Using the web as a resource for writing

In Chapter 5 we talked about reading as part of writing. We concentrated on the traditional written texts that you are most likely to use for your studies books and journal articles. Increasingly, students are turning to the web as an additional resource for their studies, and so we approach this section on using the Internet in much the same way as we approached other kinds of reading -that is, in relation to your writing. 

When you use reading lists and the library to find the resources you need for completing assignments you can reasonably assume that the resources have been vetted for their authority and validity. Academic staff have decided that certain sources represent authoritative texts for you to read. This is because these books and articles have been written by respected and experienced specialists in the field, whether your studies are in academic, professional or vocational subjects. Unfortunately, you cannot make the same kind of assumptions about resources that you access via the web. There are a number of obvious ways in which resources you find using the web may be very different from the those you would get from the library. For example  

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