We offer the following suggestions:

• Visit your course Web site. Your instructor may provide recommended sites or tips for finding internet sites for your assignment.

• Go to your major's departmental home page. Often, departments will have a list of recommended sites for their discipline.

• Use the Libraries Subject Guide. Select your subject area, choose current information, and go to the Internet resources selected especially for U of M students.

• Use the University of Minnesota Libraries' lists of Web sites that we have identified as quality sources. From the Libraries' home page, click on the link to "Subject Resources". Find the area under which your topic falls. Many of the subject pages provide links to Web sites.

• Follow links from one reputable Web site to another. One good Web site will often lead to many similar sites.
  

• Use a subject index or directory like Yahoo!
  

• Use a search engine like Google, Alta Vista, Excite, or Infoseek. The third lesson in this module will show you how to use these effectively.
  

• Visit the home page of a professional or research organization that is doing work in an area that ties into your topic. They also tend to recommend sites they feel are reputable.

• Look for references to Web sites in journal articles. It's becoming common for authors to include Web sites in their bibliographies.
  

• Join a listserv or mailing list about your topic. Online discussion groups often share information about helpful resources. For a searchable directory of listservs, visit Liszt at http://www.liszt.com:88.