Librarians also need to stress the importance of citing electronic sources. Electronic information demands the same kinds of considerations as sources in other formats. Bibliographic standards for Internet sources have been developed for the most common usage and style manuals. Most of the new standards can be found on the Internet, and librarians need to know how to make them available to students who are compiling bibliographies. In their efforts to combat online cheating, librarians must be prepared to encourage a balanced approach to research.
Many students end up cheating because their expectations for the Internet are too high.
In many cases, the Internet is neither the first nor the best place to go for information. It's all on the Internet. It's all free. Needless to say, research poses more challenges and questions than this popular formula would suggest. A world of information is not even accessible on the Internet, and much of it could have importance to a potential research project.