Information Technology

Search Methodology and Strategy

Metasearch Engines and Information Retrieval

• The Basics of Google Search
  http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
• Internet Searching Strategies (Fondren Library, Rice University)
  http://www.rice.edu/fondren/erc/howto/search.html
• Teoma Search Technology
  http://sp.teoma.com/docs/teoma/about/searchwithauthority.html
• Web Search Engines FAQS: questions, answers and issues by Gary Price Research and Internet Consulting
  http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct01/price.htm
• Web Searching Tips (SearchEngineWatch.com)
  http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/
• Web Search Strategies, by Debbie Flannigan
  http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/main.html
• Yahoo Search Basics
  http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/basics/index.html

To search for articles in SPORTDiscus, use the terms dissemination of information / information retrieval system and combine with internet and other descriptors to find further articles on this topic

Online Catalogues and Database Search Strategies

• How to use databases in sports medicine research, by J. Orchard and G. Blood, In, MacAuley, D. (ed.), Evidence-based sports medicine, London, BMJ Books, 2002, p. 29-42. (SPORTDiscus record, AN S-887905)
• Information Skills Support (University of Leicester, University Library)
  http://www.le.ac.uk/li/distance/research/research.htm
  This website, meant for the student at a distance, has sections on information skills tutorials, database search skills, research skills, and internet search tools.
• Introduction to Dewey Decimal Classification (in PDF format), 2003, 37p.
  http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/ddc22print/intro.pdf
• Library of Congress Subject Headings - Principles of Structure and Policies for Application
  http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/shed0014.htm
• See Also specific search guides in the Databases and Search Guides section

Search Standards for Online Catalogues, Databases and Internet

• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, Chicago, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000. 14p.
• Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet, University of Alberta, Herbert T. Coutts Education and Physical Education Library, 5p.