For those doing research for Higher Philosophy these 'gateways' are a good place to start looking for high quality information on the web.
www.philosophypages.com
a general website on western philosophical tradition
www.epistemelinks.com
includes over 16,500 categorised links to philosophy resources on the Internet.
vos.ucsb.edu
links to humanities and humanities-related resources on the internet.
Mrs.Wilson talked about better web searching and shared advice from Harvard on how to make Google work better for you. You can read that again or see more information on their website.
If you want to do more about improving your research skills Education Scotland has a short Information and Critical Literacy course that takes you through the steps involved to locate, evaluate and effectively use information.
If you are concerned about plagiarism and how you can avoid it The University of British Columbia guide on plagiarism is a really useful tool.
If you want any help or advice don't forget you can always come and speak to Mrs.Wilson in the library to get help.
