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Free Web Resources

Adriana Szekely (reference librarian)

Phone 08-9489651

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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 BOOKShttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm

WEB RESOURCES: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm

RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY SITE

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The library websitehttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html

DatabasesLibrary search

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The library website free e-journalshttp://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html

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The library website free e-bookshttp://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

• Google Scholar• HighWire• PubMed Central

• Ag BioTech InfoNet • Agricola• Agris• Medline/Pubmed

• US Patent and Trademark Office

• FAO Statistics

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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