Searching Practice

Now that you know a bit about some of the best search engines on the Internet, and the best way to enter your search terms, let's practice....

Try to find the answers to the following questions using search engines!

1. What is the address of the San Diego Zoo?
2. Who was Dorothy Parker?
3. When did Jackie Robinson play his first baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
4. Can you find a guide to figuring out how to do percentages on the web?
5. Why does a volcano erupt?
6. When was the movie, "Gone with the Wind" first released?
7. When was Bill Clinton born?

http://www.google.com

http://www.dmoz.org

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Citing an Internet Source

If you're using the information that you find on the Internet in a paper, presentation, or any other type of report, it is very important to cite your source.

Just as there are appropriate methods for citing books, magazines and other databases, there is also an appropriate way to cite a web page.

What follows is the MLA format for citing an Internet source.  Begin your citation with the first available info you can find on your website.  Typically on an Internet site, author or webmaster names, along with other publication info, are at the bottom of a web page.

Works Cited

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of Document.”  Title of Internet Site. Ed. Editor of project. Day Month Year of Source. Name of sponsoring institution. Day Month Year of access <internet address in angled brackets>.
 

“Japan-A Country Study.”  Federal Research Divisions: Country Studies.  24 Mar. 2003. Library of Congress.  1 July 2003 <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc>.

*Note: If the internet address is extremely long, give the address of the site’s main page.

For more examples of MLA formats, check out our Basic MLA Format Handout