Search Tips & Tricks Links and Resources

By Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. PPA Convention 2012 SEARCH ENGINES All-purpose search engines Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask Results differ across search engines. For most precise results use Advanced search For brainstorming a topic Dogpile.com, Quintura.com, Carrot2search, Yebol, Cluuz (clustering search engines) Wikipedia Facts For Features & Special Editions (from US Census bureau) Specialty-topic search engines Science and medicine Science.gov, Scirus, MedlinePlus.gov, HealthOnNet.org, Google Scholar, Hakia.com (PubMed tab) Business KnowThis.com, Small Business Administration (sba.gov), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov) News news.Google.com, news.Yahoo.com, Popurls.com. Press Releases: Business topics: PRNewswire.com Academic: ScienceDaily.com, Eurekalert.org, Newswise.com Magazines FindArticles.com, MagPortal.com Reference LibrarySpot.com, RefDesk.com, WolframAlpha.com, Nationmaster.com

Search filters add to your keywords in the search box: Search within specific domains: site:gov, site:org, site:edu, site:anydomain.com Search for blogs from edu or govt sites: blogurl:edu, blogurl.gov Search for specific filetypes: filetype:ppt, filetype:pdf, filetype:doc, etc.

Wedge words add to your search for more precise results: study research statistics faq comparison chart review tutorial database demographics encyclopedia tips association expert guide

GET CONTENT DELIVERED TO YOU Alerts via email: Google alerts, Yahoo alerts Twilert, Tweetbeep, SocialMention RSS readers: Google Reader, RSS browser extensions, mobile RSS apps LIVE RESEARCH HELP Your public library New York Public Library (nypl.org) Library of Congress (loc.gov) COPYRIGHT INFORMATION George Mason University (mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/cpyrght.htm) Database of International Copyright Law (digital.lampdev.columbia.edu/cmc/) U. of Minnesota Fair use analysis (www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/checklist.phtml) CITATION GUIDELINES Yale University (yale.edu/bass/writing/sources/kinds/citeinternet/) ONLINE BOOKMARKING AND CONTENT-ORGANIZING RESOURCES Diigo.com Webnotes.net Evernote.com google.com/notebook Zotero.org

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