Web Searching
Evaluating Internet Resources
UCLA College Library Road to Research This Web site provides a list of criteria to consider when evaluating Internet resources. Each criterion is explained and examples of various types of Web sites are given.
Analyzing Information Sources This Web site, from the Cornell University Library, offers guidelines on how to evaluate information resources properly.
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals This Web site, also from the Cornell University Library, defines and provides examples of scholarly journals and popular magazines. Learn what is the most appropriate resource for academic research.
Using Wikipedia Cornell University Library offers reasons and explanations for not using Wikipedia as a cited source in an academic paper.
Search Engines allow searching across the World Wide Web for key words and phrases.
MetaSearch Engines search several search engines at one time.
Subject Directories provide access by topic by organizing Web sites into categories. Yahoo! is the best known of the subject directories and is the largest. Others listed below are more selective, focus on academic topics and give a review of the Web sites they list.
Information about Search Tools
Below is a Web site that describes various search engines. Because the characteristics of search engines change, you may find the descriptions out of date. Reading information offered by the search engine is perhaps the best advice.
Detailed Features of Search Engines From the University of California at Berkeley.
