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What is the Internet?

Promises and Pitfalls of Internet Research

Putting Internet Research into Perspective

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Putting Internet Research into Perspective

Research projects can be divided into four basic stages: defining the research question, finding information, evaluating information, and using information. The Internet is really only useful for the second stage--finding information--and even this can be a formidable task. Furthermore, the Internet actually makes the third step more difficult.