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STEP 7
Search For Web Sites About Your Topic
You, the student researcher, can use several
approaches to locate information about your topic
through the Web. Effective Web research means that you
can find appropriate Web sites quickly and includes the
use of:
• Subject Guides
• Web Directories
• Search Engines
These Web resources, when used effectively, can
yield authoritative (quality) Web sites.
Subject Guides
quickly provide links to other Web sites for a
particular topic. Subject guides are developed by
Librarians who have researched and evaluated Web sites
on a particular topic. You use these prescreened Web
sites as authoritative sources. Rio Hondo College
Librarians have compiled subject guides on numerous
topics that are often requested by Rio Hondo College
students. To access Rio Hondo College subject guides and
links to other subject guides, go to
http://library.riohondo.edu/subject_guides/index.htm
Web Directories,
especially those that select and evaluate Web sites,
are another
good source for Web sites. For a good example of a Web
directory that provides
authoritative Web sites see the Librarians’ Index to the
Internet at
http://www.lii.org.
For links to a number of Web directories see the
Library “Web Directories”
page at
http://library.riohondo.edu/research_help/websearch_tools.htm
Search Engines
can provide a multitude of Web sites about your
topic. Remember, it is up to you, the student
researcher, to evaluate Web sites and determine if they
are appropriate and authoritative.
NOTE:
Instructors do not accept Web site information
that is untrue, inappropriate, out of date, or not
authoritative. Plan to attend a Search Engines Workshop
offered by the Rio Hondo College Librarians. Please call
(562) 908-3484 for more information.
Ask Yourself:
Where can I find a few good Web sites about a general
topic? For example, abortion, gun control, capital
punishment?
Then Do This:
• Use the Rio Hondo College Library Web Site’s Subject
Guides at
http://library.riohondo.edu/subject_guides/index.htm
Ask Yourself:
Where can I browse an evaluated list of topics with
links to Web sites?
Then Do This:
• Use a Web Directory such as the Librarians’ Internet
Index at http://www.lii.org.
• Also see the links to Web directories at
http://library.riohondo.edu/research_help/websearch_tools.htm
Ask Yourself:
How can I locate Web sites about a very specific topic?
Then Do This:
• Use a Search Engine such as Google at
http://www.google.com.
• See links to other Search Engines at
http://library.riohondo.edu/Research_Help/search_engines.htm
• Attend a Search Engine Workshop. ASK A LIBRARIAN for
more information or
for assistance with your search.
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