Special Library Association 2005 Annual Conference Toronto, Canada Winners Circle of Best Websites J

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Special Library Association2005 Annual
ConferenceToronto, Canada Winners Circle of
Best WebsitesJune 8, 2005 130PM 300 PM

• General Science Websites
• Something New Something Old
• Claudia Lascar, MPA, MSLIS, AHIP Assistant
  Professor/ Reference Librarian City College of
  New York Science-Engineering Library New York,
  NY 10031

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General Subject Directories

• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
  
• http//infomine.ucr.edu/
• Internet Public Library (IPL)
• http//www.ipl.org/
• Librarians Index to the Internet (LII)
• http//lii.org/
• Scout Archives
• http//scout.wisc.edu/Archives/index.php

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Science Specific Subject Directories

• Echo Exploring and Collecting History Online
  Science, Technology and Industry
• http//echo.gmu.edu/index.php
• EEVL The Internet Guide to Engineering,
  Mathematics and Computing
• http//www.eevl.ac.uk/
• How Stuff Works
• http//www.howstuffworks.com/
• PSIgate (Physical Sciences Information Gateway)
• http//www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/

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Science Specific Subject Directories

• SciTechResources.gov
• http//www.scitechresources.gov/
• Science.gov
• http//www.science.gov/
• Hosted by the Department of Energy
• Search for information based on subject rather
  than by the agency sponsoring it
• Expanded exploration by topic option
• Advanced search option
• Results ranked by relevance (May 2004)
• Sort results by source
• New -- Free Alerts

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Search Engines

• Science Specific
• EEVL Xtra
• http//www.eevlxtra.ac.uk/spp/portal/?spp_actionc
  ancel
• Sirus
• http//www.scirus.com/srsapp/

• General
• Goggle Scholar Beta
• http//scholar.google.com/
• Yahoo MindSet Beta
• http//mindset.research.yahoo.com/

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Scirus

• Launched in April 2001
• Free science-only search engine
• Content clearly identified
• Searches vast collection of science relevant
  websites, full-text articles and abstracts from
  journal sources such as ScienceDirect, Medline,
  BioMedCentral
• Patent data included (March 2005)
• Gathers the web content for Scopus
• FAST ESP platform 

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Goggle Scholar Beta

• Launched in November 2004
• Content is obscure, no definition of scholarly
  given
• Coverage strongest in ST, weakest in humanities
• Searches the scholarly subset of Goggle's index
• Published material partially indexed from ACM,
  Blackwell, Ebsco, IEEE, IP, Nature, Online
  Computer Library Center, Springer, and Wiley
  Interscience
• 2000 books included from OCLC
• Basic search interface has the same familiar
  design as Goggle. 10 word search limit (Goggle
  allows 34 words) 

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Goggle Scholar Beta Results

• CITATION Dynamic matrix controla computer
  control algorithmCR Cutler, BL Ramaker -
  Proceedings of the 86th AIChE National Meeting,
  Houston, , 1979 Cited by 218 Web Search
• BOOK The matrix computer networks and
  conferencing systems worldwideJS Quarterman -
  1990 - Bedford, Mass. Digital Press Cited by 72
  Web Search Library Search

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Goggle Scholar vs. Scirushttp//www.extranet.el
sevier.com/listman/scirus/nov04/google20online.h
tm
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Science Resources

• CENDI Agency Terminology Resources
• http//cendi.dtic.mil/terminology.html
•  JAS Journal Abbreviation Sources
• http//www.public.iastate.edu/CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm
  
• ISI Science Watch
• http//www.sciencewatch.com/
• Martindale's Reference Desk Calculators On-Line
  
• http//www.toancausoft.com.vn/utc/hsg/RefCalculato
  rs1B.html
• MInd The Meetings Index
• http//www.interdok.com/mind/
• OAIster
• http//oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/

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References

• Felter, Laura M. 2005 Goggle Scholar, Scirus,
  and the Scholarly Search Revolution. Searcher
  13 9(2) 43, 6p. Retrieved June 1, 2005, from
  http//www.scirus.com/press/pdf/searcher_reprint.p
  df
•  Goggle. 2005. About Goggle Scholar Beta.
  Retrieved May 31, 2005, from http//www.scholar.go
  ogle.com/scholar/about.html
•  Hamaker, Chuck and Brad Spry. 2005. "Key
  Issues Goggle Scholar Search." Serials 18 (1)
  70-73. Retrieved June 1, 2005, from
  http//www.uksg.org/serials/hamaker.pdf
• Jacsó, Péter 2004. Side - by Side Native
  Search Engines vs Goggle Scholar. Retrieved May
  31, 2005 from http//www2.hawaii.edu/jacso/schola
  rly/side-by-side2.htm
  
•  Jacsó Péter. December 2004. Péter's Digital
  Reference Shelf Goggle Scholar Beta. Thomson
  Gale Reference Reviews. Retrieved May 31, 2005,
  from http//www.galegroup.com/servlet/HTMLFileServ
  let?imprint9999region7fileName/reference/arch
  ive/200412/googlescholar.html

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References

• Jacsó, Péter 2005. Goggle Scholar the pros and
  the cons. Online Information Review 29 (2),
  208 214. 
• Myhill, Martin. April 2005. The Advisor
  reviews Goggle Scholar. The Charlestone
  Advisor 6 (4). Retrieved May 31, 2005, from
  http//www.charlestonco.com/review.cfm?id225
• Robinson, William C. 2005. IS 534 Sylabus
  Government Information Sources and Services.
  Retrieved June 1, 2005 at http//web.utk.edu/wrob
  inso/534.html
• Sullivan, Danny. March 2005. 5th Annual Search
  Engine Watch Awards. Search Engine Watch.
  Retrieved June 1, 2005 from http//searchenginewat
  ch.com/awards/article.php/3494141specialty
•  Yahoo. 2005. Yahoo! Mindset. Retrieved May 31,
  2005, from http//mindset.research.yahoo.com/faq.
  php
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