| Citing Your Sources |
Searching the Internet
The Internet is often a good place to begin your research. However, it can take time and practice to search it effectively.
Even if your instructor has sent you online to do your research, you will find that a lot of the information you find online is neither academic nor authoritative. Some suggestions for when you search the Internet:
- Search Google Scholar for journal articles and add pdf to your search string (this will help you retrieve full-text scholarly articles).
- Review Essentials of Google Search for other Google tips.
- Use preselected web portals, pathfinder pages created by your librarians, and websites such the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians Index to the Internet (LII) to find authoritative resources.
- Use the links in the sidebar to the right for more information.
- On-site librarians can help you find online information too!
Once you have a general sense of your research topic and some resources, move on to college library resources. Search periodical databases for journal articles and the library catalog for books and other materials.
Remember, you can't access journal articles from subscription databases like ProQuest directly from the Internet. Access these database through the library website.
