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Library Services for Online Students: Websites

This guide provides online students with recommended resources for library research and services.

Finding Credible Web Sources

Google Advanced Search
You can use Google Advanced Search to limit your search results in various ways, including:
- Searching for a complete phrase
- Omitting irrelevant words
- Choosing a domain, like .edu, to limit to webpages from educational institutions
- Limiting to pages updated during a certain timeframe

SIFT & PICK Fact Checking & Source Evaluation
A printable version of the SIFT & PICK approach to evaluating sources using lateral reading (SIFT) to fact check a source and vertical reading (PICK) to decide whether it is the best source for your needs.

Finding Credible Web Sources
Our Finding Credible Web Sources guide has more tips on searching the Internet.

Health Information on the Web

MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
What should you look for when evaluating the quality of health information on Web sites? Here are some suggestions based on our experience.

Other Research Guides

Many of the research guides linked below also contain recommended web sources for specific topics:

Research Guides
The SBCC Luria Library research guides include information about student resources, general research topics, and support for research in specific courses or fields of study.

Choosing the Best Web Source