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Using the Internet in Scientific Research. How do you think scientists use the internet in their research?. Wrong on the Internet. Academic Search Engines. iSeek – education.iseek.com
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How do you think scientists use the internet in their research?
Academic Search Engines • iSeek – education.iseek.com • iSEEK is a non-commercial search engine that delivers editor-reviewed results from universities, government sites and other noncommercial providers. • Scirus – www.scirus.com • Scirus is another search engine focused on the sciences. It has indexed over 410 million scientific items, including journal articles, patent information, scientists' web pages and institutional repositories. • DMOZ – www.dmoz.org • Although it's technically not a search engine because it doesn't index the whole Web, DMOZ, or the Open Directory Project, offers searchable access to millions of links that have been hand-picked by volunteers who are experts in their fields
Meta Search Engine • Dogpile – www.dogpile.com • Searches Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask • Portions of revenue go to the ASPCA • Yippy – www.yippy.com • Clusters results into broad categories • MetaCrawler – www.metacrawler.com • Searches Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask, MIVA and About
How can you decide which sites to trust? • Publisher • Who are they? • Commercial site • Non-profit • University • Do they have an agenda? • Can you verify the information on another, independent site?