Go with the strengths of the public Web:
- to obtain information on colleges, museums, non-profit organizations, or companies
- for very current information such as news, sports scores, weather, stock quotes
- to research a well-known event or individual
- to use online job postings, shopping, auctions, or travel services
- for opinions on a topic
Stop and think! Sometimes, there are better places to look than the public Web:
- to find articles in scholarly journals
- to find articles published in popular magazines
- to search databases that index articles in many academic disciplines
- to find books on your topic
- to locate the full text of articles or books that are copyrighted
