This document provides an overview of how to effectively conduct research on the internet. It discusses different types of search engines such as regular search engines, metasearch engines, and specialized search engines. It also covers how to perform advanced searches using Boolean operators and search syntax. Finally, it explains the importance of properly citing internet sources and provides the correct format for citing sources in a bibliography. The overall goal is to teach students how to efficiently find reliable information online and give proper attribution to sources.

1. Wading Through the Web Conducting Research on the Internet

2. Wading Through the Web 1. Different Types of Search Engines 2. How to Search on the Internet 3. How to cite your sources This presentation will teach you about:

5. Session 1: Different Types of Search Engines

15. Session 2: How to Search on the Internet

21. Wading Through the Web 2. How to Search on the Internet Available at: http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/LERC/outreach/lomcira2006/lomcirahandoutapril06.doc Totals**: No □ Yes □ Is the site professional (grammar and typing errors are not present or very minimal)? 11. Yes □ No □ Does the site present highly biased visuals (e.g. racist statements, derogatory remarks, and emotional language)? 10. No □ Yes □ Is contact information provided and does the place/e-mail exist and work? 9. No □ Yes □ Are the site’s authors experts in the subject? (Do they have any credentials or experience around the topic?) 8. No □ Yes □ Do the site’s authors have other publications with credible sites and publishers? 7. No □ Yes □ Is the resource available in another format? 6. No □ Yes □ Are there links and references to other websites, resources and experts that corroborate this information? 5. No □ Yes □ Is the site hosted by a credible provider and reside in a ‘trustworthy’ domain. 4. No □ Yes □ Do the images support the stated facts? 3. Yes □ No □ Are there any ‘dead links’, or links to ‘moved pages’? 2. No □ Yes □ Do large companies you know advertise on the site? 1. Questionable Trustworthy Website: Dupe Detector: A checklist to help surfers begin determining if information found on a website is true or not*

22. Session 3: How to Cite Internet Sources