Once you find what appears to be a relevant link to your topic, you must take the time to evaluate the site. A Brief Guide is the electronic version of the guide you were given in class. It contains links to web sites which address the issues of evaluating web sites. Top Sites for discussion Using the questions above as guides, we'll evaluate these sites and make decisions about their authority, accuracy, and suitability as reference sources. Your class assignment requires you to search the web.
Search engines provide a starting point.
There are a number of them on the web and you'll find that they all work a bit differently and produce different results. Listed below are the four most popular. In addition to the search engines listed above, Yahoo is another useful source for searching the web. Although it allows searching, Yahoo is a directory rather than a search engine. Its information is organized into categories, much like a classified phone book.