The Information Age is upon us. With each passing year, our reliance upon the Internet for information-gathering activities grows and grows. It is no longer simply a question of needing to know how to navigate this braveand dauntingnew world to get ahead. Today, it is a matter of requiring digital and information literacy to get by, to be able to engage in the most basic transactions and activities of normal daily life. These books will instruct readers in the ins-and-outs of conducting high-caliber computer-based research, while avoiding information sources that are unreliable, erroneous, or overly partisan or agenda-driven. In addition, these books will steep readers in proper digital ethics, explaining how to avoid Internet plagiarism, sloppy or misleading citation of sources, use or reproduction of materials without permission, and checking of a source's information against that of other reputable sources.