TABLE 13.2 HELPFUL ONLINE RESEARCH SOURCES
Search Engines

Description:

These programs suggest sites based on keyword searches.

Examples:

Google (google.com)

Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)

Bing (bing.com)

Yahoo! (yahoo.com)

U.S. Government Sites

Description:

The U.S. government produces and archives huge amounts of useful research and information that is considered trustworthy.

Examples:

Directory of U.S. government sites (usa.gov)

Census data (census.gov)

Federal statistics (fedstats.sites.usa.gov)

Nonprofit and Civic Agency Resources

Description:

Usually designated as .org, these are good sources of information on social or community issues.

Examples:

American Cancer Society (cancer.org)

United Nations (un.org)

826 National (826national.org)