Conducting Your Internet Research
Finding a reliable web source can be difficult, but is necessary in conducting good internet research. Here are some tips for finding reputable sources on the internet. Check to see if you can respond “yes” to the following questions:
-Is there an author or sponsor of the page?
-Are the author's credentials listed?
-Is the author's affiliation listed?
-Is contact information provided? (HINT: if a tilde (~) mark is used in the address
that usually indicates a personal home page and may not be reliable.)
-Has this page been updated recently?
-Is the page well organized?
-Is the site still under construction?
-Can you verify the information by using the links available? Do they take you where
they should take you?
-Is there a copyright symbol on the page?
Search Engines:
http://www.dogpile.com/
http://www.scholar.google.com/
NationMaster – World Statistics, Country Comparisons
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/
CIA World Fact Book:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
IMF Country Search :
http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm#A
Librarians Index to the Internet:
http://lii.org/
Internet Scout Report:
http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/index.php
If you have a library card at the Brooklyn Public Library or the NYPL, you can use their online search engines with your card barcode.
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