5: Websites

Back to Step 4: Find Articles

Check the Research Guides to see recommended websites and resources for every Emmaus program.
Use a Google Advanced Search to refine and limit your results.
Look at the bibliographies or references on internet sources you find helpful. These will lead you to more sources!

Currency	Date information was published/posted Revisions/updates Functional links
Relevance	Intended audience Comfort level citing this source in a research paper
Authority	Author/publisher/source/sponsor Credentials or organizational affiliations Qualifications of author to write on topic Contact information for the author URL as an indicator of author/source
Accuracy	Source of information Supported by evidence Reviewed/refereed Verification in another source/personal knowledge Tone: unbiased, free of emotion Spelling, grammar, typographical errors
Purpose	Intentions made clear by authors/sponsors Information as fact, opinion, propaganda Objective and impartial point of view Bias: political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, personal

Step 6: Cite your sources

" ": searches for the exact phrase in the quotation marks

Example: "television violence"

AROUND(3): to ask for specific terms that are separated by a given number of words in any order

Example: macleod AROUND(3) Emmaus

- (minus): exclude an irrelevant term

Example: salsa -cilantro

related: search for pages that are similar

Example: related:realsimple.com

link: find pages that link to a particular site (very useful when evaluating webpages!)

Example: link:mla.org

intitle: will look for the word or phrase you enter in the title of the website

Example: intitle:Christian publisher