Just a quick reminder about Boolean Operators?
Searching the Web
Searching Google will yield tons of Web sites. To narrow the playing filed try clicking on
"Advanced Search"
Here you can limit to
"Search within a site or domain"
e.g.: search for "Amy Tan" within ".edu" sites
Another great search tool is IPL2 (formerly the Librarians' Internet Index)
www.ipl.org
Both resources have information from nearly 300 reference sources (dictionaries and ecyclopedias, handbooks) covering all major subjects.
These Library databases are recommended for most Informative and Persuasive Speech topics. Find high-quality, reliable information from journal articles, newspapers, and websites.
Unlike books and periodicals, websites go through no evaluation process before they reach you, so when doing research you must evaluate every website you find. Here are some things to look out for...
