Evaluating Web Sites
There are a lot of web sites on the Internet relevant to religious studies research. You need to be careful, however, as not all Web sites provide authoritative information.
Ask yourself the following questions when evaluating information on freely-available Web sites:
Who is the author of the page/site?
What are the credentials of the author (what qualifies him or her to write on the topic)?
Who sponsors the site?
What is the purpose of the site - To inform? To entertain?, To sell you something? To argue for a certain point of view?
Who is the intended audience?
Are the sources cited? Where did the author(s) get the information?
Can the information on the page be verified with other sources?
How current is the information?
Useful Websites
Here's your jumpstart on locating websites covering general information, from acronyms to tax forms to basic statistics and weather.
Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
Journal Abbreviation Sources (All That JAS)
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
http://www.almanac.com/index.php
Associations & Organizations (IPL)
http://www.ipl.org/div/aon
Links to International Organizations (UIA)
http://www.uia.org/extlinks/pub.php
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
http://www.dnb.com/us/
EDGAR (Securities & Exchange Commission)
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
http://www.sba.gov/
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at GSU
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwsbp/
Thomas Register
http://www.thomasregister.com/
Calculators & Conversion Tools
http://www.calculateme.com
http://www.calculator.com/
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/reference/metrics/factors.htm
http://www.bestplaces.net/COL/
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
http://swissinfo.net/cgi/worldtime/
Time Zone Converter
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
http://www.vpcalendar.net/
100 Best Values in Private Colleges
http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges
100 Best Values in Public Colleges
http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges
America's Best Graduate Schools
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
College and University Rankings
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.com/
CollegeNet
http://www.collegenet.com/
Financial Reports for Georgia Colleges and Universities
http://www.audits.state.ga.us/internet/ead/colltech.html
Georgia's Colleges, Universities, and Technical Colleges
http://www.gacollege411.org/FinAid/ScholarshipsAndGrants/HOPEScholarship/overview.asp
The Historically Black College and University Megasite
http://www.hbcu-central.com
http://www.petersons.com
Princeton Review's College Rankings
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankings.asp
http://www.bbb.org/
Consumer Information from the Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/consumer.shtm
Edmunds Automobile Buying Guides
http://www.edmunds.com/
http://www.kbb.com/
Historical Currency Exchange Rates
http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
What Is a Dollar Worth?
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://www.m-w.com
http://bartleby.com/62/m
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html#table
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Federal School Code Search Page
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/FSLookupServlet
Finaid - The Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org/
http://fdncenter.org/atlanta
http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm
Georgia State University Office of Sponsored Programs
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwosp
http://www.internet-prospector.org/found.html
Peterson's Financing Education
http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/finaid/file.asp?id=780&path=ug.pfs.financial
Student Financial Assistance Program
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/funding.jsp?tab=funding
Georgia State University Links
http://www.gsu.edu/academic_calendar.html
GSU Catalogs, Undergrad and Graduate
http://www.gsu.edu/es/catalogs_courses.html
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwets/labsclassrooms/index.html
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwets/labsclassrooms/computerlabs/usage.html
https://www.gosolar.gsu.edu/bprod/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched
http://www.gsu.edu/help/27831.html
http://dss.gsu.edu/statware
Wireless Network (CatChat) Instructions
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwccs/doc/wireless2/wirelessindex.htm#procs
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
http://thomas.loc.gov
http://www.supremecourtus.gov
http://www.usa.gov
http://images.google.com
Aneki.com - Country Information, Regional and World Rankings
http://www.aneki.com
Chiefs of State and Foreign Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
http://flagspot.net/flags/
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.ajobs.com/
Career Guide to Industries - Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/
Georgia Career Information Center
http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/
Occupational Employment Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/oes/
Report of the State Auditor of Georgia - Salaries
https://www.audits.state.ga.us/esa/index.html
http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp
University System of Georgia Salary Reports
https://www.audits.state.ga.us/esa/index.html
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
http://www.pollyglotto.com
ARCHE (Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education)
http://www.atlantahighered.org
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
http://www.afplweb.com/index.html
Auburn Avenue Research Library On African American Life and Culture
http://www.af.public.lib.ga.us/aarl/Home1.htm
http://www.cartercenter.org/
http://www.library.emory.edu/
GALILEO Participating Libraries
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi?_cc=1&_id=8360138d-1251831454-1079
http://www.loc.gov/z3950
Georgia Institute of Technology Library
http://www.library.gatech.edu
https://gil.gsu.edu/
Libcat: A Guide to Library Resources on the Internet
http://www.librarysites.info/
http://www.loc.gov/
Library of Congress Classification Outline
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open
http://www.publiclibraries.com/georgia.htm
Robert W. Woodruff Library (Atlanta University Center)
http://www.auctr.edu
University of Georgia Libraries
http://www.libs.uga.edu
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/index.htm
Columbia Gazetteer of North America
http://www.bartleby.com/69/
http://www.usgs.gov
http://gis.state.ga.us/emaps/dotmaps
http://maps.google.com
http://www.indo.com/distance/
http://www.mapquest.com
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
http://www.accessatlanta.com/
http://library.uncg.edu/news/
Vanderbilt University Television News Archive
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
World Food Habits Bibliography
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/
U.S. Patents & Trademarks Office
http://www.uspto.gov
Phone, Postal & Email Information
http://www.anywho.com/index.html
Area Decoder: Area Code Lookup Service
http://decoder.americom.com
http://www.switchboard.com/
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/
http://www.whowhere.com/
http://www.yellowpages.com/
http://wwwdb.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/index.html
http://www.pw.org/mag/grantsawards.htm
http://www.nobel.se/index.html
http://www.pulitzer.org/
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html
American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/
http://www.50states.com
http://www.atlantaregional.com
http://www.atlantaga.gov/
Georgia Data and Research Center
http://www.gadata.org
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/flagweb.htm
http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/13.html
http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/county.htm
http://www.ganet.state.ga.us
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
http://www.metroatlantachamber.com
State & Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
http://www.fedstats.gov
http://poll.gallup.com/
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
Statistical Agencies (International)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gastat.htm
Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
http://www.dor.ga.gov/inctax/individual_income_tax_forms.aspx
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/weather/historical/historical.htm
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov
http://www.weather.com
http://www.worldclimate.com/
Dictionary of Measures, Units, and Conversions
http://www.ex.ac.uk/trol/dictunit/index.htm
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
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