Meta Archive Innitiatives
MetaArchive Cooperative is a digital preservation network created and hosted by and for memory organizations.
PKP: Public Knowledge Project
PKP is a multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing
safenet
A JISC 'Service in Development'. Jisc Futures has invested in Safenet, a two-year ‘service-in-development’ to improve assured continuity of access for UK HE institutions to the electronic journal articles for which they have paid.
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SafeNet will:

facilitate continuing access to a critical mass of e-journal content in compliance with publishers’ post-cancellation access (PCA) clauses
verify continuing access rights through use of an entitlement registry that records the subscription history for participating HEIs.
build foundations of national archive infrastructure to support the basis of a UK owned digital library collection
identify content priorities through consultation with the UK research library community.
be one of a cohesive suite of Jisc services designed to meet the journal management needs of UK HEIs.
interoperate, as appropriate to optimise efficiency, with related tools and services within the Jisc arena such as KB+, SUNCAT and JUSP.
Within 2 years, the SafeNet project will deliver a Jisc shared service for the UK research community, which will provide permanent and trustworthy post-cancellation access to electronic journal articles.

Document Types in Grey Literature
GrayNet International: Dedicated to Research, Publication, Open Access, Education,
and Public Awareness to Grey Literature
Finding Gray Literature Information (Information Literacy Toolkit)
OpenDOAR: The Directory of Open Access Repositories
OpenDOAR is an an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories and lets you search for repositories or search repository contents.
OpenGrey: Grey Literature in Europe
provides open access to 700.000 bibliographical references of grey literature (paper) produced in Europe and allows you to export records and locate the documents.
OSTI.org: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
global access to DOE research results and brings the world’s research to DOE.
Scientific Grey Literature in a Digital Age [PDF]
By Gregory R.G. Hutton, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
What is Grey Literature?
(New York Academy of Medicine)

AGI: nteractive map of mineral resources and mines across the United States
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Resources Data System catalogs information about mineral resources around the United States and the world. Using the map tool, users can zoom in to obtain reports and data on past and present mines, mine prospects, and processing plants.
Astronomy: The Jodcast
A podcast about astronomy including the latest news, what you can see in the night sky, interviews with astronomers and more. It is created by astronomers from The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank for anyone interested in things out of this world.
BIOL: HHMI's BioInteractive
"funded and maintained by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a nonprofit medical research organization, it provides information on advancing biomedical research and science education"
CHEM: Periodic Table of Videos
CHEM: RSC's Interactive Teaching Units
"provides series of Green Chemistry teaching exercises known as Interactive Teaching Units (ITUs) have been developed at the University of Glasgow"
ENVS: Forces of Change
Printed reference: Botkin, Daniel... [et al.]. Forces of Change: A New View of Nature. National Geographic Society, 2000.
MARS: c.o.o.l. Classroom: The Coastal Ocean Observatory Laboratory Room
"a special website for exploring the waters off New Jersey by Routgers' Marine & Coastal Sciences-"
MARS: National Marine Sanctuaries
"an online vault where a comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still images from America's underwater treasures are securely stored and available for searchable access and download"
MARS: NOVA Science NOW
"provides multi-media resources on planet earth an education"
NSF Science Now: Science 360 Video
Hosted by the NSF’s Dena Headlee, NSF Science Now is a weekly newscast covering some of the latest in NSF-funded innovation and advances across all areas and disciplines, from astronomy to zoology. This fast paced, news round-up reports many of the week's top stories.
Science @ a Distance E-learning Modules
"in order to see this short video presentation you must have a modern web browser and the QuickTime plug-in from Apple Computer"
Science In The Classroom
A collection of annotated research papers and accompanying teaching materials.

arXiv.org
"an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics"
CEEDER: Collaboration for Environmental Evidence
This database allows users to search for evidence reviews and evidence overviews
(including literature reviews, meta-analyses, critical reviews, systematic reviews, and rapid reviews)
of relevance to their evidence needs.
Data.gov
"The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."
Edina
EDINA is a world-class centre for digital expertise, based at the University of Edinburgh.
Working with partners to innovate, deliver and inspire, we transform new ideas into robust solutions.
NIST Virtual Library
"the public home page of the NIST Virtual Library (NVL), the portal to the services of the NIST Information Services Office (ISO)" including links that "provide access to publications and information services available to the public"
NSDL: The National Science Digital Library
"provides high quality online educational resources for teaching and learning, with current emphasis on the sciences"
Open Access Resources Research Guide
American Public Library System: Richard G. Trefry Library
OSF (Open Science Framework)
OSF is a free, open platform to support your research and enable collaboration.
Discover projects, data, materials, and collaborators on OSF that might be helpful to your own research.
ResearchGate
Founded in 2008 by physicians Dr. Ijad Madisch and Dr. Sören Hofmayer, and computer scientist Horst Fickenscher, ResearchGate today has more than 14+ million members. We strive to help them make progress happen faster.
Science.gov
"a gateway to government science information and research results"
WorldWideScience.org
"a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals"