How to do research on the internet?

How to do research on the internet?
(Presented in the Research Forum (Kongunadu arts and science college) Meeting on 03.11.08)

Abdul Kareem.T Research ScholarDepartment of PhysicsKongunadu Arts and Science College

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What research information is on the internet?
* Company reports and financial information
* Conference proceedings
* Contact details for other researchers
* Laws, government announcements and parliamentary debates
* News and current affairs
* Databases of reference material
* Places where you can discuss topics and ask for help
* Academic research papers

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Before starting a search

* Think about the information you are searching for.
* Would it be better to use a search engine or a subject directory?
* What words would best describe your subject? Try to be as precise as possible.
* Develop a search strategy

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Searching options

* Search Engines: Search using keywords Examples: http://www.altavista.com/, http://www.google.com,/
* Metasearch Engines: All search engines in one place Dogpile, Search, Metacrawler.
* Subject Gateways: Organised lists of web pages, divided into subject areas
http://www.looksmart.com/ , http://www.bubl.ac.uk/, http://www.lii.org/ (librarians internet index)

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Search engines: How do they work?

* A computer program is constantly searching the Web and retrieving information from the central database.
* Use a search engine for less common words, narrow topics, and to return a large number of pages.

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Metasearch engines: How do they work?

* Search request is sent to several other search engines simultaneously then compiled into
the metasearch engine
* Subject specific pages have been compiled into one site to help you locate useful web pages

Subject Gateways Use a subject gateway when you are looking for well defined topics, less material.

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Search strategy
* How you will look for information
* Note any alternative terms
* Refine your search by using the facilities built into a search engine (Boolean operators )

What do my results mean?
* The most relevant pages appear at the top of the list
* Refine your search to reduce the amount of material you retrieve
* Web page address or URL (Universal Resource Locator) helpful on deciding whether or
not useful

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Be careful!

* Anyone can put material on the web. So, web pages should be viewed with even more
caution than most print material.
* Who is responsible for the site?
* What is the rationale for the site?
* Is there a list or bibliography of corroborative evidence?
* Is there a date when the site was last updated?
* Does the site seem to be permanent or part of a permanent organisation?

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For better results
* Search engines and directories do not search in every part of the internet. There is
much useful information that is only available by searching in online databases,
including reference materials and journal articles
* Think about alternative terms that can be used to describe the same concepts:
1. Synonyms (eg mobile telephones, cellular telephones)
2. Plural/singular forms (eg women, woman)
3. Spelling variations(eg behaviour, behavior)
4. Variations of a root word (eg feminism, feminist, feminine)
5. Acronyms (eg chief executive officer, CEO)

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Useful Links:
Search Engines
* http://www.google.com/

* http://www.search.yahoo.com/

* http://www.live.com/ (MSN)

* http://www.re.search.wikia.com/

* http://www.cuil.com/

* http://www.ask.com/

* http://www.altavista.com/


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Metasearch Engines
* http://www.dogpile.com/

* http://www.webcrawler.com/

* http://www.myriadsearch.com/

* http://www.mamma.com/

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Web Directories
* http://www.dmoz.org/

* http://www.vlsearch.org/

* http://www.botw.org/

* http://www.dir.yahoo.com/

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Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine
* http://www.sciencedirect.com/

* http://www.springer.com/

* http://www.citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/

* http://www.scholar.google.co.in/

* http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/ (Japan Science and technology Information Aggregator)

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Journals Available Free Online
Collections of Journals & theses
• http://www.doaj.org/ (Directory of Open Access Journals,3707 journals )
• http://www.openj-gate.org/ (4494 Open Access Journals,2416 Peer-Reviewed)
• http://www.medknow.com/
• http://www.base-search.net/ (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
• http://www.bentham.org/
• http://www.ias.ac.in/ (Indian Academy of Sciences )
• http://arxiv.org/ (Open access to 504,499 e-prints)
• http://www.hindawi.com/
• http://livre.cnen.gov.br/ (3449 journals)
• http://www.plos.org/ (public library of science)
• http://www.scidev.net/ (Science and Development Network)
• www.arl.org/sparc
• www.eprints.org/software/archives (269 institutions all over the world, including
IISc Research publications)
• http://roar.eprints.org/ (Registry of Open Access Repositories resulted in 1167
institutions)
* http://www.dspace.org/ (250 research libraries from 55 countries)
* http://www.openrepository.com/ (few universities from 6 countries)
* http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/(Michigan)
* http://dev.europeana.eu/partners_list.php
* http://www.archive.org/


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Journals Available Free Online

Materials Science
1.www.iop.org/EJ/journal/stam (Science and Technology of Advanced
2. Materials)Physics1. www.iop.org/EJ/journal/NJP (New journal of Physics)
3. www.physics.sk/aps (Acta Physica Slovaca )
4. www.icmp.lviv.ua/journal (Condensed Matter Physics )
5. http://www.journal-spqeo.org.ua/ (International scientific journal semiconductor
physics, quantum electronics & optoelectronics)
6.www.slac.stanford.edu/spires (High-Energy Physics Literature Database)
6. http://www.science-advisor.net/

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Journals Available Free Online
Computer Science
1. http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography(Collection of bibliographies in
computer science )
Chemistry
1. http://www.abc.chemistry.bsu.by/

Mathematics
• http://www.istl.org/ (MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web)
• http://www.jscimath.org/ (Journal of Scientific and Mathematical Research

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Journals Available Free Online

Biological journals
http://www.biolsci.org/ (International Journal of Biological Sciences )
www.isita-org.com/jass (Journal of Anthropological Sciences )

Computer science journals
1. http://www.lmcs-online.org/ (Logical Methods in Computer Science)
2. http://www.jot.fm/ (Journal of Object Technology)
3. http://www.dcc.ufla.br/ (INFOCOMP Journal of Computer Science)

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My Suggestion
• Bring all our research scholars online by making online discussion forum or group (Google groups, Yahoo groups etc.)
• Compulsorily submit CD format of all theses to disseminate our work on internet
Advantages of this group
• Easy collection of literatures
• Easy method to contact research scholars
• Sharing of new ideas
• Dissemination of Job information after M.Phil and Ph.D

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Thank You

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My M.Phil Thesis available here

http://demoprints.eprints.org/2266/1/CHARACTERIZATION_OF_PLASMA_EXPOSED.pdf

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