1. Researching Outside the Box
An introduction to freely available resources
Presented by
Anthony DeMinico

2. Photo courtesy of Blake Patterson (blakespot).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/4691074131/sizes/o/in/photostream/

11. Image by Zachary Johnson, http://www.zachstronaut.com/posts/2009/01/27/canvas-404.html

12. So. . .
Where do we go now?

13. But first, a commercial break!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx4twCK3_I

14. Sift Through The CRAAP
 Currency
 Relevance
 Authority
 Accuracy
 Purpose

16. Some Places To Start
 The Internet Public Library
ipl2.org
 Infomine
infomine.ucr.edu
 FirstGov
usa.gov
 Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
doaj.org
 Google
google.com

17. But Wait, There's MORE!
 Google Books
books.google.com
 Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
 Wikipedia
wikipedia.org
Remember, watch for CRAAP!

18. Now for Something Completely
Different
 Multimedia Education Resource for Learning
and Online teaching (MERLOT)
merlot.org
 data.gov
Yes, it is simply called data.gov, and is
available at data.gov

19. Is Science Scary?
 Scientific Research: Open Access
scirp.org
 Wiley Open Access
wileyopenaccess.com
 Elsevier's “Scirus”
scirus.com
 Worldwide Science.org, The Global Science
Gateway
worldwidescience.org

20. A Nod to Nurses
 The National Library of Medicine
nlm.nih.gov
Bringing you PubMed and PubChem!
 PubChem
pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 OMICS Publishing Group Open Access
Journals
omicsonline.org/open-access-journals-list.php

21. Want Some Government Support?
 The Federal Digital System
gpo.gov/fdsys
Courtesy of the Government Printing Office
 THOMAS – from the Library of Congress
thomas.loc.gov

22. What About Social Sciences?
 The World Bank Group
worldbank.org
 Historical Statistics of the United States
hsus.cambridge.org/HSUSWeb/HSUSEntryServle
t
 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
usgs.gov

23. Bridge to Business and Economics
 Palgrave Macmillan Open Access Journals
palgravejournals.com/palgraveopen/index
 The American Economic Association
vanderbilt.edu/AEA/
 Econpapers
econpapers.repec.org

24. Extending Education
 Connexions
cnx.org
 Applied Math and Science Education
Repository (AMSER)
amser.org
 MERLOT
Worth mentioning again!

25. Oh, the Humanities (and Arts!)
 JURN
jurn.org
 Hathi Trust
hathitrust.org
 Project Gutenberg
gutenberg.org

26. Cite Your Sites!
Always remember:
when in doubt, cite your sources!
Don't know how?
Check the (Perdue) OWL!
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
Or
The Norton Field Guide to Writing
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/fieldguide
/index.asp

27. Questions, Comments, Concerns?
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