Take a look at some of the sites below for help in getting started on the Web. Dan Melzer of Florida State University has written a brief primer on Research and the Internet . Diana Hacker's Researching and Documentation in the Electronic Age has a lot of useful information on developing web searches , evaluating web sites , using search engines and directories , basic background about the Internet , and documenting web sources . Researching and Documentation in the Electronic Age is a great place to learn about the web based and library based resources available in a wide range of disciplines. The Johns Hopkins University Liabrary has a very useful page on evaluating Internet and online sources .
Web sites maintained by federal agencies can be a good place to find reliable information.
For help on using on-line search engines and electronic data bases in general take a look at the Purdue University's page of hints and tips. Purdue also has a good list of general and academic sites. The GPO site allows you to access on-line versions of a wide variety of government documents.