LIS 530C: Fall 2006

Russian, East European & Eurasian

Bibliography & Research Methods:

Session 5:

Research Tools

Session Description | Session Requirements | Session Presentation

~ Session 5 Description ~

An overview of new research tools: Current Awareness Options, RSS, Refworks, and Federated Searching

~ Session 5 Requirements & Other Materials ~

Required Reading | Additional Readings

Required Reading

Author	Date	Title
		Refworks tutorial (http://www.refworks.com/tutorial)

Additional Readings

Author	Date	Title
Cannon, Angela	2005	"Up-to-the-minute News from Eastern Europe: New Approaches to Media and Government Information via the Internet" (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/spx/BnD/rsspres_files/frame.htm) [An overview of RSS feeds in the East European and Russian area]
RefWorks	2006	"Tutorial [of RefWorks]" (available online)
Search Assistant	2006	"Search Assistant" (available online)
Federated Searching	2006	"The Truth about Federated Searching" (available online)
Federated Searching	2006	"Google Scholar vs. Metasearch System" (available online)

Other Assignments

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