Many students, and adults for that matter, use the internet to search for information. While you are unlikely to get lost in the library, the same cannot be said about researching on the web. Not only can you end up with an overwhelming amount of information to search through, ANYONE can publish information on the internet making it difficult to decide what is credible and what is not. Once you find the information you are looking for and have checked it's validity, you need to give proper credit to those that you have taken your information from.

Finding yourself a bit in over your head? No need to get frustrated. There is a wealth of valuable information to be found. You just need the skills to be able to do this effectively.

There are three main steps in conducting good research; Finding, Evaluating, and Citing Information

The information below will help you through the research process. These are general guidlines to help you make your way through the vast amounts of information that can be found on the web!

1. Developing Good Search Strategies...First!
2. Evaluating Web Sites. What's good and what's not worth my time?
3. Citing Your Sources...a MUST! Don't Plagiarize! 

A great resource for more in-depth information on conducting research can be found at The Class Zone's Web Research Guide by McDougal Littell. Here you will find several tutorials on research, evaluating web sites and citing sources.