Guide to Comparative Politics on the Internet

The internet is an exceptional research tool, for political science in general and for comparative politics in particular. With each new edition of our book, we certainly find ourselves making more use of on-line resources. So whether we are experienced authors or beginning students, we need to consider how to make effective use of this medium.

1 The digital divide
2 Selection bias
3 Types of website
4 Assessing websites
5 Search engines
6 Trawling the deep web
7 The university library as a gateway to the deep web
8 Referencing websites and avoiding plagiarism
9 Further reading