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Article: Going beyond Google: there's a treasure trove of valuable research online--if you know how to find it.(Internet Technology)
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- University Business
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- August 1, 2005
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Librarians complain that students now think the web is all they need to research any topic. Students do not make a distinction between internet, web, and online sources--these are in fact the domain of much of their information. Since the appearance of the first Library online public access catalogs (OPACs), the tilt from paper to electronic sources of information has been rapid and dramatic. Over the past dozen years the change has been all-encompassing: Most paper-based resources have an online edition; some products and services are new technologies in themselves.
A student's research typically begins shallow. When the topic is new, the first task is to find ...