A lot of people start off searching Google for online information about particular topics; the problem is that there is so much information out there, that getting to trustworthy, academic level resources can be tricky.
First off, if you're going to use the Internet for some of your searching, don't go to Google--go to Google Scholar. This is a smaller subset of the Google search engine and your results from here should be fewer and more relevant than a general Internet search. Google Scholar doesn't just have full-text material; there will be results in your list that are not freely available and that we don't subscribe to either.
To make your searching more effective on Google Scholar you will need to alter the settings so that it checks results against the University of Derby's E-Journals Finder collection. That way, if we subscribe to the full-text of an article that comes up in your Scholar search (and as long as you're logged into UDo) you will be able to get through to the full-text of the article more easily.
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There are millions of items of information on the Internet and if you choose not to go through a gatekeeper--like a database, for example--who weeds out the material that can't be trusted, then it's up to you to judge the trustworthiness of the online resources you're looking at.
Virtual Training Suite - this is a subject specific resource that takes users through the process of searching the Internet for subject specific information and each one of these training guides is divided into four parts: Tour, Discover, Judge, Success, and although the Tour & Discover elements are a little outdated now it's the Judge section that will give hints and tips on assessing the quality of information you find online and the qualities you need to look for here will not have changed.
