Subject Guides Prepared by the Swain Library
General Guide |
Analytical Chemistry |
Biotechnology |
Chemical Laboratory Safety |
Crystallography |
Drug Information |
Inorganic Chemistry |
Life Scientists |
Physical Chemistry |
Polymer Chemistry |
Searching the Internet |
Spectral Information
Searching the Internet
Search Engines |
Directories |
Portals |
General Info. |
Links
General Information
Quality Checklist |
Dead URLs |
About Search Engines |
What's New |
Tutorials and Tools
Tutorials and Tools
Tutorials |
Tools
Tutorials
- BrightPlanet: Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet (http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/Search/index.asp)
- This tutorial is one of the most extensive introductions to Internet searching.
- Google Guide (http://www.googleguide.com/)
- The more you know about how Google works, its features and capabilities, the better it can
serve your needs.
- How Do Search Engines Differ From One Another? (http://www.searchengines.com/searchDiffer1.html)
- Describes different styles and technologies that set search engines apart.
- Internet Guides (UC Berkeley-Teaching Library Internet Workshops) (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/)
- Includes
Finding Information on the Internet
and
Search the Internet.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet – Searching the Internet (http://lii.org/search/file/search)
- Resources on internet guides, search tools, and web design.
- Mabercom's Internet Search Tutorial for Translators (http://www.mabercom.com/websearch/index.html)
- An excellent search engine tutorial, featuring chapters on
query formulation and refinement, the interpretation of results,
and more. The site is for translators but will benefit any
newcomer to Web searching.
- The Pandia Goalgetter: A Short and Easy Internet Search Tutorial (http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html)
- A crash course to teach you how to explore the Net more efficiently.
- Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools and Techniques (http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm#intro)
- Helps familiarize users with a variety of search tools and to
develop effective search techniques.
- Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals (http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.htm)
- Provides evaluated online news, searching tips and techniques,
reviews of search aid software and database documentation,
revealing interviews with leaders and entrepreneurs of the
industry, and trenchant editorials.
- Search Engine Tutorials (http://www.searchenginewatch.com/resources/tutorials.html)
- Provides several tutorials, and links to outside resources.
- Copyright (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/colres/coll/copyright.html)
- Copyright news, resources, guides, etc.
- Citing Internet Resources (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html)
- Basic guidelines for formatting citations from a variety of electronic resources.
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - Top-Level Domains ()
- There are two types of top-level domains, generic and country
code. Generic domains were created for use by the Internet
public, while country code domains were created to be used by
each individual country as they deemed necessary. Below you
will find links to more information about each type of
top-level domain.
Tools
- Bookmark Managers (http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2899262,00.html)
- Keep your favorite bookmarks organized.
- Google Toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/)
- Allows you to do a Google search from your browser toolbar.
- The Web Searcher's Toolkit (http://www.trulyuseful.com/WinToolkit.htm)
- Collection of web tools on a CD, available for purchase.
