Web Searching 

The Internet started as a small group of networked research computers in 1969. It grew into a world-wide computer network using functions such as e-mail, gopher, ftp, telnet and, since the early 1980s, the World Wide Web. The Web is now the largest part of the Internet, offering multimedia sources (sound, graphics, movie clips, etc.) and hypertext links that connect to other documents.

Computers with Web access are located near the Reference Desk in the ACC Library as well as around campus. Your use of these computers indicates your consent with the college's Computer Use Policy, available on our Web page, agreeing to use the computers responsibly for academic purposes.                                                     

. The Web offers access to:

The Web grows exponentially: billions of Web pages are estimated to exist. Remember: all information is not on the Web, just as it's not only in books, on TV, radio or in any other one medium.

It's best to use free Web information in addition to more reliably credible sources such as books and journal articles, which are usually fact-checked and reviewed by experts before publication.

Web site creators do not have any overall, world-wide standards for accuracy or quality. Checking for accuracy and quality becomes your job!

Free vs. subscription Web sites:

This guide discusses free Web sites. They often have no printed equivalent and can appear and disappear on a whim. 

The ACC Library also subscribes to article and reference databases, listing well-checked, more stable information. ACC students may search these from home.