Website Evaluation

Do you need some help with beginning your research? 

The research process is much easier if you follow a few simple steps. Do you need some help getting started on your research?

See the links below for printable examples and for more information. 

Need help finding synonyms? Check http://thesaurus.com. 

Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), to further limit ideas, concepts and topics. Try some of the following to refine your search:

• argument
• attitudes
• benefits
• confronting
• crisis
• criticism
• data
• debate
• ethics
• issues
• outcomes
• outlook
• policy
• prevention
• projects
• reform
• rights
• research
• statistics
• theories
• trend
• viewpoint

Remember to use "quotation marks" around phrases for better searching.

Google Search Operators
      (adding symbols and words to your search)

Search Using Quotation Marks
      To search for a phrase, to find words side-by-side in a particular order
      Examples:        "United States"       "Civil War"

Search by Suffiix 
      To search for sites bearing a particular suffix, like .edu, gov., etc.
      After typing your search terms, type the following:
            site:.edu    (will only show educational institutions .edu sites)
            site:.gov    (will only show U.S. government .gov sites
            site:.org     (will only show nonprofit .org sites)

• More Google Search Helps
• Google Search Features 
• Google: Inside Search 
• Google Power Searching (self-paced course)
• Google Advanced Power Searching (self-paced course) 
• Google Live Training (how-to-search)