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Find and Evaluate
Internet Sources
You’ve been asked to write a research paper, and
your instructor said, “if you use Internet sources, they should
be scholarly in nature.” Aren’t all Internet sources
scholarly? you wonder. Well, no. Quite simply, you
shouldn’t
believe everything you read on the Internet. Your Internet searches
will lead you down
many different roads to many destinations (or websites). Some of these
destinations will be useful to you, many will not. You must critically
examine websites and pages to become “a careful consumer of
information” (Adams & Clark,
2001, p. 166). In this handout, you’ll learn first about techniques
for
finding
Internet sources, and then you’ll learn about ROAD,
a technique for
evaluating
Internet sources.
Remember, too, that as you’re researching and writing your
papers, you shouldn’t limit your search to the Internet. You’ll
want to use traditional print sources that you can find in your public
or university library. Often it will be a comprehensive search strategy
that leads you to the variety of sources that will help you write
a well-researched paper: you’ll search the Internet,
the
library,
and electronic resources like bibliographic databases.
Additionally,
works
cited and
suggested
resources pages are available.
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