Using Google’s advanced searching can help to focus one's search.
- Google Scholar has great size, breadth and cross-disciplinary depth.
- When using Google Scholar one’s searching preferences may be set to BC Libraries’ holdings so that relevant hits will be linked to results.
- Consult Google Scholar’s Advanced Scholar Search Tips to increase search accuracy.
Search Engines
TThere are many search engines other than Google. Also, remember that
- different search engines search different parts of the web
- they do it in different ways
- they may use widely divergent methods of ranking results.
The following provide useful overviews of numerous search engines:
Web Guides
To target your research, it is often useful to limit searching to web sites that already have been categorized and/or evaluated. This reduces the chance that your "hits" will be useless. The following are several respected and authoritative web subject directories:
Examples:
Evaluating the Worth of a Web Resource
Most material on the Web has not been subjected to referees or editorial boards to ensure quality. Thus, with respect to Web material, always ask: "Can I trust it?" Anyone can post anything on the web. There is little filtering or refereeing process.
The following guides should be useful in helping one evaluate web resources:
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