free web resources adriana szekely (reference librarian) phone 08-9489651 1
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Free Web Resources
Adriana Szekely (reference librarian)
Phone 08-9489651
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WEB CATALOG:http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
AVAILABLE DATABASES: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/datalist_new.htm
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm
ELECTRONIC BOOKShttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm
WEB RESOURCES: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm
RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY SITE
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The library websitehttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
DatabasesLibrary search
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The library website free e-journalshttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
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The library website free e-bookshttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
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Free web resources http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm
• Google Scholar• HighWire• PubMed Central
• Ag BioTech InfoNet • Agricola• Agris• Medline/Pubmed
• US Patent and Trademark Office
• FAO Statistics
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Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (1)
* The SITE holding the information
• Is the site academic? governmental? • Does it have expertise in the subject area?
(It is possible to limit Internet searches to academic, governmental, and other site types).
Example : inurl:gov OR inurl:ac OR inurl:edu
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Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (2)
• The PERSON OR PERSONS IN CHARGE OF SITE INFORMATION:
• Are they recognized as experts in the field? • Do they publish additional publications?• Are they supervised by known organizations?
• Are they cited by others? • Does the site show the details of the person in charge of the information (name, contact options)?
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Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (3)
* UPDATENESS: Is the site updated often? * Are there LINKS TO THE SITE from other sites?
* RELEVANCY OF THE INFORMATION: Quantity and location of the search terms (appear in the titles of documents) ? Updated?
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Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (4)
* RELIABILITY & OBJECTIVITY
Is the source of the information on the site • an objective party? • an interested party (in marketing products,
ideas, services)?
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Thank you