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Information Literacy: Search Strategies

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need

Edited to meet the needs of Australian students by Jan Radford, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Delany College, NSW=

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I need help to define my topi= c...

Clusty	Brainstorm topic ideas using result clusters<= /span>
Social Issues	Browse hot topics and pro/con links<= /span>
Go= ogle Directory	Search this subject tree enhanced by Google results

I need help to find Australia= n information

Webwombat	Truly Australian search engine. Links to National/ Internati= onal newspapers.<= /span>
Yahoo Australia	Search by topic and drill down from the general to the specific. <= /span>
Google Australia	The most popular search engine in Australia. Use ‘I feel lucky̵= 7; or choose the “.au” domain in advanced search.
Sensis=	Telstra’s search engine. Included are White and Yellow pages for Aust= ralia.
NineMSN	Developed by Microsoft, it is the 3rd most popular search engine in Australia.
Search66<= /p>	Australian meta search engine that searches multiple engines at the same time.
Lookle	Australian search engine with a heart – the more you search, the more they donate.<= /b>
Ansearch	A new Australian search engine.

I need to understand the scope of my topic

<= span class=3DSpellE>Intute	Investigate annotated academic sites
<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#5454A6'>IN= FOMINE	Browse annotated research and educational sites enhanced by second-tier “robot-selected” results

I need to investigate alternative or related topics

Grokker	Explore a web of your topic and subtopics (Yahoo results)
Clusty	Uncover buried sites by choosing a related cluster
As= k.com	Select “Expand Your Search”

I need to refine and narrow my topic

As= k.com	Select “Narrow Your Search”
Clusty	Drill down into a cluster of results
SurfWax	Click "Focus" to identify similar, broader, and narrower topics

I need to find quality result= s...

authoritative and scholarly sites chosen by a subject expert=

Li= brarians' Internet Index	Search the selective database or drill down into the well-organized subject = tree
Vi= rtual LRC	Select a subject category, then search on term(s) or a phrase<= o:p>
Go= ogle Scholar	Find scholarly, peer-reviewed subject-specific results with advanced search

personal help from experts

AskA+ Locator

Locate experts suitable for K-12As= k a Librarian

Get last-resort help (no homework questions)

sites ranked or tagged as valuable or relevant

Go= ogle	High PageRank means popular, relevant sites li= nk to the page
Technorati	Br= owse or search user-identified subjects (“tags”) for blog advice or opinions
As= k.com	High ExpertRank indicates subject-specific popularity

primary sources

Am= erican Memory	Locate documents, sound recordings, images, maps, and other American primary sources
Ready, 'Net, Go!	Browse worldwide archival index
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web=	Search for online exhibitions selected by Smithsonian librarians

I need to do research in a sp= ecific discipline...

physical and life sciences

Scirus	Science-specific Web portals, reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, preprints and journals
Na= tl. Science Digital Lib.	Science, technology, engineering and math
= PSIgate	Physical science hub

government

USA Gov	Search or browse official U.S.<= /st1:country-region> information and services
Govt. Publications & Maps: Foreign Gov.=	Browse worldwide government sites
= Directgov	Search or browse official UK information and services
GovSearch<= /span>	Government information in Australia

engineering, mathematics, computing

health and medicine

Australian health portal=	Government site<= /p>
Australian Health Info<= /a>	Privately owned, Information for the consumer.
Intute	Health, medicine, and life sciences hub
Fealth	Health-specific search engine and directory

law

Web Law - Australia	Subject gateway to Australian legal resources
Au= stralian law resources	= UniXL provides students, general public and businesses with high quality and relevant education and careers related resources.
FindLaw	Search U.S. cases, codes, news and commentary<= /o:p>
Intute	Limit search to “law section” for global legal information

humanities

Intute	Humanities hub

St= anford Encyclopedia of Philosophy	Browse peer-reviewed, continually-updated entries on contemporary philosophy=

arts and creative industries

The timeliness of information= that I need is...

today

	Go= ogle News	Top news stories auto-generated every 15 minutes
	Sydney Morning Herald<= /span>	Sydney Newspaper=
	Daypop	Breaking news from sites, blogs
	= NewsNow	Worldwide news auto-generated every 5 minutes
10x10	Explore machine-compiled = single image composed hourly of 100 words and pictures that "matter most" on a global scale

recent

Ya= hoo News	One month archive with editor-created “roundups” in Full Coverage
Wo= rld News Network	Click a category (below news item) to gather related news or images, select Mon-Sun to track story’s development=
Go= ogle News	Click on “related” (below news item) to see story’s development

historical

American memory	Search <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">America's primary source documents and images, browse by topic, time period, me= dium or place
Li= brarians' Internet Index	Drill down into the hi= story section or search fewer, broader terms (e.g., “terrorists” not “Righteous Path”)
Di= gital History	High-quality historical resources, primary sources, multimedia, subject guides

ancient

Ancient History Sourcebook	Search online ancient-history texts, images, audio, or browse by region, per= iod (e.g., Persia<= /st1:country-region>, Late Antiquity)
Li= brarians' Internet Index	Drill down into an= cient history section or search fewer, broader terms (e.g., R= 20;Greece” not “Spartan women”)

I need facts...

a person

Bi= ography.com	Search 25,000+ biographies by name, keyword and profession
Wh= o2	Search for famous people with “four good links” to more informat= ion