Introduction Internet Background Information Basic Research Strategies Online Content Evalutation Online Search Strategies Online Reference Tools & "Pearls" Directories+ Search Engines Meta-Searchers Learning & Keeping Up Bibliography

LEARNING AND KEEPING UP WITH ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS... Spider's Apprentice: How To Use [and get the most from] Web Search Engines. Also gives up-to-date rankings. http://www.monash.com/spidap.html . . . Current information not only for web searchers, but also for webmasters who want to know how search engines find and interact with their sites. http://searchenginewatch.com . . . SEARCH INSIDER "...a service providing tips, news, reviews, and other resources relating to searching the web." http://www.searchinsider.com YAHOO CATEGORY: Computers and Internet: Internet:World Wide Web:Searching the Web http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/ World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web Netscape Net Search http://home.netscape.com/home/internet-search.html Fee-Based ONLINE Research Services The pertinent question is, which is better and more effective for students and other researchers, regular research or searching the Internet? Electric Library has some interesting thoughts on this subject in the page " "Research vs. Net-search" . . . Cognito (Student Research) This is the online equivalent of the full text/magazine index "TOM" from InfoTrac. http://www.cognito.com . . . Electric Library (also has link to ResearchPaper.com) http://www2.elibrary.com . . . ProQuest Direct This is the WWW equivalent of the full text/magazine index "ProQuest" from UMI http://www.umi.com/proquest . . . Britannica Online http://www.eb.com