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Stem Cell Research on the Internet

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Popularity Search Engines:
Google Ask.com
(Formerly, Ask Jeeves)
Evaluated Directories & Portals:
Librarian's Index to the Internet INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections Internet Scout Project Selected Internet Resources
Medical & Scientific Search Engines, Directories & Portals:
Scirus PubMed (MEDLINE, Science journals, etc.) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Centers for Disease Control (CDC) New Scientist News
Evaluating Internet Information:
"How to find the good and avoid the bad or ugly:
A short guide to tools for rating quality of health information on the internet,"
British Medical Journal (March 9, 2002)
Helpful Hints

  • Begin by going to the "Advanced Search" page of a search engine

  • If you are looking for a name, or ideas that use two or more words, do a "phrase" search
    (usually by putting the words you're looking for in double quotes: "stem cell"

  • If your search engine allows truncation or "wild card" searching, you can automatically search for different versions of the word you're looking for by using an asterisk: cell* will find both cell and cells

  • If your search engine does not allow truncation, put the word OR (spelled in capital letters) between different versions of the word you're searching for: cell OR cells

  • Phrase searching and truncation can be combined: "stem cell*"

  • Put the word AND (in capitals) between all the words or phrases that you want to combine: "stem cell*" AND "liver cancer"

  • Read the "Help" or "Tips" page(s) on the search engine you are using

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