Tips for Internet Research

Learning through the Internet requires students to:

• Access reliable, current information
  Hint: Do you know the difference between websites ending in .com, .edu, .org, .gov, or .net?
  
  
• Sort and assess that information according to needs 
  Hint: Do you know how to bookmark useful sites?
  Hint: How do you decide what information is reliable and what information is not reliable on the Internet?
  
  
• Organize and categorize information for easy retrieval
  Hint: Do you know how to organize bookmarked sites in folders?
  
  
• Use information responsibly without plagiarizing
  Hint: Are you familiar with the rules of "fair use?" Do you give credit to materials that you retrieved from the Internet? Review the sites below for information on plagiarism and how to avoid it.

• https://www.bccc.edu/Page/78
• https://wts.indiana.edu/writing-guides/plagiarism.html
• https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/avoiding_plagiarism/index.html