College Success / LIBO 101: WWW

To find government documents, add site:gov to your terms.  You can also use, site:edu or site:org to limit the search to educational or organizational sites

• "alternative energy" site:gov 
• "alternative energy" AND "global warming" site:gov
• dialogue and race site:edu
• "mental health" AND dialogue site:gov
• political ideologies -site:com

>  Google Search Help

• How to search on Google
• Refine web searches
• Filter your search results
• Find free-to-use images
• Advanced Search

What is Google Scholar?

• Google Scholar is a search tool that locates open access academic publications (i.e. articles and journals).
• Click here for an explanatory video about academic articles and journals.  

Does EvCC have access to the articles on Google Scholar?

• If you access Google Scholar when you're on campus, you will automatically see "Get full text at EVCC" links next to article citations. 

Off Campus instructions for accessing open-access academic publications on Google Scholar: 

• Go to Google Scholar
• What should I do if I'm asked to pay for an article? Never pay for articles!  If EvCC does not own the journal, current students, staff, and faculty may request it through Interlibrary Loan. 
• Need help? Ask a Librarian!

World Wide Web Foundation

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, Web browser, HTML, Hypertext Transfer Protocol

"In 1989, while working at at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, Tim Berners-Lee proposed a global hypertext project, to be known as the World Wide Web..."