 Evaluate
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The World Wide Web contains a wealth of information; however, you must be
very careful when using the Web for research purposes. There are no quality
standards for putting information on the Web, and as a result many Web pages
contain unreliable, even false, information. For this reason, your instructor(s)
may limit use of Web pages for your research projects. The Web can be a
wonderful resource for certain purposes; it may not, however, be the best
place to go for academic research.
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Several popular
myths about the Web:
- Everything is
available on the Web - Copyright law prevents many publications from
being available on the Web. For example, most scholarly journal
articles are not available on the Web for free.
- Everything on the
Web is free - If everything were available for free on the Web, then
most publishers probably would be out of business and writers would
receive limited compensation for their work! Much of the best
information delivered through the Web is provided by commercial vendors.
Fact:
The library pays
for many Web-based periodical indexes and full-text databases so that
SLU students, faculty and staff may use them without having to pay.
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