If you're using Our Times: Readings from Recent Periodicals, Fifth Edition, you probably know that the Web is a natural place to continue reading, talking, and writing about the issues. Because it's cheaper and easier to publish online, there are countless magazines and newspapers on the Web -- many of which don't exist in print form at all -- and because the Web makes it possible to update information daily, no medium reflects now more effectively.

This site features three ways for you to explore:

• annotated research links organized by the chapters of Our Times;

• links to the periodicals included in the book, that have an online presence; and

• links to other online zines and newspapers, including some Web-only publications.

  
  

Trying to do research on the Web can sometimes feel like groping for a needle in a haystack; you know that what you're looking for must be somewhere -- but how to find it? The following research links will serve as useful starting points, but as you'll quickly find when doing your own searches, there's a lot of stuff out there. It's important to keep in mind that using the Web is not the same as using the library. Anyone with time, inclination, and a message to share can publish online, so with electronic sources you need to evaluate what you're reading with a critical eye. Ask yourself, who put the site together? Why? How professional does the site look? Is the site itself well documented? We've already asked these questions of the sites we're suggesting here -- but our links to them should not be considered an endorsement of the views contained therein.

For more detailed information about evaluating and documenting sources found on the Web, see Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age.