Scientific Collaboratories: Remote Research and Education Via the Internet
Using the Internet in Scientific Research
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Using the Internet in Scientific Research
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How do you think scientists use the internet in their research?
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Wrong on the Internet
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Academic Search Engines
• iSeek – education.iseek.com • iSEEK is a non-commercial search engine that delivers editor-reviewed results from
universities, government sites and other noncommercial providers.
• Scirus – www.scirus.com • Scirus is another search engine focused on the sciences. It has indexed over 410 million
scientific items, including journal articles, patent information, scientists' web pages and institutional repositories.
• DMOZ – www.dmoz.org• Although it's technically not a search engine because it doesn't index the whole Web,
DMOZ, or the Open Directory Project, offers searchable access to millions of links that have been hand-picked by volunteers who are experts in their fields
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Meta Search Engine
• Dogpile – www.dogpile.com• Searches Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask• Portions of revenue go to the ASPCA
• Yippy – www.yippy.com• Clusters results into broad categories
• MetaCrawler – www.metacrawler.com• Searches Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask, MIVA and About
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How can you decide which sites to trust?• Publisher• Who are they?
• Commercial site• Non-profit• University
• Do they have an agenda?
• Can you verify the information on another, independent site?