To Use or Not To Use?

My professor says I can't use Internet/Web sources for my paper.

Ask your teacher to clarify this, because there are basically two Webs. There is the public Web that search engines find and everybody can use free of charge. Then there's the invisible or "deep" Web, content that is located on the Web but can only be viewed by subscribers, like the periodical databases the COA Library provides for you.

An article you find using an online periodical database such as Academic Search Complete was first published in a journal or magazine in print. It's just delivered to you via the internet. This is an example of the invisible or "deep" Web.

Go with the strengths of the public Web:

to obtain information on colleges, museums, non-profit organizations, or companies
for very current information such as news, sports scores, weather, stock quotes, movie times, directions.
to research a well-known event or individual
to use online job postings, shopping, auctions, or travel services
for opinions on a topic

Stop and think! Sometimes, there are better places to look than the public Web:

to find articles in scholarly journals
to find articles published in popular magazines
to search databases that index articles in many academic disciplines
to find books on your topic
to locate the full text of articles or books that are copyrighted

To Use or Not To Use?

To Use Or Not to Use?