There exists a huge difference between a world wide web (www) site and a subscription database! Anyone can post to the www; however, someone pays for online subcriptions. Here at Maag Library we combine efforts with other OhioLINK libraries to purchase quality subscription databases, that we access through the www, for the Youngstown State College Community.

As wonderful as the www appears, please remember that it can simply be about appearances! To know whether or not a source represents valuable information evaluate the content for: authority, accuracy, objectivity, and currency.

INFOMINE
Scholarly Internet Resource Collections from many disciplines.

Invisible Web Directory
Enables one to search for quality websites that cannot be located through regular search engines.

Google Scholar
Google provides information to scholarly material with the added feature of being able to click on OhioLINK O-Links search.

Google Uncle Sam
Search results offer only local, state, and federal government pages such as from the FDA or NIH, etc.

Librarian’s Index to the Internet (LII)
A program of the Library of California, the LII give reviewed links by subject.

LibrarySpot
Free virtual reference site with a compilation of numerous websites covering a broad range of topics!