Editing Internet research (section)

===Issues===

Internet research can provide quick, immediate, and worldwide [[access to information]], although results may be affected by unrecognized bias, difficulties in verifying a writer's [[credentials]] (and therefore the accuracy or pertinence of the information obtained), and whether the researcher has sufficient skill to draw meaningful results from the abundance of material that is typically available.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hargittai, E. |date=April 2002 |title=Second-Level Digital Divide: Differences in People's Online Skills |journal=[[First Monday (journal)|First Monday]] |volume=7 |issue=4 |doi=10.5210/fm.v7i4.942 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The first resources that are retrieved may not be the most suitable resources to answer a particular question. Popularity is often a factor used in structuring Internet search results, but popular information is not always the most correct or representative of the breadth of knowledge and opinion on a given topic.