4. 1. Remember that the internet contains vast
amounts of information, so the following tips
are essential.
Use educational and government websites with internet
suffixes: .edu, .ac or .gov as they are generally considered
more credible.
Avoid online material that is published through
commercial sites (sites with a .com or .co suffix) as they
may be biased.
Websites of non-commercial organizations usually have a
.org suffix. Cite Widely known and respected
organizations, such as the United Nations.
5. Be wary of other organizations set up to
promote a particular view or cause. They may be
biased so indicate this possibility in your essay if
you cite them.
try using synonyms (= words that have a very
similar meaning) or related words. Instead of
management, for example, type leadership.
Do not include instruction words or small words
such as ‘the’, out , for , and in, only include
content words in the search.
6. Knowing who the experts are if they
( Research Gate-Academia –Google Scholar)
Have professional qualifications showing they have the
knowledge and training to write about the topic
Are connected to or work for a recognized and respected
organization, for example a
University, a research institute, a government department,
or professional association
Have their work published by recognized publishing houses,
journals or organizations
Are cited in other academic works
7. Finding information in the library
Library catalogues
A library catalogue is a list of all of the
materials in the library. The library catalogue
will list a wide variety of materials: books, e-
books, journals, e journals, newspapers,
doctoral theses and so on. Look at the
following pictures.
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11. 2. Advanced keyword searches
Searching for phrases
if you wish to search for a phrase, rather than individual key
words, you can place quotation marks (“…”) around the phrase
Truncation
to truncate key words means to search articles containing words
in the same word family ,i.e.,Bank*
Boolean operators
This involves combining your key words using ‘and’, ‘or’ and
‘not’ to make your search either more specific or more general.
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