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Making the Most of Web 2.0 (Reboot): Roll

Yes, you can sometimes make the sites you surf on the web part of your research. This guide explains how.

Roll with Links

Making the Most of Web 2.0 -- Roll With Links Page

Many articles on the web mention or link to other sources. These sources are sometimes even scholarly journal articles. You can look for these other sources by clicking links or little footnote numbers that seem interesting to you.

The image below shows what happens if you click a footnote link in this article on the drug, phentremine, that appeared on the site, VeryWell Health.

A footnote link in an article leads to more sources

If the links lead to a paywall. You can often find the article through the library's Discover box or News and Newspapers.

The review of Temu on Tough Nickell (as shown below) has no links. A search (on the library web site) to learn about fragile items arriving damaged from this online merchant turned up nothing in November of 2023.

Review of Temu excerpt with NO LINKS