1. Free Web Resources Adriana Szekely (reference librarian) Phone 08-9489651 1

2. WEB CATALOG: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html AVAILABLE DATABASES: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/datalist_new.htm http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/datalist_new.htm ELECTRONIC JOURNALS http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm ELECTRONIC BOOKS http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm WEB RESOURCES: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY SITE 2

3. The library website http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html 3 Databases Library search

4. The library website free e-journals http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html 4

5. The library website free e-books http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html 5

6. Free web resources http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm 6 Google Scholar HighWire PubMed Central Ag BioTech InfoNet Agricola Agris Medline/Pubmed US Patent and Trademark Office FAO Statistics

7. 7 Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (1) * The SITE holding the information Is the site academic? governmental? Does it have expertise in the subject area? (It is possible to limit Internet searches to academic, governmental, and other site types). Example : inurl:gov OR inurl:ac OR inurl:edu

8. Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (2) 8 The PERSON OR PERSONS IN CHARGE OF SITE INFORMATION: Are they recognized as experts in the field? Do they publish additional publications? Are they supervised by known organizations? Are they cited by others? Does the site show the details of the person in charge of the information (name, contact options)?

9. Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (3) 9 * UPDATENESS: Is the site updated often? * Are there LINKS TO THE SITE from other sites? * RELEVANCY OF THE INFORMATION: Quantity and location of the search terms (appear in the titles of documents) ? Updated?

10. Criteria for evaluating free internet sites and documents (4) 10 * RELIABILITY & OBJECTIVITY Is the source of the information on the site an objective party? an interested party (in marketing products, ideas, services)?

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