Transcript Library catalogue

Free Web Resources
Adriana Szekely (reference librarian)
Phone 08-9489651
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RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY SITE
WEB CATALOG:
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
AVAILABLE DATABASES:
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/datalist_new.htm
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm
WEB RESOURCES:
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http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm
The library website
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
Library search
Databases
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The library website free e-journals
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
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The library website free e-books
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html
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Free web resources
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm
• US Patent
and Trademark
Office
• Google Scholar
• HighWire
• PubMed Central
• FAO
Statistics
• Ag BioTech InfoNet
• Agricola
• Agris
• Medline/Pubmed
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Criteria for evaluating free internet
sites and documents (1)
* The SITE holding the information
• Is the site academic? governmental?
• Does it have expertise in the subject area?
(It is possible to limit Internet searches to
academic, governmental, and other site
types).
Example : inurl:gov OR inurl:ac OR inurl:edu
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Criteria for evaluating free internet sites
and documents (2)
•The PERSON OR PERSONS IN CHARGE
OF SITE INFORMATION:
•Are they recognized as experts in the field?
•Do they publish additional publications?
•Are they supervised by known
organizations?
•Are they cited by others?
•Does the site show the details of the person
in charge of the information (name, contact
options)?
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Criteria for evaluating free internet sites
and documents (3)
* UPDATENESS: Is the site updated often?
* Are there LINKS TO THE SITE from other
sites?
* RELEVANCY OF THE INFORMATION:
Quantity and location of the search terms (appear
in the titles of documents) ? Updated?
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Criteria for evaluating free internet
sites and documents (4)
* RELIABILITY & OBJECTIVITY
Is the source of the information on the site
•an objective party?
•an interested party (in marketing products,
ideas, services)?
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Thank you
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