The aim of this study is to determine the middle school students approaches to the internet as aninformation tool, the advantages of the internet while searching information, what kinds ofproblems students encounter searching information on the internet, and their referencing patterns.The study was designed in the form qualitative research. Fifth and sixth grade students from onestate school were selected to achieve the objective of the study. A form consisting of ten open- ended questions were conducted to a total of 165 students, who were volunteers to participate inthe study. The data obtained from the study was analyzed using the content analysis. With theanalysis of data, it was aimed to determine middle school students approaches to internet as aninformation tool, what they think about the advantages internet provide them while accessinginformation, what kinds of problems they encounter while searching for information on theinternet and their awareness of referencing while using the information. The results show thatmiddle school students prefer the internet as the first information source to the other sources, andperceive the internet as an up-to-date and easily accessible information source where they couldfind any kind of information they need. However, in addition to the perceived benefits, the internetcauses many problems for the students in accessing information, too. When presenting theobtained information as a research product, students usually tend to cite the internet resources fromwhich they gather information. However, this does not mean that students are aware of the ethicalissues. Students cite the internet resources in their research products because they are usuallyinstructed to do so and citing seems to be an obligation for them.