Try the BASE academic search engine, it is especially good at finding open access sources
Search ChemSpider for over 30 million chemical structures
Use GoPubMed to search for biomedical information - you'll get results faster than searching directly in Pubmed
Google Scholar looks and feels like Google Search, but the results are different because it searches scholarly papers instead of general websites.
You can link Google Scholar to DkIT Library's resources to make it easier to find material we have available.
To do this in Google Scholar, click Settings, then click Library links. Type in "Dundalk Institute of Technology" and click the Search icon. DkIT should appear in the list. Put a tick beside it and click Save.
The advantages of Web sources :
But... ! Anyone can publish on the web, so it's important to evaluate the information you find by looking at:
Check our Evaluating Your Sources Guide for more tips.
Here's some good advice on conducting scientific research on the internet
Evaluating information from the web
Consider these criteria when looking for information on web sites:
Accuracy |
Is the information factual, not opinion? |
Authority |
Is the author's name given? |
Bias |
Is the information factual, not opinion? |
Audience level |
What audience is the Web site designed for? |
Currency |
is this web site current? |