The key is to assess the information on-line just as carefully as you would a printed source. It is essential to assure that your hard-earned research is presented correctly in your paper. Search engines search by words in the text, or in the general content of a web site. Use lower case letters in general searches and upper case letters and quotation marks for specific searches. Record web site addresses as you search to assure that you can document information for research projects.
Domain names describe the nature of the web site host or the geographic location of the host.
Overseas we sites can take longer to load then domestic sites. The vastness of the Internet does not remove the researcher from the responsibility of choosing information carefully. Like the world of printed material, the reader will have to decide if an article from a tabloid newspaper is more effective evidence than the New York Times.