Table of ContentsEvaluatetheSite

GovernmentDepartments&Agencies

NGO'sandIGO's

OpenSourceSites

ProfessionalOrganizations

Publisher'sWebsites

GoogleScholar

References

1.Authority-Aretheauthorsqualifiedforthesubjectonwhichtheyarewriting?

Examineauthorswebsite,qualificationsandprofessionalassociations

2.Purpose-Istheauthorassociatedwithaparticularassociationorgroup?

Authors:-Istheauthorwritingtoscholars,researchersprofessionalsorstudents-Scholarlyarticle,oristheauthor

Evaluate the Site

writingforthegeneralpublcorhobbyists-populararticles.Organizations:-Takealookatthemissionstatementandgoalsoftheorganization.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandtheviewsandbiasoftheirdata,reportsandauthors/contributors.

3.Credibility-Doestheauthorororganizationrelatetoothersintheirfield?

Isthisinformationsupportedinotherarticles,documentsorbyotherorganizationsandotherresearchersorauthors?Doesthearticlegivereferencestootherrelevantscholarlyarticlesordocumentsordoestheorganizationprovidelinksorshowanyrelationshiptootherreputableorganizations?Doesthearticleprovideabibliography?

4.Objectivity-Istheinformationbias?

Sometimesfundingandaffilationsinfluencetheinterpretaionofdataandreports.Thisdoesnotmeanthattheinformationisnotusefulbutitmaybebias,andunderstandingthatbiasinyourinterpretationandapplicationoftheinformationisnecessaryinthesesituations.Payattentiontoassociations,publishers,foundersandsponsors,directorsandtheboardsoforganizations.Istheauthor,editorororganizationfundedorsupportedbyotherreputableorganizationsorinstitutions?Isthereabiasintheinformation?Isitopinionorfact?

UsethefollowingDomainToolsifyouarehavingdifficultyfindingoutwhosponsorsthesite.

DomainToolshttp://www.domaintools.comWaybackMachine:

http://archive.org/web/web.phpALEXA-findallthesitesthatlinktothesite.http://www.alexa.com/siteinfoHovers-companyinformationhttp://www.hoovers.com

5.Quality--Howaccurate,relevantandcurrentistheinformation?

Trytoidentifywheretheinformationoriginated.Whatprimaryorsecondarysourceswereused,andseeiftheinformationcanbeverifiedinothersources,orwithsourcedata.Whenwasitlastupdated?Isthereanexplanationonhowthedatawasgathered?

Anymaterialproducedbyagovernmententity.

Types of Documents:-

SpecialReports-reportsproducedperiodicallyonspecialprojectsorissues.AnnualReportsDataReportsCongressionalReportsPolicyBriefCaseStudiesPapersCensusDataandReportsStatisticalPublicationsHandbooksandManualsBudgetsHearingsStatutesLawsBillsCodes

How to Find:-

NationalArchives-ArchivesLibraryInformationCenter(ALIC)http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/govt-docs.html

Government Departments & Agencies

1.SearchGovernmentandAgencyWebsites:-

LinkstogovernmentpublicationsintheNationalArchives.

U.SGovernmentPrintingOffice(GPO)ProvidespublishinganddisseminationservicesfortheofficialandauthenticgovernmentpublicationstoCongress,Federalagencies,Federaldepositorylibraries,andtheAmericanpublic.

NationalTechnicalInformationServiceshttp://www.ntis.govProvidesinformationdisseminationofitscollectionofapproximately3millionU.S.FederalGovernmenttechnicalreportsandprovidesdisseminationservicesforotherU.S.FederalGovernmentagencies.

CatalogofUSGovernmentPublicationshttp://catalog.gpo.gov/FSearchtoolforfederalpublicationsthatincludesdescriptiverecordsforhistoricalandcurrentpublicationsandprovidesdirectlinkstothosethatareavailableonline.

UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeshttp://www.house.govSelect'COMMITTEES'andthensearcheachindividualcommittee'ssitefortheirdocumentsandproceedings.

UnitedStatesSenatehttp://www.senate.govSelect'COMMITTEES'andthensearcheachindividualcommittee'ssitefortheirdocumentsandprocedings.Alsoselect"LEGISLATIONANDRECORDS'.

'Thomas'-LibraryofCongresshttp://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.phpProvidesfreeaccessstoFederalLegistlativeInformation.

UniversityofNebraskaLincoln(UNL)isadesignatedFederalDepositoryLibrary.Documentsarelocatedatvariouslocationsthroughoutallofourlibraries.Seethislocationcodeslisttofindwhereyourdocumentsarelocated.

