This document provides an overview of resources for quality web searching beyond Google. It lists several scholarly search engines including Google Scholar, Scirus, and Microsoft Academic Search. It also discusses subject directories, gateways, open access journal articles and theses/dissertations. Recommended scholarly repositories and databases are provided, including ArXiv, CiteSeer and Web of Knowledge. Tips are offered for managing references and staying updated on library news.

1. Research Quality Web Searching
Beyond
Google
Rabishankar Giri
IGDTUW Library

2. Overview
1.
Other good search engines
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Subject directories – built by people
2.
Gateways
Google
Beyond

3. Scholarly good search engines
Use
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Google Scholar
Scirus
Microsoft Academic Search
Google
Beyond

4. Open Access Journal Articles
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Visit DOAJ (http://www.doaj.org/ )
Google
Beyond

5. 
Search
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Beyond
Google
Access To Open Access
Electronic Thesis
Open Access Theses and Dissertations at
http://oatd.org/
NDLTD at
http://elaine.dlib.vt.edu:8082/ndltd/serviceprovider
All Dissertation http://
www.alldissertations.com/index.php

6. Good Scholarly Repository/ Book
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Start with
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ArXiv at http://arxiv.org/
CiteSeer at
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index;jsessionid
=8E6BE409E8CC85083E35C2AAC19C117B
InTech Open Science at
http://www.intechopen.com/

7. 
Web of Knowledge (Campus Access)
(It is the best citation and abstract level
database. Only the good journals are
indexed in this database. )
Google
Searching in good scholarlyBeyond
Journals / High impact Journals

8. Campus Access E-Resources
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Visit Library Page at our Institute Website.
Click on E-Resources
Campus Access
Beyond
Google

9. Managing References, Saving
and Sharing Articles
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Try
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Mendeley at www.mendeley.com/
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Zotero at http://www.zotero.org/ (Firefox
Browser only)
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CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/

10. For Updated News
Visit Library Blog at
http://igitlrc.blogspot.in/
Or Visit Library Facebook Page at
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https://www.facebook.com/IGDTUWLi
brary
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https://twitter.com/igitlrc
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