Web (Online) Research
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0. Introduction
Ever since using the Internet through the Arpanet in 1991, I have a keen interest on how to use the Internet for information and knowledge research. Without any doubt the Internet has changed the concept of knowledge, research and sharing information. Today, it is so easy to find out about anything you might want to know on the Internet, but most of us find it too time consuming and too much information. Therefore I would like to share some of my rants and roars on how I use the Internet for research and what tools are invaluable for my work with and on the Internet.
Basically I want to raise a number of issues I find absolutely important, such as "economics of research", "search engines" ... maybe not just Google ... topical research, business & academic research, tools other than your "search engine" that can help you increase your efficiency and some ideas on how to store/ bookmark all that information you find. Another thing that I will incorporate in my rants here will be a section covering on how to store/ maintain your findings, be it in bookmark-format or in folders. While this falls somewhat in the productivity category, I still think it fits better in the Research section of my website.
Main Topics to be covered:
- How to start your web research & economics of web research.
- Define your research, or the issue of topical and specified research.
- How to use search engines & how do you use them efficiently.
- Other tools that can help you to (efficiently) use the web for your resarch.
- Filing, bookmarks etc.
So lets start and go into those topics right away and keep in mind that this is only a beginning and will be gradually filled up and worked on.
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