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Internet Searching Strategies

Search Engines

Clusty (Safe Version)                  Google

Tips on How to Evaluate Online Information Sources

(adapted from CQResearcher, August 2008)

look closely at the URL (web address) .org and .edu don't mean that they are necessarily reliable web sites.

locate the main Web site--erase everything that follows the .com, .edu, .org, etc. to see the main web site.

can a real person be contacted?  Check the About or About Us page if there is one.

are there additional links and/or references as to where the information came from?

are there misspellings and typos?

How to Improve Your Online Searches--searching beyond Google

(adapted from CQResearcher, August 2008)

for U.S. Government sponsored information, try www.usa.gov

Safe Clusty and Clusty will help narrow searches for you

for historical information, try H-bot at George Mason University

for daily news events, try Global Voices from the Harvard University School of Law

for worldwide searches, try Search Engine Colossus, a directory of international search engines

to search for the best wikis, try the Wiki-Index or Wikimedia

Excellent web site evaluation tool at 21st Century Information Fluency

Infopeople's Best Search Tools Chart