Searching the WebConcepts, Procedures, Concerns

Russell K. Schutt, PhD

University of Massachusetts Bostonand

Elizabeth Schneider, MLS

Massachusetts General Hospital

Search Focus

The scholarly literature Secondary datasets Government reports Organizational information Media Images and sounds Tools for research and teaching Discussion Reference materials

Access Methods

Open access Institutional access Public libraries Paid access The invisible web

Direct addressing Subject directories Search engines Citation

management

Institutional Access Sites

http://www.lib.umb.edu/http://www.bpl.org/http://www.bl.uk/services/bsds/dsc/delive

ry.html

Web Warnings

Clarify your goals.Tailor procedures to goals.Evaluate quality.Anticipate change.Consider generalizabilityAvoid addiction.Cite properly.

Search Engines

Google Search Advanced Search Groups Images News

Google Scholar Google Print DogPile AskJeeves Teoma

Search Engines

http://google.com/ http://scholar.google.com/ http://print.google.com/ http://dogpile.com/ http://ask.com/ http://alltheweb.com/ http://altavista.com/

Search Directories

YahooSocial Science Information GatewaySocial Sciences Virtual LibraryInfomineOpen Directory ProjectSocioSiteLibrarian’s Index

Search Directory URLs

http://yahoo.com/http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/http://dialogical.net/socialsciences/http://infomine.ucr.edu/http://dmoz.org/http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/http://lii.org/

Direct Addressing

Direct Addressing

http://www.census.gov/ http://www.fedstats.gov/ http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ http://www.ipl.org/ http://www.socialpsychology.org/ http://www.open-video.org/ http://www.pineforge.com/isw5/weblinks.htm http://www.extremesearcher.com/