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Search Socially with Scour.com. Search Socially with Scour.com. LISZEN. - Qwika. Smarter online research - annotate, organize & collaborate on web pages. MCTC Library. Home - ACWR303 - Academic Writing for Nursing - Libguides at University of Calgary. WISPR : Welcome to the Workshop for the Information Search Process for Research (WISPR. JournalTOCs. New York Times Shrinks Labeling on Its Natives Ads. The New York Times has shrunk the labels that distinguish articles bought by advertisers from articles generated in its newsroom and made the language in the labels less explicit.

New York Times Shrinks Labeling on Its Natives Ads

The Times became only the latest online publisher to begin selling so-called native ads when it introduced its Paid Posts in January, adopting a tactic meant to draw readers to ads by making them more or less resemble the surrounding editorial content. A bit of reader confusion over what's an ad is inherent. Several marketers have bristled at all the labeling, suggesting it turned away readers before they had a chance to judge the content based on its quality.

But recent Paid Posts from Chevron and Netflix have replaced the blue moat that enclosed Dell's native ad with a slimmer blue line running only along the top. Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013. By Jeffrey Beall Released December 4, 2012 The gold open-access model has given rise to a great many new online publishers.

Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013

Many of these publishers are corrupt and exist only to make money off the author processing charges that are billed to authors upon acceptance of their scientific manuscripts. There are two lists below. The first includes questionable, scholarly open-access publishers. The second list includes individual journals that do not publish under the platform of any publisher — they are essentially independent, questionable journals. Researching with Wikipedia. Wikipedia can be a great tool for learning and researching information.

Researching with Wikipedia

However, as with all reference works, not everything in Wikipedia is accurate, comprehensive, or unbiased. Many of the general rules of thumb for conducting research apply to Wikipedia, including: Always be wary of any one single source (in any medium — web, print, television or radio), or of multiple works that derive from a single source.Where articles have references to external sources (whether online or not) read the references and check whether they really do support what the article says.In most academic institutions Wikipedia, like most encyclopedias and other tertiary sources, is unacceptable as a source for facts in a research paper.

Some encyclopedias such as Encyclopædia Britannica have notable authors working for them and may be cited as a secondary source in some cases; institutional policies will vary. Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013. Authoritative Databases. CCL_Information_Literacy_Rubric_v2013-2014.pdf. New York Times Shrinks Labeling on Its Natives Ads. Researching with Wikipedia. SourceWatch. Virtual Reference Shelf - Ask a Librarian. Abbreviations Back to Top Almanacs & Fast Facts Architecture Art.

Virtual Reference Shelf - Ask a Librarian

Skills for Online Searching - ipl2 A+ Research & Writing. Learn how search syntax works Search syntax is a set of rules describing how users can query the database being searched.

Skills for Online Searching - ipl2 A+ Research & Writing

Sophisticated syntax makes for a better search, one where the items retrieved are mostly relevant to the searcher's need and important items are not missed. It allows a user to look for combinations of terms, exclude other terms, look for various forms of a word, include synonyms, search for phrases rather than single words. The main tools of search syntax are these: 10 Search Engines For Kids. Advertisement Browsing safe content is the single most reason for calling up search engines made specifically for kids.

10 Search Engines For Kids

A search page that appeals with its looks could be the second. Letting a kid having the run of the web using a search engine for kids helps to lessen the worry load on a parent’s mind. Project: An Educational Boolean Web Search Tool. Virtual Training Suite - Home Page. Ipl2: Information You Can Trust. History - Google Scholar Metrics. ManyBooks.net - Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, Kindle, or eBook reader. ManyBooks.net - Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, Kindle, or eBook reader. Search Engine Features Chart. Reportret: gallery of reconstructed portraits. Home - TimeSearch. Search the Web through Timelines(and surprise yourself with what you find) Icons on the left link to Google or HistoryWorld (H) Yellow icons on the right link to related images in GoogleMove your pointer over an icon to see the search terms To start at Big Bang just click Go (above)To go to a specific period enter a year (above)For a more focused timeline use the Areas and Themes menus (top left)

Home - TimeSearch

Recommended Search Engines-The Library-University of California. Google alone is not always sufficient, however.

Recommended Search Engines-The Library-University of California

Not everything on the Web is fully searchable in Google. Overlap studies show that more than 80% of the pages in a major search engine's database exist only in that database. Interactive online Google tutorial and references - Google Guide. Search Features. Recommended Search Engines-The Library-University of California. The Library of Congress' Photostream. Collection: Historic Newspapers (Library of Congress Flickr pilot project) The Library of Congress' photosets on Flickr. Advanced Power Searching. Popular vs Trade vs Scholarly. The Best Tools for Visualization.

Visualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data.

The Best Tools for Visualization

When data is large or abstract, visualization can help make the data easier to read or understand. There are visualization tools for search, music, networks, online communities, and almost anything else you can think of. Whether you want a desktop application or a web-based tool, there are many specific tools are available on the web that let you visualize all kinds of data. Here are some of the best: Visualize Social Networks Last.Forward: Thanks to Last.fm's new widget gallery, you can now explore a wide selection of extras to extend your Last.fm experience. Last Forward. 12 Fabulous Academic Search Engines.

Coming to you from the wonderful Nova Scotian city, Halifax (Canada), Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is an educational blog dedicated to curating, reviewing and sharing EdTech tools and mobile apps.

12 Fabulous Academic Search Engines

The purpose is to help teachers and educators effectively integrate digital technologies into their day-to-day teaching, learning and professional development. For any questions regarding the blog website or the published content , please contact EdTech admin, editor and blog owner, Med Kharbach at: info@educatorstechnology.com. Med Kharbach is a doctoral researcher and a former teacher with 10 years of classroom teaching experience.

Med's research interests include: discourse analysis, language learning, linguistics, Internet linguistics, critical linguistics, new (emerging) literacies, critical pedagogy, and educational technology. Here is how to cite any of our blog posts in APA style : List of academic databases and search engines. Wikipedia list article This article contains a representative list of notable databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, institutional repositories, archives, or other collections of scientific and other articles. APA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago Citation Styles. Research and Documentation Online 5th Edition.

MLA Formatting and Style Guide. Summary: MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.

Contributors:Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli, Russell Keck, Joshua M. APA Style. WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog. Net. Web Search Strategies in Plain English. Boolean Operators. Thomson Reuters. RefWorks Home Page. Zotero. 15 Lesson Plans For Making Students Better Online Researchers. Search engine and human edited web directory KartOO. 100 Time-Saving Search Engines for Serious Scholars (Revised) Back in 2010, we shared with you 100 awesome search engines and research resources in our post: 100 Time-Saving Search Engines for Serious Scholars. It’s been an incredible resource, but now, it’s time for an update.

Some services have moved on, others have been created, and we’ve found some new discoveries, too. Many of our original 100 are still going strong, but we’ve updated where necessary and added some of our new favorites, too. Check out our new, up-to-date collection to discover the very best search engine for finding the academic results you’re looking for. General. Answers. Grockit Answers is just-in-time Q&A for video lectures. In Grockit Answers, interactions happen around video lectures, and participants ask and answer questions about specific points in the lecture. Since every question is attached to a specific point in time in the video, Grockit Answers displays a question and its answers at the point in the lecture that they are most relevant. And since the things that confuse you are likely to be the same things that confuse others, you'll find that answers to your own questions pop up on the screen just as you're starting to get confused.