Executive Summary Educators and students of leadership have access to a dynamic tool in the World Wide Web. However, with the increasing amount of information available, finding specific information for teaching, learning, and research in a timely manner can become a challenge. As a teaching/learning tool, Web-based resources must ultimately contribute to learning amid abundant commercial and recreational material. This article offers guidelines for encouraging effective search strategies, provides resources both on-line and in print for further exploration, and presents a Web Evaluation Tool which outlines criteria for evaluation of Web sites for educational use. Students knowledgeable of effective search strategies can enhance their study of leadership, and continue to update their leadership information, research, and trends through access to relevant and useful resources readily available on the Web.
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