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Revolutions: Websites

Selected Websites

Evaluating Websites

When searching for information on the Internet, it's important to remember that anyone can post anything. Always evaluate websites critically. Follow the five W's:

  • Who wrote the article? What are their credentials, and are they sponsored by someone?
  • What relevance does the article have to your research question?
  • When was the article published? Is it out of date?
  • Where does their information come from? Do they provide sources?
  • Why was this site created? What seems to be its purpose?

Google Tips

You'll get more of your Google search by refining it. Google itself has a guide to this. Some highlights:

  • To exclude a word, use the minus sign without a space after it, i.e. revolutions -american
  • To search an exact phrase, put it in quotation marks, i.e. "iranian revolution"
  • To combine searches, put "OR" between each keyword, i.e. ussr OR soviet