STARS (Sure-fire Techniques for Achieving Research Success)

• Often provides the most current information of any resource.
• Can provide statistics, opinions, factual information. illustrations, tables, charts, photographs, maps and more.
• Enormous amounts of government, educational, and institutional information can be found on the World Wide Web.
• Search engines make Web sites easy to find...although you may get thousands of hits.
• Your instructor may not permit you to use Web sites.  Better check to make sure!

• Not all Web pages are equal in research value. Read this helpful guide to judging the quality of Web sites from UC Berkeley.
• Web pages may not have been kept up-to-date by their author(s); be careful to check for dates in Web fsites.
• Not always edited or fact-checked; they might not provide reliable information.
• Click here for advice on evaluating and choosing Web sites.

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