GET YR LEARN ON: Web Research 2.0 By Darren Chase

like juggling weasels Web research is tricky business 10 rules for effective Web research Organizing and sharing online research - tools & communities Free online bibliographic tools Top 5 Web research mistakes

Web research is tricky business

10 rules for effective Web research

Organizing and sharing online research - tools & communities

Free online bibliographic tools

Top 5 Web research mistakes

Have you ever been in a hole?

10 rules for Web research V effective Define your topic Understand subject oriented searching v. keyword searching Explore different search engines Utilize advanced searching Use directories Unique terms give precise results Use quote marks “” when searching an exact phrase Metasearch engines expand your search Tap into the dark power of the invisible web Evaluate your resource the goodness of 1.0 . . .

Define your topic

Understand subject oriented searching v. keyword searching

Explore different search engines

Utilize advanced searching

Use directories

Unique terms give precise results

Use quote marks “” when searching an exact phrase

Metasearch engines expand your search

Tap into the dark power of the invisible web

Evaluate your resource

organize & share your research CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/ Connotea http://www.connotea.org/ Del.icio.us http://delicious.com/ Google Shared Stuff http://www.google.com/s2/sharing/stuff HotReference http://www.hotreference.com//login.php PLoSOne http://www.plosone.org/home.action HubPages, Knol, Squidoo, Scholarpedia, Wikipedia: models for sharing user generated content o HubPages http://hubpages.com/index.php o Knol http://knol.google.com/k# o Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org/ o Squidoo http://www.squidoo.com/homepage/index.php o Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page . . . the freshness of 2.0!

free online bibliographic tools BibMe http://www.bibme.org/ Bibomatic http://www.bibomatic.com/ EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/ HotReference http://www.hotreference.com//login.php Zotero http://www.zotero.org/

top 5 web research mistakes "Research = Finding" Research is not just finding stuff -- it's finding and evaluating the best, most appropriate stuff "I found this online; it's true." Just because it's online doesn't mean it's true or accurate "Everything is online." Not everything is available online – web research is a facet of research, not the whole of it "This was the top result!" The top search results are not necessarily the best "I'll just Google it." Google does not index everything on the Web

"Research = Finding" Research is not just finding stuff -- it's finding and evaluating the best, most appropriate stuff

"I found this online; it's true." Just because it's online doesn't mean it's true or accurate

"Everything is online." Not everything is available online – web research is a facet of research, not the whole of it

"This was the top result!" The top search results are not necessarily the best

"I'll just Google it." Google does not index everything on the Web

thank you! Questions? Contact: Darren Chase, [email_address] Southampton Librarian, Stony Brook University