Internet Research with Google Advanced Search

STOP! Is the Internet the right place to satisfy your information need?

You can save yourself a lot of time in researching a particular topic by first considering whether the sort of information needed is likely be found on the Internet.

The Internet may not be the the best place to look for...

• brief factual information or a brief overview or definition. A print encyclopedia or dictionary may be more convenient and/or authoritative
• material from the "invisible Web" ie. the wide range of documents and data obtainable only from Monash Library databases (including journal articles, industry reports and statistics) which are not accessible via a general Internet search. Such databases are designed to enable precision searching and retrieval. For information about Library databases in your discipline check the online Subject pages.
• information that is unlikely to be free, at least in a complete form (e.g. detailed market reports or detailed historical share price information)
• old issues of publications (e.g. company annual reports and journal articles from 10 years ago)