Niall O Dochartaigh 
Internet Research Skills 

Internet Research Skills is a clear, concise guide to effective online research for social science and humanities students. The first half of the book deals with publications online, devoting separate chapters to academic articles, books, official publications and news sources, which form the core secondary sources for social science research. The second half of the book deals with the open web, a vast and confusing realm of materials, many of which have no direct print counterpart.

The third edition has been updated throughout and now includes:

– coverage of cutting edge online services as well as newly developed approaches to using online materials

– a new chapter on organising your research and internet research methods

– additional material on the use of social networks for research.

– illustrations, examples and short exercises to help you put what you learn into practice.

Internet Research Skills is an invaluable guide for undergraduate students carrying out research projects and for postgraduate students working on theses and dissertations.

Cuprins

Introduction

Into the Cloud: New Research Skills for the Information Age

The Rise of the Search Engines

Summary of Chapters

Who This Book Is Aimed at

Books

Print Publications Online

Library Catalogues

Online Bookshops

Full-Text Books Online

Book Reviews

Publishers

Exercises

Articles

Understanding Academic Articles

Annual Reviews

Google Scholar

Indexing and Abstracting Databases

Specialized Subject Databases

Full-Text Articles Online

Publishers

Open Access

Other Article Databases

Theses and Dissertations

Exercises

Subject Guides

Searching the Open Web

Academic Subject Guides

Universal Subject Guides

Understanding Web Addresses

Understanding Websites

Exercises

Searching the Keyword Search Engines

Introduction

The Big Three

Advanced Searching

Meta Search Engines

Comparing Search Engines with Meta Search Engines

Boolean Searching

How Search Engines Search

Devising Search Queries

Look before You Leap

Technical Difficulties

Exercises

Social Media, News and Multimedia

Social Media

Email Lists

Discussion Groups

News

Multimedia

Exercises

Governments, Archives and Statistics (Niall Ó Dochartaigh and Patricia Sleeman)

Introduction

Governments

Archives

Statistics

Exercises

Evaluation and Citation

Introduction

Classification

Evaluation

Citation

Exercises

Beyond Searching: Networks, Research Management and Online Research

Research Networks and Research Support

Social Networks

Organizing Your Research

Internet Research Methods

Appendix: Academic Blogs in the Social Sciences and the Humanities

Bibliography

Index

Despre autor

Niall Ó Dochartaigh is a lecturer in political science and sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway.