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| McGraw-Hill Guide to Electronic Research The Internet |
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In addition to the library with its books, journals and
electronic databases, you have the entire Internet
(see p. 00) to explore. Since 1987, people all over the
world, usually as part of their jobs or schoolwork, have
been scanning in titles, summaries, and even entire copies
of articles and books, creating lists of resources, writing
informative studies--and putting the results up on the World
Wide Web for everyone to freely use. Many government agencies and non-profit organizations have Web pages--often chock full of information on social issues, the arts, science, the environment, or how to solve a particular problem. You may even find a Website devoted to your precise research topic!
However, keep in mind that the information you're looking for has been put there in two ways: by a human being who has a logic that may be very different from yours and who can sometimes make mistakes or omissions, or by a robot that lists every word regardless of context. You need to be prepared to spend some time sleuthing. |