Research Tips

Read Miss McMillan’s blog about research reccomendations for students :

1. Think before you search

2. Make the search engines work for you

3. Don’t Believe Everything You Read

and more up to 10th recommendation.

You will find some favorite links including “Students Guide to Web search”.

Top 7 Semantic Search Engines As An Alternative To Google Search

When Web researching it ir very important to find the relevant information.  Try all 7 seven semantic search engines:

• kngine
• hakia
• Kosmix
• DuckDuckGo
• Evri
• Powerset (search in Wikipedia)
• Truevert.

Firefox extensions list to help research

You can find a list of 10 Firefox extensions (adds_on) including a reference desk.

Reference Desk is good for students or anyone who needs to research information.

SimilarWeb, DeeperWeb, Scrapbook, ReadItLater. Meriam-Webster etc.

Research tools for journalists nona 2010

You will find different tools and tips how to use them. The presentation includes recommendations on search , e.g. Google and Twitter , RSS ,  Evernote and some other tools as well. Read more – see presentation

Website to download pdf,doc, ppt files about Web research and other categories

It is a usefull website to get information about Web research and other categories   in different formats:

• pdf
• doc
• ppt (presentations)

Sharewareconnection – search for software

I have tried to search for Web researh, Web clipping tools using sharewareconnection. I shall try to search more later and then evaluate search results.

Getabest.com – library of software downloads

Getabest.com – Software Catalog is the Web’s largest library of software downloads. Provides detailed information for shareware and freeware applications covering major operating systems, spam free with daily updates, including instant software download. All software on Getabest.com has been tested to ensure it’s 100% free of spyware, viruses, and other malware. We accept PAD submissions from developers.

You can query “Web research tool” or “Web clipping tool” etc.

Working the web – 4 Web research tools

You can find a short review of four Web research tools:

• Evernote
• Ubernote
• Webnotes
• Zotero.

You will find a short information about paid versions as well.  And you will find the link to professional Web research tool – Questia.

Research Resources – large collection of Dr M. Zillmann Jan 11, 2010

You might look at the new large links collection RESEARCH RESOURCES version Jan 11, 2010 that is periodically updated by Dr. Marcus P. Zillmann.  You wil find links about Evernote, Onfolio, Webnotes, Zotero but I did not find links about Ubernote and some other Web research or Web clipping tools.

How to Find Anything Online: Become an Internet Research Expert

I have got a very interesting website with a lot of links including internet research and other categories. I strongly recommend to browse it. Below there is an excerpt (snippet or clipping) – a short introduction to a long content

“

Einstein once said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”

The same could be said of intelligence. What they don’t tell you is that the “smart” people of the world are, in most cases, just better at researching and learning things than everyone else.

But researching is a learned skill, not something you’re born with.

And while some people might be predisposed to learn things more easily than others, it’s generally not enough to make a measurable difference.

By learning how to research, you can quickly and fairly easily become knowledgeable about just about anything. And with the Internet, almost anything you could ever want to know is at your fingertips. You just have to learn how to access it.

It’s all there, online, for free. Here are the techniques I’ve used to find pretty much anything online.”