• UL Instruction
  • Getting to know the University Library
  • Internet Research
    • Colophon
    • Contents
    • The greatest Internet pitfalls
    • Internet versus UL sources
    • Step 1: What do you need?
    • Step 2: Where should you search?
    • Step 3: How should you search?
    • Step 4: How do you evaluate the quality of a source?
    • List of sources used
  • References and citations
  • RefWorks
  • The basics of scholarly publishing
  • What is a book?! for philosophy students
  • Online Scholarly Collaboration
  • Research impacts: sources & metrics
  • Searching for scholarly information / management and economics
  • Searching for scholarly information / social sciences
  • Feedback form
  • University Library

Internet Research

Welcome to the Internet Research course of the University Library (UL) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. After going through the Internet Research course, you will know

• where Internet research fits into your research plan,
• the greatest pitfalls of Internet use amongst students,
• the difference between Internet sources and library sources,
• how to prepare your search,
• about the various Internet search methods,
• the best way to formulate your search terms,
• the best way to use a search engine,
• how to evaluate the quality and usefulness of Internet sources,
• what to watch out for when using and searching for statistical information.

This course is part of the information literacy modular training method. The menu at the left side of this screen shows the table of contents of this course.

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