Research+Resources

//** **But when you're looking for information on the Web for school -- or really any time that you care that what you find is true and up-to-date -- you have to evaluate the website to make sure that you can trust the information on it.** ** Checklist for Evaluation Websites
 * When you’re surfing the Web, you probably only think about one thing when you look at a Web site: // whether or not it's fun.
 * This page will help you decide if the website you’re looking at is good or not.

__ **Useful places to start looking for Information**  __
 * __Educational Sites__**
 * Galileo - http://www.galileo.usg.edu/
 * Early American Literature 1600 - 1900, Resources for K-12 -  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/amlit.htm

**__ Commercial Sites __** __**
 * __ Homework Help & Free Study Guides  __**
 * CliffNotes - []
 * SparkNotes - []
 * InfoPlease, all the info you need - http://www.infoplease.com/
 * Bartleby, great books online - http://www.bartleby.com/
 * Google Guide, making searching even easier - []
 * NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations - http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
 * __ Government Sites
 * American Memory from the Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html
 * __ Non– Profit Organizations  __**

Save some work by creating your bibliographic citation while you evaluate your website. Many of the elements you need to cite a web page in __MLA Style__ are the same ones you need to evaluate its quality. If more than a few are missing, the site is probably not a good choice! There are many different types of websites. The type of site you are looking at can help you decide whether the site is useful or not. Below is a list of the different types of sites you may find. ** .edu ** – //educational site (usually a university or college)// ** .com ** – //commercial business site// ** .gov ** – //U.S.// //government/non military site// ** .mil ** – //U.S.// //military sites and agencies// ** .net ** – //networks, internet service providers, organizations// ** .org ** – //U.S.// //non-profit organizations and others//
 * Shakesphere theme pages and resources - http://www.cln.org/themes/shakespeare.html
 * Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
 * __ MLA Style Guides & Citation Resources:  __**
 * The Owl at Purdue MLA Writing Style Guide - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
 * Citation Machine - [|http://www.citationmachine.net]
 * Knight Cite citation machine - http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
 * __ Types of Web Sites  __**