The internet is a treasure trove of riches but where to start? The majority of people just plunge off into Google but might there sometimes be a better option? We are going to explore some of the possibilities on this blog. Please use the comments to suggest others we might want to share with people.
Intute (terrible name - brilliant site) is a great place to start. Intute has built a collection of quality assessed sites ranged around different topic areas. For our purposes we are most interested in those under Health and Life Sciences which further break down into:
You can search or browse in each section or across all the resources. There are some 33,000 resources claimed included. While this sounds a lot it is much more manageable than a free search on many millions of potential pages in Google.
Each resources in Intute has a clear description and has been indexed to increase the likelyhood of it being presented when you need it (you won't be suprised to hear Librarians are involved in preparing the site).
So next time you need to start researching a topic and are not sure where to start - try Intute. As a bonus they are currently looking for feedback and you can win a £50 Amazon Voucher for letting them know what you think.
No comments:
Post a Comment