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Provides information on the different ways of locating material online, including using search engines, searching the invisible web, and using Web directories. From Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Google's own cheat sheet for tactics to refine your searches.

Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including peer reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles. Google Scholar can be a companion research tool to library databases.

Searchable and browseable database for the weekly Scout Report and subject-specific Scout Reports, with critical annotations of carefully selected Internet sites and mailing lists.

Provides access to scholarly websites for research in the humanities. The site offers browsing by subject area categories or search by topic.

Suggestions for evaluating digital and online texts and a breakdown of the different types of sources available online. From Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Approaches evaluating information on the Internet through the same criteria used by scholars to evaluate print sources. From Johns Hopkins University.

From University of California, Berkeley, Library.

This guide to critical thinking offers six pointers to consider when examining Web pages – with a quiz and an assignment to test evaluation skills.

Examples and help for using MLA and APA, along with links to citation managers and generators.

Guidelines for citing web resources in MLA format. From Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Guidelines for citing web resources in APA format. From Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Guidelines for citing web resources in Chicago format. From Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Offers information in several categories, including overview of copyright and fair use, current issues and legislation, and primary source materials. From Stanford University Libraries.

Includes both tutorial and syllabus with detailed information on ownership, fair use, getting permission, the TEACH Act, and more. From University of Texas Libraries.

Offers summaries of hundreds of court decisions shaping the law for the Internet.