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A guide for interacting with the World Wide Web, including searching, evaluating, and citing websites as research resources.
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.
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.
Suggestions for evaluating digital and online texts and a breakdown of the different types of sources available online. 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.
