"The World Wide Web is a lot like a flea market: there's a vast selection of sites to choose from but not a lot of order to it. Some sites are offered by reputable "dealers" and some from individuals who want to show off their personal favorite items. Sometimes it's hard to tell what's a hidden treasure, what's worth taking a look at, and what's a waste of time.
--excerpt from American Library Association's Great Sites Selection Criteria

The Internet Public Library's A+ Research and Writing guide provides excellent information about using the World Wide Web for research in a section of the guide called Info Search: Where's the Information?

For more information about the A+ Research and Writing guide, see the Writing Your Paper section of this web site.

The following are some good starting places for finding information on the World Wide Web:

• The Internet Public Library is a great starting place, with web sites selected by librarians in a broad range of topics and original reference resources created by the IPL.
• The Internet Public Library Teen Division focuses on Internet resources of interest to teenagers, including educational and entertaining resources on arts, books, career and college, computers, clubs, health, issues and conflicts, math and science, politics and history, and other topics.
• Internet Public Library's Pathfinders on dozens of subjects.
• Teen Hoopla: An Internet Guide for Teensfrom the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association, is designed to meet the informational, educational, and recreational needs of young adults and to provide adolescents with an opportunity to express themselves about books, reading, and other issues affecting their lives.
• Argus Clearinghouse is collection of subject guides by experts. The links are all intended to be of scholarly quality.
• About.com is a "network of sites led by expert guides."
• Yahoo! is a classic directory of Internet sites.

Search Engines:

• AltaVista
• Northern Light
• Ask Jeeves
• Infoseek
• Excite
• LookSmart
• Yahoo!

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