Library Resources or Free Web

Even though the Free Web (what some instructors call the "internet") is typically where people go first to find information, doing college-level research often requires expensive sources paid for with your tuition.

Use Library Resources for:

Use Free Web for:

  • scholarly and other reliable articles
  • access to expensive articles/databases
  • information organized by subject tagging
  • market research
  • systematic searching
  • gaining background information
  • government information
  • quick facts
  • current news
  • gathering opinions
  • networking

 

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Last Updated: 4/4/12