Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you look for information on the Internet? Search engines such as Google and Yahoo can yield hundreds, thousands, or even millions of results, especially when your query contains common words, phrases or topics. For example, a Google search for Martin Luther King, Jr. returns over 2,700,000 hits! You can't look at all of these web pages, and some sites might not be helpful to you, appropriate for your project, or even reliable. Is there a better way?

To help you find credible and relevant information, NPL has compiled a list of suggested sites. Rather than enter a term into a search engine, take a look at our links page. From the homepage, click on links, and then links by topic. The General Adult Services link includes the Best of the Internet and the Librarian's Index to the Internet. Both are arranged by subject and will lead you to sites recommended by librarians. The list also has links for finding college rankings, bibliography and citation formats, the perfect quotation for any occasion, and other good references.

Remember, you should always evaluate web sites when you do research on the Internet--even if the pages are recommended by librarians.