UNLGovernmentDocumentsLibguidehttp://libraries.unl.edu/govdocs

ColumbiaUniversityLIbrariesUSGovernmentDocumentsLibGuidehttp://library.columbia.edu/indiv/usgd/guides.html

PrincetonLibguides-GovernmentDocumentsPortal

2.SearchLibguidesandIndexes:-

http://libguides.princeton.edu/usgovdocs

Non-GovernmentalOrganizationsandInter-GovernmentalOrganizationsareorganizationsthatarenotapartofgovernment,usuallynotfor-profit,butreceivepartoralloftheirfundingfromprivatesources.Theirgoalsareususallynon-commercial,andtheyadvocateonsocial,environmental,religious,culturalorlegalissues.

Types of Documents:-

PublicationsSpecialReportsAnnualReportsPolicyBriefDataReportsCaseStudiesConferenceProceedings

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How to Find:-

UnitedNationsDepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairsNGOBranchDatabasehttp://esango.un.org/civilsociety/displayAdvancedSearch.do?method=search&sessionCheck=falseDatabasemanagedbytheUnitedNationsDepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairs.

UnitedNationsOfficeonDrugandCrimeNOGDirectory:

NGO's & IGO's

SearchDatabasesandWebsites

http://www.unodc.org/ngo/list.jspDatabasemanagedbytheUnitedNationsOfficeonDrugandCrime

USAIDDirectoryofRegisteredNGO'shttp://intranet.dimen-intl.com/usaid/index.htmlManagedbytheUSAgencyforInternationalDevelopment.

RegistryofCivilSocietyOrganizationswithintheOrganizationofAmericanStateshttp://www.civil-society.oas.org/Pages/Registry_ENG.htmAregistryofallcivilsocietyorganizationsapprovedbythePermanentCouncilforParticpateinOASactivities.PreparedbytheDepartmentofInternationalAffairs.

WANGO.WorldAssociationofNon-GovernmentalOrganizations-Databasehttp://www.wango.org/codeofethics.aspx?page=13AGlobalorganizationthatsupportsNGO's.

WWWVIrtualLibraryhttp://www2.etown.edu/vl/ngos.htmlInternetDirectoryofNGO'sandotherorganizations.

UnionofInternationalAssociationsDatabasehttp://www.uia.be/s/or/en/igoSearchesthewebsitesofallintergovernmentalorganizations(IGOs),comprisingover3000bodiesincludingtheUnitedNations,theEuropeanCommission,theWorldBank,andotherNGO's.

DukeUniversityLibrariesNonGovernmentOrganizations(NGO)Guide.http://guides.library.duke.edu/ngo_guide

AmericanSocietyofInternationalLaw-ElectronicResourceGuide.http://www.asil.org/erg/?page=io

UniversityofCalifornniaBerkeley-Non-GovernmentalOrganizationsResearchGuidehttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/intl/gov_ngos.html

DirectoryofDevelopmentOrganizationshttp://www.devdir.org

ResearchGuides

OnlineandPrintDirectories

Searchsitesthatofferfreeredistributionandaccesstodocuments,dataandotherfiles.

Types of Files & Documents:-

JournalsE-BooksDigitalScansofbooksanddocumentsinthePublicDomainSoftwareDatabases

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How to Find:-

UniversityDigitalCommonsandOpenAccessJournals

Searchtheelectronicrepositoriesofindividualuniversities.Theserepositoriesprovideaccesstothescholarlyworkcreatedbytheiruniversityfaculty.

DigitalCommons@UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln

OxfordJournalshttp://www.oxfordjournals.org

Beall'sListhttp://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ListofScholarlyOpenAccessJournals

Open Source Sites

Document/DataRepositories

ArXiv.org.http://arxiv.orgSciences

PLOShttp://www.plos.orgBiologicalandMedicalResearch

OpenDOARhttp://www.opendoar.org

DatabasesandCatalogs

PubMed-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/

FreeMedicalJournals-http://www.freemedicaljournals.com

GenamicJournalseekhttp://journalseek.net

Oisterhttp://oaister.worldcat.org

OpenEducationSites

Connexionshttp://cnx.orgCourseModulescreatedbyprofessorsandavailablefordownload.LaunchedbyRiceUniversity.

Directories

DirectoryofOpenAccessJournalshttp://www.doaj.org

E-Journals.org

http://www.e-journals.org

ResearchGuides

OpenSciencebyKyiomiDeardshttp://unl.libguides.com/openscienceAguidetofreelyavailablesciencesoftware,datadiscoverabilityandpreservationresources,andpubliclyaccessiblepublishinginscience.

DigitalLibraries

DigitalPublicLIbraryofAmericahttp://dp.laAcademicAlternativetoGoogleBookstobelaunchedinApril2013.Search"About"---"DigitalHubsPilot"tofindDigitallibrariesthatarecurrentlyaccessible.

