• Use the web research tools I have provided to find a web site or sites on or relevant to your research topic. 
• Evaluate the scholarly credibility of this/these site(s).
• Print hard copy of BEST (most credible) scholarly site.
• Prepare a report identifying site(s) and evaluating what you have found.

Use these search engines to locate one or more web sites on or relevant to the topic you are interested in.

Step 2: Prepare a brief report describing the number and types of pages you found using each of the above search engines.

Step 3:  Once you have found one or more relevant web sites, evaluate what you have found. Keep in mind that just because something is found on the Web, that doesn't mean it's a reputable scholarly resource! ANYONE can self-publish ANYTHING on line. What is the scholarly credibility of your source? Was the site created by an established scholar, a beginning student, or an amateur? (Examples: many fun but highly inaccurate pages on medieval themes have been put together by people interested in fantasy literature, gaming, New Age spirituality or the Society for the Creative Anachronism. Beware: while these pages may be technically very well done, they tend to be full of misinformation!) In evaluating your source, be on the look out for such enthusiastic amateurs.

Note the URL of the site and what other links you find there. In most cases, the site's home page will make clear the scholarly credibility of the article or site. Remember that theURL of most professors' and students' Web pages will include ".edu"; also check for a link back to a course (or professor's) homepage to identify student assignments or original Web research placed on line by an active scholar. Please note that because anyone can "publish" virtually anything on-line, there is NO "quality control" and you should take what you find with more than a grain of salt!

Step 4: Print hard copy of the BEST scholarly resource page you have found

Step 5: Prepare a more detailed evaluation of the BEST scholarly resource page you found.

1. Begin your evaluation with a bibliographic entry for the page in question in CORRECT MLA BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMAT.  (Consult MLA Handbook and/or MLA Style for Online Resources.)

NOTE: To transcribe an URL without typos, go to the page in a webbrowser and place cursor in the link location field at the top of the screen. The URL will be highlighted. Right-click on mouse and select "copy," OR, use mouse to click on the Netscape "Edit" menu and then on "save." The highlighted URL will be saved in the memory of your computer and can be copied into your text by placing your cursor where you want the URL to appear and pasting it in, either by going to the Netscape "edit" menu at the top of the screen and clicking on "paste" OR by hitting shift-insert. Voila! The URL is now "pasted" into your text.
2. Categorize the site (and its author) to the best of your ability. Examples: "student assignment for undergraduate English class at [name of University]"; "page put together by university professor or scholarly organization"; "self-published by enthusiastic amateur"; "elementary or high school project"; "non-scholarly site" (describe what kind and why you do not consider it to be a scholarly resource). If information is available about the author, summarize it. Additional information can be found or deduced by the Web address of the site and by what links you find there. Most professors' and students' Web pages will have an address that includes ".edu"; check for a link back to a course (or professor's) homepage for student assignments or original Web research placed on line by an active scholar. Please note that THERE IS NO "QUALITY CONTROL" FOR WEB SITES AND YOU NEED TO EVALUATE THEM WITH A CRITICAL EYE!

Provide as much information as possible about the contents of the site or page.