[This book] is designed to help you become a discriminating consumer of information. Beginning with a brief introduction to working with the online supplement of this book, the [book then] gives a basic background to the concept of the World Wide Web, and some critical definitions of terms you will need to operate in the technological world of the Internet. The book then provides ... information on how to conduct searches on the World Wide Web, dealing first with specific tools such as directories and search engines, then with strategies such as multiple-word searches and Boolean Operators ... [Next, the book gives] specific insights into evaluating Web sources, discussing such topics as credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, support, and objectivity, and then provide[s] specific examples of citing Web sources in a paper or a presentation. [The book then] discuss[es] the kind of intellectual issues that apply in all areas of discourse: thinking critically, and ethical behavior ... The final chapter introduces you to WebQuester, an online supplement that provides Web research exercises to enhance many courses with current content.-Pref.