CSU's Past Provost, Loren Crabtree, drew the following continuum.

Dr. Crabtree pointed out that the World Wide Web has a great deal of data, a fair amount of information, some knowledge, and very little wisdom (personal communication, September 29, 1998). Provost Crabtree went on to say, "Colorado State University is a Carnegie Research I institution. We are among a premier group of institutions that provide high-quality, research-based information. Colorado State is proud to be high on the list."

What is a Carnegie Research I institution? According to The Chronicle of Higher Education (1998, August 28, p. 42, "Research Universities 1 offer a full range of baccalaureate programs, are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and give high priority to research. They award 50 or more doctoral degrees each year. In addition, they receive annually $40-million or more in federal support." Source: Doctorate-Granting Institutions. (1998, August 28). The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, XLV(1), p. 42. Only 89 of 240 Doctorate-Granting Institutions are Carnegie Research I institutions. Colorado State University is one of the 89 top institutions which means CSU is in the top 37% of Doctorate-Granting Institutions.

To evaluate Family Life Web Sites, we recommend that you consider using the guidelines in Evaluating Family Life Web Sites (Fact Sheet 10.253), which is available from http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/10253.html

Family Life Internet Resources and Databases

1) Parenting information
For 4-H and competition
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/bulletin/volume.3/bull25xx.htm

Wonderwise Parent
http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/

A Devotion Ceremony
http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/programs/devotion/

Parents as Teachers
http://www.patnc.org/

Partners for Parenting database
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/nnfr/pfp/

Family Involvement in Education
http://www.ed.gov/Family/agbts/

Parenting Site - WI Extension
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/parenting/

Parenting Site - AL Extension
http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/parent

Extension Family and Parenting Education- NC
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/smp9/

Human Development Extension -NC
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/humandev/menuhd.html

Human Development and Family Life- OH
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/index.htm

Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center
http://www.cpirc.org/

Practical Parenting Partnerships (MO)
http://www.pppctr.org/

Web Site for Kids on "Kidd Safety"
http://www.cpsc.gov/kids/kidsafety/index.html

Daily Parenting
http://www.nurturingourfamilies.com/

PTA
http://www.pta.org/programs/stnrdgd.htm

Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/

Families and Work Institute
http://www.familiesandwork.org/

Family Works
http://www.familyworksinc.com

National Parenting Education Network
http://npen.crc.uiuc.edu/

U of WI Parenting newsletter
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/parenting

National Network for Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/

National Network for Family Resiliency (NNFR)
http://www.nnfr.org/

NNFR parenting site
http://www.nnfr.org/parented/

Minnesota The Family Stress Series resources
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/components/familystress.html

Minnesota Stress Management Briefs
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE7269.html

National Parent Network on Disabilities
http://www.npnd.org

Family and Corrections Network about families of offenders
http://www.fcnetwork.org

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
http://www.reeusda.gov/success/impact.htm

For publications in Spanish
http://www.nncc.org/Parent/sp.parent.page.html

Family Life: Bringing timeless principles home
http://www.familylife.com/

Good News about parent education
http://bluehen.ags.udel.edu/strength/broadcast/cover__working_programs.htm

2) Fathering information
National Center of Fathers and Families
http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu/

The National Fathers' Resource Center
http://www.fathers4kids.com/

Father Net
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Fathernet/

National Fatherhood Project
http://www.fatherhoodproject.org/

Fathering Magazine
http://www.fathermag.com/

Dads at a Distance for enhancing the parenting skills of pre-release inmates
http://www.daads.com

Roy Fish's "Fathering" Resources on the Internet
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/students/Fish/WEBEVAL6.html

3) Parenting evaluation
NNFR Parenting evaluation
http://www.nnfr.org/eval/home.html

National 4-H Impact Assessment Project Update
http://ag.arizona.edu/icyf/

Cooperative Extension Impact Reports
http://www.reeusda.gov/success/impact.htm

4) Marriage/Relationship education
Marriage issues and marriage/couple education
http://www.uwyo.edu/ag/ces/family/relationships.htm

Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
http://www.smartmarriages.com

5) Child Care Providers

http://www.ces.purdue.edu/providerparent

6) Youth development information
National Youth Development Information Center
http://www.nydic.org

7) Statistics in Family Life
Statistics gathered by 70 agencies on agriculture to transportation
http://www.fedstats.gov

America's Children: Key National Indicators of well-being
http://www.childstats.gov/ac2000/ac00.asp

USDA Economic Research Service Fact Sheets
http://www.econ.ag.gov/facts

Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://www.ncjrs.org/jjfact.htm#fs-9884

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
http://www.reeusda.gov

8) Electronic Bulletin and Journal
Human Development & Family Life Bulletin on child abuse and neglect
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/bulletin/bullmain.htm

Journal of Extension, how to subscribe
http://www.joe.org

9) Let's look at some overall helpful sites.
CSU Human Development and Family Studies
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/HDFS

PenPages
http://www.penpages.psu.edu

Hitchhikers guide
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/technol/guide/samples.htm

Ohio State
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/

Copies of articles with special sections devoted to families, child development, child care, divorce, adolescence, poverty, and urban issues
http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/famlife/bulletin/bullmain.htm

10) How would you recommend a Youth Violence Prevention Program to your local principal/guidance counselor/teacher for his/her use with a targeted audience? Let's say in your community the school calls you and asks you to recommend a program that they can purchase to address the problem of youth violence. How would you help the school choose? What questions would you ask? What characteristics would you look for? How would you distinguish a quality one from a non-quality one? What criteria would you use? Ads that come across your desk? Catalogs? Peer recommendations? How confident are you that the violence prevention program you choose will work with the targeted group(s) of youth? Who is the targeted audience? What kind of a violence problem do you want to address? How big is the problem? How many youth are involved? What ethnicity, social economic conditions exist?
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/nnfr/violence/yvp_litrev.html

11) Let's look at some Family Life Specialists' .edu sites.

Karen DeBord at North Carolina State University
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs
http://www.nncc.org

12) Miscellaneous
To subscribe/unsubscribe from lists
http://www.colostate.edu/Services/acns/listserv/listserv.html

To check for virus hoaxes
http://kumite.com/myths/

To check suspicious e-mails
http://www.colostate.edu/Services/acns/listserv/listserv/html

13) How to search for and cite resources with Colorado State University Morgan Library Family Life Electronic Databases.

Colorado State University
http://www.colostate.edu

Colorado State University Morgan Library
http://manta.library.colostate.edu/
Click on Libraries
    Catalogs & Databases
        Online Databases
            Social Sciences
                       1) Child Abuse & Neglect
                       2) Family Studies Database
                       3) PsychINFO
                       4) Social Science Abstracts

Or you can use the alphabet catalog to search other Family Life Electronic Databases
  1) JSTOR
  2) MedLine
  3) Mental Health Abstracts
  4) ERIC (Under Education)

References.
Doctorate-Granting Institutions. (1998, August 28). The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, XLV(1), p. 42.