Internet Research Skills

Description

Internet Research Skills is a clear, concise guide to effective online research for social science and humanities students. The first half of the book deals with publications online, devoting separate chapters to academic articles, books, official publications and news sources, which form the core secondary sources for social science research. The second half of the book deals with the open web, a vast and confusing realm of materials, many of which have no direct print counterpart. The Third Edition has been updated throughout and now includes coverage of cutting edge online services as well as newly developed approaches to using online materials. It also includes a new chapter on organizing your research and internet research methods. Cover Page......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Figures and tables......Page 10 List of boxes......Page 13 About the author......Page 15 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Into the cloud: new research skills for the information age......Page 17 The rise of the search engines......Page 19 Summary of chapters......Page 22 Who this book is aimed at......Page 24 Print publications online......Page 26 Library catalogues......Page 31 Online bookshops......Page 34 Full-text books online......Page 35 Publishers......Page 42 Exercises......Page 43 Understanding academic articles......Page 47 Annual Reviews......Page 50 Google Scholar......Page 51 Indexing and abstracting databases......Page 54 Specialized subject databases......Page 61 Full-text articles online......Page 64 Publishers......Page 65 Open access......Page 67 Theses and dissertations......Page 70 Exercises......Page 71 Searching the open Web......Page 76 Academic subject guides......Page 79 Universal subject guides......Page 82 Understanding web addresses......Page 85 Understanding websites......Page 88 Exercises......Page 92 Introduction......Page 94 The big three......Page 96 Advanced searching......Page 99 Comparing search engines with meta search engines......Page 103 Boolean searching......Page 104 How search engines search......Page 105 Devising search queries......Page 106 Look before you leap......Page 109 Technical difficulties......Page 110 Exercises......Page 112 Social media......Page 115 Email lists......Page 123 Discussion groups......Page 125 News......Page 128 Multimedia......Page 131 Exercises......Page 136 Introduction......Page 140 Governments......Page 141 Archives......Page 146 Statistics......Page 151 Exercises......Page 155 Introduction......Page 159 Classification......Page 160 Evaluation......Page 165 Citation......Page 170 Exercises......Page 180 Research networks and research support......Page 182 Social networks......Page 183 Organizing your research......Page 186 Internet research methods......Page 198 Appendix: Academic blogs in the social sciences and the humanities......Page 203 Bibliography......Page 206 Index......Page 209