Business Information Module 2: Seeking for business information – Web-based information resources Part A : Getting started International Summer School on Information Literacy, funded by CEI, 10-14 September 2007, Fermo, Italy Sabina Cisek, PhD Associate Professor Institute of Information and Library Science Jagiellonian University , Krak o w, Poland [email_address] , [email_address]

Getting started Web searching tips General Internet resources Business information „starting points” Business dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries

Web searching tips

General Internet resources

Business information „starting points”

Business dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries

Web searching tips Do not rely on a single source You need to cross-check information What if it would be out of service? There are millions of search engines and other search services – global and local, general-purpose and specialized – not only Google  Do not believe in everything – evaluate information and Websites Use searching functionalities – advanced search, Boolean connectors, help, operators (+, -, define), phrase searching, etc. Discussion: How to decide whether a website contains reliable information? Criteria for information evaluation?

Do not rely on a single source

You need to cross-check information

What if it would be out of service?

There are millions of search engines and other search services – global and local, general-purpose and specialized – not only Google 

Do not believe in everything – evaluate information and Websites

Use searching functionalities – advanced search, Boolean connectors, help, operators (+, -, define), phrase searching, etc.

Discussion: How to decide whether a website contains reliable information? Criteria for information evaluation?

General Internet resources and services (I) – may be useful for business information General-purpose, global in scope, search engines/services AltaVista http:// www.altavista.com / AlltheWeb http:// www.alltheweb.com / Dogpile http:// www.dogpile.com / Google http:// www.google.com / Mamma http:// www.mamma.com / MSN.com http:// www.msn.com / Yahoo http:// www.yahoo.com / and many, many more …

General-purpose, global in scope, search engines/services

AltaVista http:// www.altavista.com /

AlltheWeb http:// www.alltheweb.com /

Dogpile http:// www.dogpile.com /

Google http:// www.google.com /

Mamma http:// www.mamma.com /

MSN.com http:// www.msn.com /

Yahoo http:// www.yahoo.com /

and many, many more …

General Internet resources and services – … (II) Quality-controlled subject/information gateways Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web http://www.digital-librarian.com / Intute http:// www.intute.ac.uk / Librarians’ Internet Index http:// lii.org / RefDesk http:// www.refdesk.com / The WWW Virtual Library http:// vlib.org /

Quality-controlled subject/information gateways

Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the Web http://www.digital-librarian.com /

Intute http:// www.intute.ac.uk /

Librarians’ Internet Index http:// lii.org /

RefDesk http:// www.refdesk.com /

The WWW Virtual Library http:// vlib.org /

General Internet resources and services – … (III) Deep Web / Invisible Web search tools CompletePlanet http:// aip.completeplanet.com / Deep Web Research [weblog] http:// www.deepwebresearch.info / The SearchSystems.net Public Records Directory http:// www.searchsystems.net / Scholarly search services Google Scholar http:// scholar.google.com / INFOMINE http:// infomine.ucr.edu /

Deep Web / Invisible Web search tools

CompletePlanet http:// aip.completeplanet.com /

Deep Web Research [weblog] http:// www.deepwebresearch.info /

The SearchSystems.net Public Records Directory http:// www.searchsystems.net /

Scholarly search services

Google Scholar http:// scholar.google.com /

INFOMINE http:// infomine.ucr.edu /

Open Access full texts – archives, digital collections, full-text databases, e-journals, repositories … DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals http:// www.doaj.org / Fulltext Sources Online http://www.fso-online.com/home_login.cfm?sid=39968158 LookSmarts’ Find Articles http://findarticles.com/p/articles/tn_bus Oaister: http:// www.oaister.org / OpenDOAR – Directory of Open Access Repositories http:// www.opendoar.org / index.html

DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals http:// www.doaj.org /

Fulltext Sources Online http://www.fso-online.com/home_login.cfm?sid=39968158

LookSmarts’ Find Articles http://findarticles.com/p/articles/tn_bus

Oaister: http:// www.oaister.org /

OpenDOAR – Directory of Open Access Repositories http:// www.opendoar.org / index.html

Business information „starting points” – specialized search engines, subject gateways and Web directories – business, economics, management (I) AllBuziness: http:// www.allbuziness.com / BRINT the World's No. 1 Resource for Business Technology Management and Knowledge Management: http:// www.brint.com / Business.com: http:// www.business.com /

AllBuziness: http:// www.allbuziness.com /

BRINT the World's No. 1 Resource for Business Technology Management and Knowledge Management: http:// www.brint.com /

Business.com: http:// www.business.com /

Business information „starting points” – … (II) CEOExpress: http:// www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp European business directory: http:// www.bizeurope.com / globalEDGE: http:// globaledge.msu.edu / Inomics® EconDirectory: http:// www.inomics.com/cgi/econdir

CEOExpress: http:// www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp

European business directory: http:// www.bizeurope.com /

globalEDGE: http:// globaledge.msu.edu /

Inomics® EconDirectory: http:// www.inomics.com/cgi/econdir

Business information „starting points” – … (III) Intute: Social Sciences : http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/business/ Krislyn’s Strictly Business Site: http://www.strictlybusinesssites.com/ RBA Business Information on the Internet: http:// www.rba.co.uk /sources/ The WWW Virtual Library – Business and Economics: http:// vlib.org/BusinessEconomics

Intute: Social Sciences : http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/business/

Krislyn’s Strictly Business Site: http://www.strictlybusinesssites.com/

RBA Business Information on the Internet: http:// www.rba.co.uk /sources/

The WWW Virtual Library – Business and Economics: http:// vlib.org/BusinessEconomics

Business dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries Finding dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries: EuroTermBank http://www.eurotermbank.com/Default.aspx Glossarist – Business http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/business/ OneLook Dictionary Search http://www.onelook.com/ About.com: Economics http://economics.about.com/ About.com: Business and Finance http://about.com/money/ Answers.com – Business http://www.answers.com/main/business.jsp globalEdge – Glossary http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/glossary.asp Assignment: Using business information „starting points” find two more dictionaries/glossaries. Work in pairs.

Finding dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries:

EuroTermBank http://www.eurotermbank.com/Default.aspx

Glossarist – Business http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/business/

OneLook Dictionary Search http://www.onelook.com/

About.com: Economics http://economics.about.com/

About.com: Business and Finance http://about.com/money/

Answers.com – Business http://www.answers.com/main/business.jsp

globalEdge – Glossary http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/glossary.asp

Assignment: Using business information „starting points” find two more dictionaries/glossaries. Work in pairs.