Your Name:

1.   State clearly the topic you are researching:
 

2.  Go to the Encyclopedia Britannica WEB site at http://britannica.com/ and find the topic closest to yours.
Print out the first page and attach it to this form.   How useful was the Britannica?  Were the Britannica's own articles more useful, or the WEB links?
 

3.  Visit the New York Times' list of Search Engines at http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/cynavi.html.  Which Search Engines look like they would be most useful for your topic?  .                                              .       .                                       .

4.  Try these two Search Engines.  Print out the first page of WEB links obtained from each.  How helpful was each of these Search Engines?

     First Search Engine Name:

     Second Search Engine Name:

5.  Attach the first pages of three WEB sites you found that are helpful on your topic.  You can print just one page by opting for this choice on the print dialog box that comes up when you ask the computer to print the file.