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Contents

 

Finding & Evaluating Web Sites

 

 

Home

Where to Begin

Finding Articles

Finding Books

Choosing a Database

Finding Internet Resources

Requesting Distance Library Materials

 

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Information Literacy and Research Guide

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AsktheLibrariansLive!

SDSU Continuing and Extended Education

 

 

 

The Internet is both a wonderful and terrible source for academic level research. Many students may believe that “everything is available on the Web”, and it surely seems so. However, when conducting research, it is important to choose from a wide variety of sources and to verify the accuracy, appropriateness, scope, relevance, timeliness, objectivity, and authority of the information. These elements are necessary for evaluating research resources, whatever they may be, and are particularly critical when choosing an Internet source for information.

Research by Topic Guides provide reliable lists of quality Web sites. The “Web Links” pages within these guides have been created by librarians and educators who have reviewed designated Web sites using the evaluation criteria mentioned above. The library's Information Literacy & Research Guide provides more tools for effectively, efficiently, and reliably searching the Internet for quality information. For example, try the following pages from the guide:

 
 
 

  For more information contact:

Reference Services, Hilton M. Briggs Library, SBL 2115
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007-1098
Telephone: 1-800-786-2038, (605) 688-5570, Fax: (605) 688-6133
E-mail the SDSU Librarians

 

last edited 21 August 2006 by ch