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As presented to the NALS Region 7 Annual Conference in
Anchorage, Alaska, July 2000 by Scott’s Office Services (sos@alaska.net) This is a concise summary of categories of search tools and some examples of each--Search Engines, Directories, Natural Language search tools, category search tools, and meta search tools. California State Library - Finding Information on the Internet Now you know the terms, and you’ve visited a few sites, how do you reduce the number of hits and refine your search? This is the most informative site on this topic I’ve found. There’s also an advanced course on finding items on the Internet, and information from many other workshops at this www.infopeople.org web site. Librarians' Index to the Internet Who did we used to depend on to help us find research items before the Internet? Right—librarians! This is a searchable, annotated subject directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their quality. They send out a weekly newsletter listing that week’s additions to the index—my favorite e-mail every week—and at their web site provide a trove of wonderful, high quality information on the Net. Another site dedicated to helping you find information on the Internet, and keeping you up-to-date on the latest changes to search tools. They send out a monthly newsletter and offer other services to “members” at no cost for signing up. Local ResourcesThe State of Alaska pays for Alaskan citizens to have access to several large databases, including E-library, Ebsco, and others. This is one of the several library pages that link to those databases. The Alaska Legal Resource Center Operated by Jim Gottstein’s Touch ‘n Go website, this page early on became the premier site linking Alaskan legal professionals to a wide variety of resources. The Legal StuffLibrarian's Index to the Internet Listing for "Law" Access this site and type law in the search form. You will get a closely evaluated and screened listing of nearly 100 law-related web sites. Their Best of listings are the real winners in whatever topic you search for, a true honor coming from these professionals!
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