LIbraryofCongressDigitalCollectionshttp://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

NewYorkPublicLibraryDigitalGalleryhttp://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

TakealookatDigitalCollectionshousedatspecificUniversities

TheHarvardLibraryUNLLibrarariesImageandMultimediaCollectionsUniversityofSouthCarolinaDigitalCollectionsDukeUniversityDIgitalCollections

Searchthewebsitesoftheprofessionalorganizationsinyoursubjectareaorfield.

Types of Documents:

ConferenceProceedingsJournalsReportsGuidelinesSpecialReportsStandards

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How to Find:-

Weddle'sAssociationDirectoryhttp://www.weddles.com/associations/

CenterforAssociationLeadership-GatewaytoAssociationshttp://www.asaecenter.org/Community/Directories/associationsearch.cfm

Professional Organizations

SearchDatabases

LookatthewebsitesofindividualAcademicJournalpublishers.Somepublishersofferfreeaccesstospecificjournalarticlesforasetperiodoftime.

Types of Documents

E-booksJournalarticles-archives,currentissues,andpreviews.Podcasts

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How to Find:

Publishers

IBMRedbookshttp://www.redbooks.ibm.comDevelopedandPublishedbytheIBMInternationalTechinicalSupportOrganization(ITSO)

Informithttp://www.informit.com/library/index.aspxComputerLibraryandReferenceGuidesthatareprimersonJava,C++andothercomputertopics.

NationalAcademicPresshttp://www.nap.edu

Publisher's Websites

OnlineDigitalCatalogs

ProjectGutenbergE-PubandKindleformatsofbooksinthePublicDomainintheUSA.

SmithsonianDigitalLibraryhttp://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalLibrary.cfmContainsdigitaleditions,bibliographies,factsheets,andfindingaidsfortheircollections.

InternetHistorySourceBookshttp://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/index.aspAcollectionofpublicdomainandcopy-permittedhistoricaltexts.

DocumentingtheAmericanSouthhttp://docsouth.unc.eduCurrentlyDocSouthincludessixteenthematiccollectionsofbooks,diaries,posters,artifacts,letters,oralhistoryinterviews,andsongsrelatedtoSouthernhistory,literatureandculture.

TheGettyResearchInstituesElectronicPublicationshttp://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/index.htmlPublicationsthatpromotebestpracticesformanaginginformationinlibraries,archivesandmuseums.

ResearchGuides

UniversityofNebraskaE-booksLibguidehttp://unl.libguides.com/ebooksGuideprovidesalistofFreeeBookResources.

UsetheGoogleScholarsearchenginetosearchforscholarlyliteraturethatisavailableontheInternet.

How to SearchGotoGoogleScholaratscholar.google.com/

SimpleSearch

Searchforyourinformation.

Narrowyoursearchusingtheaidstotheleftofyourscreenandaccessyourdocumentsusingthelinkstotherightofthescreen.

AdvancedSearch

Searchonlyfordocumentsyouhaveaccessto.

Select Settingsinthetoprightcornerofthescreen.

Select"Librarylinks"fromtheleftmenu.

TypeinUniversityofNebraskainthesearchbox,andthenselect'UniversityofNebraska-Fulltext@UNL'

SearchforandselectanyotherUniversityofcatalogthatyoumayhaveaccessto.Include.OpenWorldCat'inyourselection.

Narrowyoursearchbyusingthelimitingoptionsprovidedintheleftsidebar.

"SinceYear"toshowonlyrecentlypublishedpapers

"Sortbydate"toshowjustthenewadditionssortedbydate.

Google Scholar

"CreateAlert"tohavenewresultse-mailedtoyouastheybecomeavailable.

"RelatedArticlesor"Citedby"tofindotherrelevantarticlesifyoudonothaveaccesstothearticlesyouhavepreviouslyfound.

Zillman,Marcus.AcademicandScholarSearchEnginesandSources:anInternetmini-guideandAnnotatedlinkcompilation.http://www.whitepapers.us

Marcial,LauraHaak;Hemminger,BradleyM.ScientificdatarepositoriesontheWeb:Aninitialsurvey.JournaloftheAmericanSocietyforInformationScience&Technology.Oct2010,Vol.61Issue10,p2029-2048.

HomelandSecurityDigitalLibraryhttps://www.hsdl.org/?commercialThispageispresentedascourtesytohelpyoulocatecurrentandscholarlybookandjournalinformationfromvariouslibrarycatalogs,bookvendorsandmajorpublishers.

DirectoryofMajorOpenAccessCollectionsontheWebhttp://www.pulibrary.edu.pk/resources/fsj.htm

References

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