Bibliocycle

Introduction
What information is available on the Internet? What can you get to using Google?

Beyond Google: Subscription e-resources at the OWHL

Biographical

• Biography Resource Center
• American National Biography
• Dictionary of National Biography

Facts (Reference Sources)

In-depth information (Resource Centers)

• CQ Researcher
• Educator’s Reference Complete

Getting better at Googling

1. Know what you are looking for.  Before you sit down at your computer, spend some time with paper and pen and brainstorm a list of possible search terms association with your information need.
   
   
2. Three tricks to improve your search results:

• Use quotation marks to search for certain words in their exact order (for example, “Pittsburgh Penguins” or “Subaru Outback”);

• Use a minus sign to exclude a word from a search (say, penguins -Pittsburgh, outback -Subaru); and,

• Use the site operator to limit a search to certain credible sites—such as an educational institution or a governmental site—(for example, site:edu, site:org, or site:gov).

Excellent information on the Free Web

• Government documents
• Google Books
• Internet Archive
• Library of Congress Digital  Collections
• People search

Collaboration Tools

• Google Docs
• Del.icio.us and  Diigo
• WordPress or other publishing platform