The Web is a bottomless source of information. It can be a valuable research tool, but the information published may not always be credible or accurate, as anyone could have written it. For this reason you need to think critically when using the Web.
This page features improve your Googling tips and links to checklists of how to successfully evaluate the web sources.
To avoid searching through endless unreliable websites, improve your google searches from the start.
Use these as part of your search:
site:.edu (to search only U.S. universities), e.g. cloning site:.edu
site:.ac.uk (to search only UK Universities), e.g "domestic violence" site:.ac.uk
site:.gov (to search the US gov website.)
site:.gc.ca OR site:.canada.ca (to search the Canadian gov website.)
site:.org (to search organizations)
Also include words like disseration, thesis, or pdf to bring up more reliable documents.
Try "free trade" pdf site:.canada.ca
or
"indian residential schools" pdf site:.gc.ca
Although librarians have carefully compiled these sources, there is no substitute for your own evaluation. Use the following guides to help you.