Using websites can be tricky. Ask these questions to get a sense for whether the website is reliable:
Ask who is responsible for the information. Are they qualified to teach you? Why are they providing this information? Does someone take credit for the information by name? Can you contact them if you have questions?
Ask whether the information is objective. Does it present both sides of an issue? Is it designed to persuade you? Does anything about the information seem fishy?
Ask how current the information is. Is the site dated? Has it been updated recently enough to provide good information? Are there old or out of date links?
Allows you to search for topics in over 199 million engineering and technology-related web sites in the Engineering Web, provides information on useful engineering tools and links, contains information on material properties, and more. (See the links under "Engineering Resources.")
Contains information on physics departments worldwide, free full-text physics journals on the web, physics conferences, and links to physics documents including preprints, research reports, and more.
A site dedicated to the fundamentals of engineering, eFunda contains information on engineering materials, design, processes, units, formulas, and math.
Allows you to search for topics in over 199 million engineering and technology-related web sites in the Engineering Web, provides information on useful engineering tools and links, contains information on material properties, and more. (See the links under "Engineering Resources.")
Provides information on what this site considers to be the 20 greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century, which include electrification, the automobile, computers, the Internet, and more.
