Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Into the cloud: new research skills for the information age -- The rise of the search engines -- Summary of chapters -- Who this book is aimed at -- 2.Books -- Print publications online -- Library catalogues -- Online bookshops -- Full-text books online -- Book reviews -- Publishers -- Exercises -- 3.Articles -- Understanding academic articles -- Annual Reviews -- Google Scholar -- Indexing and abstracting databases -- Specialized subject databases -- Full-text articles online -- Publishers -- Open access -- Other article databases -- Theses and dissertations -- Exercises -- 4.Subject guides -- Searching the open Web -- Academic subject guides -- Universal subject guides -- Understanding web addresses -- Understanding websites -- Exercises -- 5.Searching the keyword search engines -- Introduction -- The big three -- Advanced searching -- Meta search engines -- Comparing search engines with meta search engines --

Contents note continued: Boolean searching -- How search engines search -- Devising search queries -- Look before you leap -- Technical difficulties -- Exercises -- 6.Social media, news and multimedia -- Social media -- Email lists -- Discussion groups -- News -- Multimedia -- Exercises -- 7.Governments, archives and statistics -- (Niall O Dochartaigh and Patricia Sleeman) -- Introduction -- Governments -- Archives -- Statistics -- Exercises -- 8.Evaluation and citation -- Introduction -- Classification -- Evaluation -- Citation -- Exercises -- 9.Beyond searching: networks, research management and online research -- Research networks and research support -- Social networks -- Organizing your research -- Internet research methods.