4. Let’s talk about Google
• Search options
• Advanced Search
• Google Scholar
• Set preferences for NUIG Library!
5. There are other search engines!
• Bing
• Yahoo!
• WebCrawler
• Dogpile
• DuckDuckGo
• ...
6. Effective search
• Use boolean operators (AND, OR)
• Use “quotation marks”
• Refine your search, add keywords
• Be persistent, be curious, be critical
7. Stages of
Research
Define the
research
question
(THINK before
you SEARCH)
Read &
Refine
Read selectively,
actively,
critically
Research
Tools
Search engines,
Wikipedia
Google Scholar
Advanced Search
Library resources:
Books,
Electronic
journals,
Databases
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website marketing & building company, for the summer.
The co-founder was very impressed by the use of
WordPress and Twitter for teaching,
as he claims that it is the next big thing in e-commerce
and he said that it's excellent that graduates
will be familiar with such sites.”
- CT231 student, summer 2013
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