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How to Research on the Web and Document What you Use

Learn how to conduct research on the web and properly document your sources. Explore popular search engines like Yahoo, Excite, Ask, Google, Webcrawler, Yahooligans, as well as other reliable websites such as MSN, Time, CNN, KYVL, Washington Post, and USA Today. Discover health-specific search engines and important considerations when researching online. Familiarize yourself with MLA documentation guidelines for professional websites, articles within websites, personal websites, and online government documents.

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How to Research on the Web and Document What you Use

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  1. How to Research on the Weband Document What you Use

  2. Popular Search Engines • www.yahoo.com • www.excite.com • www.ask.com • www.google.com • www.webcrawler.com • www.yahooligans.com

  3. Other Places to Search • www.msn.com • www.time.com • www.cnn.com • www.kyvl.org • www.washingtonpost.com • www.usatoday.com

  4. Do’s: Use Quotation marks to get more specific results Use and, or, not with your quotations to narrow your results Don’ts: Use articles, conjunctions, etc in your phrase (i.e. if, the, an) Narrow your search so much that you get no results Wording Your Phrase

  5. Health Specific Search Engines • www.ivilliage.com • www.health.yahoo.com • www.mywebmd.com • www.mayoclinic.com • www.cnn.com/health • www.discoveryhealth.com

  6. Health Specific Search Engines • www.healthAtoZ.com • www.healthscout.com/healthcentral • www.menshealth.com • www.prevention.com • www.healthanswers.com

  7. Things to Note when Researching on the Web • Information on the web can change daily. (print out what you find) • Ask yourself: Who sponsors this site and why? (Is the site/ this source credible? Are they biased?) • Are you finding supporting information in other resources?

  8. MLA Documentation • Professional Website: • ESPN.com. (name of the website) 12 Nov. 1999. (when the website was last updated) ESPN Internet Ventures. (name of the page within the site) 24 Nov. 1999 (when you accessed the website)http://espn.go.com. (website’s address)

  9. MLA Documentation • Article within a Website: • Devitt, Terry. (author of the article)“Flying High.”(article)The Why Files. (title of the website) 9 Dec 1999. (when the article was posted/pub) University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents. (who publishes the website) 4 Jan. 2000 (when you accessed it)http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/shorties/kite.html. (the website’s address)

  10. MLA Documentation • Personal Website: • Hamilton, Calvin, J. (author of the website)Views of the Solar System. (name of the page) 12 Nov. 1999 (date you accessed the site)http://solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm.

  11. MLA Documentation • Online Gov’t Document: • United States. (which gov’t) U.S. Census Bureau. (which gov’t agency)Poverty in the United States: 1998. (title of the document) Sept. 1999. (when the document was published) 12 Nov. 1999 (when you accessed the document)http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/p60-207.pdf(website where you found the document)

  12. Review of MLA Information • Name of the website/article/author • When the website was published/posted • When you accessed the website • The website’s address • Publisher of the website

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