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You could also use field index codes:

ti:  Title keyword   |   ti=  Title Phrase   |    ti=political studies

su:  Subject keyword   |   su=  Subject Phrase   |   su:political science

au:  Author keyword   |   au=  Author Phrase   |   au:frazer gregg

so=  Source (Journal Title)   |   so=political theory

Combine fields:  au:frazer AND ti:america*

NOTE: the asterisk (*) is a truncation symbol meaning "to cut off". It commands the search engine to look for the root word and every variation thereafter, i.e. america, american, americans, americas, americanization

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¡Who owns the domain?  Look it up in WHOIS https://lookup.icann.org/
¡What type of domain is it? com/net; org; edu; gov/mil/us; non-US
¡Is it a personal Web site? .me or personal name in the URL
¡Is an author/creator/ of the page identified? Search Google to verify authority to speak on the topic
¡Is “About” information provided?
¡Are sources documented with links or notes?  Do the links work?
¡Are there links to more resources?  Do the links work?
¡Is there evidence of strong bias?
¡Why was the page put on the Web?  Inform, Persuade, Sell, Satire or Parody, Other
¡Is the Web page appropriate for your purpose?

Scholarly Internet Searching

OPEN LIBRARY
   https://openlibrary.org/

BASE
   https://www.base-search.net/

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)
   https://eric.ed.gov/?

GOOGLE BOOKS
   https://books.google.com/

GOOGLE SCHOLAR
   https://scholar.google.com/

INFOTOPIA
   http://www.infotopia.info/

INTERNET ARCHIVE
   https://archive.org/

iSEEK
 https://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page

JURN
   http://www.jurn.org

MICROSOFT ACADEMIC SEARCH
   https://academic.microsoft.com/home

REFSEEK
   http://www.refseek.com/

RESEARCHGATE
   https://www.researchgate.net/search

SCIENCE.GOV
   https://www.science.gov/

SEMANTIC SCHOLAR
   https://www.semanticscholar.org/

VIRTUAL LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER
   http://www.virtuallrc.com/

Last updated January 2023.