Retrieving information using reliable sources from Library Subscribed Databases, NLB databases and Specialized Search Engines.
Note: "Digital Fluency" is "Digital Literacy" renamed by SSG in 2019.
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Open Web Resources
You can use the following websites to search for open source resources:
- Directory of Open Access Journals This independent database contains over 15 000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.
- Google Scholar Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources.
- JSTOR JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
- Microsoft Academic Microsoft Academic knows journal titles, conference names, and many research topics. Try these queries to understand the power of semantic search and unleash it yourself!
- Oxford Academic Open Journals Oxford University Press (OUP) is mission-driven to facilitate the widest possible dissemination of high-quality research. We embrace both green and gold open access (OA) publishing to support this mission.
- SAGE Open Journals SAGE Open is a peer-reviewed, "Gold" open access journal from SAGE that publishes original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.
- Springer Nature Open Research We offer researchers, institutions and their funders open access (OA) options for journals, books and sharing research data.
- Taylor & Francis Online Taylor & Francis Online allows searching of articles from hundreds of electronic journals , plus books and reference works, published by Taylor & Francis and its subsidiaries. Full-text display is available for many journals and for a few of the books and reference works.
- Wiley Open Access Wiley Open Access publishes authoritative peer reviewed open access journals across many research disciplines.
eLearning
- Retrieve relevant information course by Digital Life @Polys In this course, you will explore the different types of sources that you can use for your research.
Web Resources
- Effective use of search engines This guide by Greg Knollenberg provides a general overview of the various search engines and some of their advanced search features which will help you with your online research.
- Efficient information retrieval techniques Covers basic retrieval skills when seeking information from organized databases.
- Google Scholar: the ultimate guide Covers tips to search Google Scholar for scholarly research.
- The top list of academic search engines To help you get your research done fast, we have compiled the top list of academic search engines.
Videos
LinkedIn Learning Videos-Login
LinkedIn Learning - provides access to bite-sized video tutorials covering the areas of architecture, business strategy, cloud computing, digital marketing, design, data analysis, communication, leadership, Microsoft Office and others.
Steps to access LinkedIn Learning
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2. Click 'Continue without LinkedIn' on the Welcome page.
3. Click 'Do not connect my account'
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LinkedIn Learning Videos- Retrieve Information
- Information retrieval This video covers effective "data search" from the internet for information.
- Three tips for improving your Google searches This video covers useful tips to help you search and retrieve more relevant information.
- Uncovering fake news This video shows techniques to uncover fake news.