An Interesting Search Engine You Can Use

Google is now beta testing an experimental search engine. It is called "searchmash" and it has no advertising at all, and when the user simply types terms into the search field, it will simultaneously retrieve images, videos, wikipedia articles, and web pages at once. It can be found at www.searchmash.com. I suggest you check it out. You might be pleasantly surprised by what you find.

Using the Internet versus library books

Although the Internet is a very useful information resource, it is important to remember that not all research for term papers can be done exclusively on the web. And not everything that is found on the Internet is acceptable for research. A lot of what you find on the Internet is either misleading, biased, inaccurate, or outdated. Beware of web sites such as wikipedia.org since such sites contain information that anyone can add to, so there is no way of knowing if the articles are authoritative.

However, there is a lot of useful information to be found on the Web, but you have to know where to look. A good site to use is LIRN. It stands for Library and Information Resources Network. It contains databases that cover nearly every conceivable topic, from capital punishment to religion, and it is indispensable for conducting research on term papers for your courses. If you have any questions on how to search these databases, I'll be happy to help.