Engl 420 web notes

ENG 420 web notes

search engines
       general, directory organized, meta-search - seraches all engines for results, blended - google and yahoo have a directory

       keyword searches
       ref desk.com

improving your web search
       map info needs for your research
       the right questions
       for factual info, background check
       google scholar and books
       cite web sources
       last name of aruthor, then initial. (date). Title of article.  Title of web site(italicize). retrieved month, day, year, from URL

       PLAN AND CHECK

credible
       official organization site
       domain name is edu gov or org
       other pages point to this
       favorable site
               author of the site has good credentials
       updated regularly

common sense check, any errors?

strengths
       quick, always on, diversity, printouts at desire, new and up to date, all over the world, pic and graph explain topics better

weaknesses
       resources may disappear, sites com and go, valid info?, time wasting, easy to get lost.