Earth Science Resources in the Electronic Age is designed as a one-stop
source for cutting through the chaos of the Internet to find authoritative
information on topics covered in the Earth Science curriculum. The book
is divided into five chapters. In the first, “The Basics,” you’ll find an in-
valuable introduction to the different kinds of electronic media. You
might be surprised to learn that there’s more than just the Web on the In-
ternet. In addition to learning about the types of electronic resources,
you’ll also see how specific kinds of Web sites can be mined for your re-
search projects. This chapter also provides basic information about the
Web, search engines and other search tools, evaluating Web material,
and copyright and plagiarism issues that are unique to today’s electronic
resources