For browsing, try Yahoo, or the latest Internet directory, Looksmart , which enjoys the backing of the Reader's Digest Corporation. Note, too, that directories such as Yahoo are incorporating separate search engines, such as Alta Vista, into their pages. This allows the convenience of focusing your search in a search engine right from Yahoo's page. The Reader's Digest-sponsored answer to Yahoo. Finding one of these can be extremely valuable to your research.
Web publishing is sometimes personal, whimsical, and vain.
More than ever, the information consumer must accept the responsibility for evaluation when retrieving documents from the Internet. Use the Guidelines below to help you assess the quality and trustworthiness of these sample pages. Also, I encourage you to visit the evaluation cites listed in the bibliography. A Basic Hierarchy of Trust When attempting to analyze the quality of a web document, take a look at the URL, or web address, first. On average, however, education and government sites tend to have many of the best quality sites, as far as content is concerned.