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Environmental and Geographical Science Library Guide: Evaluating Information

How to find information - a library guide for Environmental and Geographical Science students at UCT.

Internet Resources

A large amount of information that may be of interest to Information Systems is available on the internet. Some of the information can be accessed on subject-specific internet sites and through using general search engines.  When using the internet resources, you need to be cautious, as most websites do not undergo peer review. It is therefore important to evaluate the website that you get your information from.

Evaluating Resources

"Invisible" or "deep" net searching

There is a vast amount of information on the world wide web that cannot be found using general purpose search engines like Google. General purpose search engines provide only the tip of the iceberg of what is available on the web. There are alternatives to general purpose search engines:

Provides scholarly internet resource collections

One of the best known general directories on the web.

The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.

Discover over 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines.

Subject Librarian

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