Know your search tools

• Videos on how to  :
  •  search QuickFind
  •  use the Library catalogue
  •  search in a database
  •  search Google Scholar
•   Search tips to search the web and evaluate resources found.

Finding information on the Web

You need to use the right tool

• Use several tools to broaden your result
• Judge the quality of the information found

Web Search Tools

• Search Engines  e.g.  http://scholar.google.com.au/
• Subject Directories [organised by topics and with evaluated content]

         e.g. http://www.ipl.org/   OR     http://infomine.ucr.edu/

• Metasearch engines [search across several search engines at once]

            e.g.  http://www.turboscout.com

• Find more general and subject-specific search engines

           http://studysmart.library.qut.edu.au/module2/2_4/_3/2_4_3_2.jsp

Evaluating resources

Always evaluate the resources that you find on the Web.

Click on the Evaluating web resources menu above to find out how.  

Online tutorial

Intute: virtual training suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research.