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What is the World Wide Web?
The Web brings together text, pictures, sounds, and video from computers all
over the world.
Often the Web is referred to as a giant library, but with one big difference.
The Web is not cataloged or ‘classified’ as libraries are. Search
Engines help you to find what you need.
World Wide Web Access at GCC
To access the Web in the library, sign in at the Electronic Resources
log located alongside the computers.
The GCC Reference Staff recommends Google as the best overall search engine for the Web. There are many specialized directory sites and an excellent one is the Librarians’ Internet Index. LII is a small database of over 20,000 entries. The search strategies you use for Google or other search engines may not work well in LII.
Developing an effective search strategy will help in producing the results
desired.
Google
Librarians’ Internet Index
Evaluating Web Resources
Once you find resources on the Web, it is important that you be able
to determine the accuracy of the information. Anyone can publish on the Web,
so it is vital that you learn who created the site, when the information was
posted and how comprehensive and accurate it is. Be aware that Web sites can
disappear, change address or change content overnight.
Specific information about how you can evaluate Web resources is found in the
workbook Appendix. In addition to the information in the Appendix, you may also
check out these additional sites:
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/
http://www.library.corell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
http://www.asu.edu/linb/research/tutorials/evalweb.htm
Citing Electronic Sources in MLA Style
Electronic sources include the Web and full-text articles from online
databases accessed through EBSCO and VALE. Some examples of MLA Style Citations
are located toward the end of this workbook; these examples include citing information
from the World Wide Web and online periodical databases. Consult the MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi for additional examples. There
is a copy at the Reference Desk and in the circulating stacks under LB2369 .G53
2003