Internet Research Skills

I n ter n et research skills I n ter n et research skills Niall Ó Dochartaigh | third edition SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B 1/I 1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road New Delhi 110 044 SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 3 Church Street #10-04 Samsung Hub Singapore 049483 Editor: Katie Metzler Editorial assistant: Anna Horvai Production editor: lan Antcliff Copyeditor: Sarah Bury Proofreader: Kate Harrison Marketing manager: Ben Griffin-Sherwood Cover design: Lisa Harper Typeset by: C&M Digitals (P) Ltd Printed and bound by CPI group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY © 2012 Niall Ó Dochartaigh © 2012 Chapter 7 Niall Ó Dochartaigh and Patricia Sleeman First edition published 2001; second edition 2007. This edition 2012 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. Library of Congress Control Number: 2011939245 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-85702-528-9 ISBN 978-0-85702-529-6 (pbk) Contents Figures and tables List of boxes About the author Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Into the cloud: new research skills for the information age The rise of the search engines Summary of chapters Who this book is aimed at 2 Books Print publications online Library catalogues Online bookshops Full-text books online Book reviews Publishers Exercises 3 Articles Understanding academic articles Annual Reviews Google Scholar Indexing and abstracting databases Specialized subject databases Full-text articles online Publishers Open access Other article databases Theses and dissertations Exercises 4 Subject guides Searching the open Web Academic subject guides Universal subject guides Understanding web addresses Understanding websites Exercises 5 Searching the keyword search engines Introduction The big three Advanced searching Meta search engines Comparing search engines with meta search engines Boolean searching How search engines search Devising search queries Look before you leap Technical difficulties Exercises 6 Social media, news and multimedia Social media Email lists Discussion groups News Multimedia Exercises 7 Governments, archives and statistics (Niall Ó Dochartaigh and Patricia Sleeman) Introduction Governments Archives Statistics Exercises 8 Evaluation and citation Introduction Classification Evaluation Citation Exercises 9 Beyond searching: networks, research management and online research Re