Presenting Your Work on the Internet

The columnist Dave Barry seems to understandwhere to look and how to evaluate websites.
the internet (me too). He has said that "if you'reSome people have taken word-processed
willing to be patient, you'll find that you can utilizedocuments and simply uploaded them to the
the vast resources of the web to waste time ininternet; others have converted their files to
ways that you never before dreamed possible"portable document format (the so called PDF
(Barry, n.d.) Although people do spend a lot offiles). Manuscripts placed on the internet through
time accessing websites, not all the time theyeither of these approaches are likely to take the
spend on the internet is wasted.traditional APA-style format. But publishing in
The internet is emerging as a legitimate vehiclestandard internet format, using hypertext markup
for disseminating information in the sciences. Thelanguage(HTML), has some advantages that you
number of internet journals is increasing, anddon't see with either word-processed or PDF files.
electronic books (e-books) have started appearingUndoubtedly, the most important feature of
regularly. In addition, psychologists have beguninternet publishing is that it allows quick
posting their own writing to the internet.dissemination of your work to the world-wide
When psychologists published their work on theaudience. Another feature of internet publishing
internet, it often undergoes peer review, in whichinvolves the use of hyperlinks.Internet users take
experts have determined that the work is of highit for granted that you can click on a link and go
quality. Self published work is of unknown quality,to a site that offers information related to a topic.
but you can find reliable information if you know