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Internet research

Here are entered works on using the Internet to conduct research. Works on using various Internet tools and search engines effectively to find information are entered under Internet searching. Works on computer network resources available for research in various fields are entered under Computer network resources.

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• Research

• Internet research -- Moral and ethical aspects

• Internet research -- Methodology
• Web research

• Mining Social Media: Finding Stories in Internet Data (2019), by Lam Thuy Vo (HTML with commentary at socialdata.site)
• Science Communication Online: Engaging Experts and Publics on the Internet (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2019), by Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher (PDF at Ohio State)
• Conducting Research Surveys via E-Mail and the Web (2002), by Matthias Schonlau, Ronald D. Fricker, and Marc N. Elliott (PDF files with commentary at rand.org)

• The Digital Difference: Responsible Conduct of Research in a Networked World (2005), by Richard Fyffe and Scott Walter (PDF with commentary at ku.edu)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Incomplete Guide to the Art of Discovery (c1991), by J. E. Oliver (PDF with commentary at Cornell)
• On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (third edition, 2009), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Methods of Research: Educational, Psychological, Sociological (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, c1954), by Carter V. Good and Douglas E. Scates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bulletin of the National Research Council (partial serial archives)
• The Elements of Research (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937), by Frederick Lamson Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital Classics Outside the Echo-Chamber: Teaching, Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement (London: Ubiquity Press, c2016), ed. by Gabriel Bodard and Matteo Romanello, contrib. by Stella Dee, Maryam Foradi, Filip Šaric, Simon Mahony, Simona Stoyanova, Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox, Francesco Mambrini, Segolene Tarte, Alberto Campagnolo, Alejandro Giacometti, L. W. MacDonald, Melissa M. Terras, Adam Gibson, Valeria Vitale, Bridget Almas, Marie-Claire Beaulieu, James Brusuelas, and Silvia Orlandi
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester (2007), ed. by Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons (PDF at ALA)
• A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students, by Kathryn L. Schwartz (HTML at IPL)
• A Positron Named Priscilla: Scientific Discovery at the Frontier, by Marcia Bartusiak, Andrew Chaikin, Addison Greenwood, T. A. Heppenheimer, Michelle Hoffman, David Holzman, Elizabeth J. Maggio, and Anne Simon Moffat (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy (London: UCL Press, 2018), ed. by Susanne Hecker, Mordechai Haklay, Anne Bowser, Zen Makuch, Johannes Vogel, and Aletta Bonn (PDF with commentary at UCL Press)

• Gaming the Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020), ed. by Mario Biagioli and Alexandra Lippman (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)

• How to Develop a Data Management and Sharing Plan (Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre, 2011), by Sarah Jones (HTML and PDF with commentary in the UK)

• A Strategy for Assessing Science: Behavioral and Social Research on Aging (2006), ed. by Irwin Feller and Paul C. Stern (page images at NAP)

• Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research (electronic edition; current version Columbus: Ohio State University, ca. 2018), by Cheryl Meredith Lowry (HTML at Pressbooks)

• The Romance of Research (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., in cooperation with the Century of Progress Exposition, 1933), by L. V. Redman and A. V. H. Mory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Engaging Researchers with Data Management: The Cookbook (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2019), by Connie Clare, Maria J. Cruz, Elli Papadopoulou, James Savage, Marta Teperek, Yan Wang, Iza Witkowska, and Joanne Yeomans (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects (CLIR publication #160; c2013), by Council on Library and Information Resources (PDF with commentary at clir.org)
• Bits of Power: Issues in Global Access to Scientific Data, by National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (HTML and page images at NAP)

• International Partnerships in Large Science Projects (Washington: GPO, 1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

• Breakthrough Dividend: Israel Innovations in Biotechnology That Could Benefit Americans (c1995), by Irvin M. Asher, ed. by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard (HTML at Jewish Virtual Library)

• Planning and Managing Scientific Research: A Guide for the Beginning Researcher (c2014), by B. L. N. Kennett (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Grey Matters: A Guide to Collaborative Research with Seniors (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2010), by Nancy J. Marlett and Claudia Emes, contrib. by Penny Jennett, Bob Stebbins, Joan Ryan, Dorothy Dooley, and Marianne Rogerson (PDF files at University of Calgary)
• The Incomplete Guide to the Art of Discovery (c1991), by J. E. Oliver (PDF with commentary at Cornell)
• How Readers Discover Content in Scholarly Publications (2018), by Tracy Gardner and Simon Inger (PDF at renewconsultants.com)
• Research Methods Knowledge Base (early electronic edition), by William M. Trochim (HTML with commentary at socialresearchmethods.net)
• Scholarly Work in the Humanities and the Evolving Information Environment, by William S. Brockman, Laura Neumann, Carole L. Palmer, and Tonyia J. Tidline (HTML and PDF at clir.org)

• Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process (2 volumes; 1992), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)
  • Volume I: page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume II: page images with commentary at NAP
• The Digital Difference: Responsible Conduct of Research in a Networked World (2005), by Richard Fyffe and Scott Walter (PDF with commentary at ku.edu)
• Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct, by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Royal Society Open Science (2014-), by Royal Society (Great Britain) (full serial archives)
• The Bulletin of Basic Science Research (full serial archives)

• Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age (2009), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images at NAP)
• Owning and Using Scholarship: An IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers (Chicago: Association of College and Resarch Libraries, 2014), by Kevin L. Smith (PDF at ala.org)
• Scholarly Work in the Humanities and the Evolving Information Environment, by William S. Brockman, Laura Neumann, Carole L. Palmer, and Tonyia J. Tidline (HTML and PDF at clir.org)

• Applications of R&D in the Civil Sector: The Opportunity Provided by the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (1978), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• The American University: National Treasure or Endangered Species? (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1997), ed. by Ronald G. Ehrenberg (at ecommons.cornell.edu)
• Science, the Endless Frontier (Washington: GPO, 1945), by Vannevar Bush and United States Office of Scientific Research and Development
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • HTML (main report only, without extensive appendices) at nsf.gov
• Research Briefings, 1986, by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (third edition, 2009), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research, by National Research Council Committee on the Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Maternal Deprivation Experiments in Psychology: A Critique of Animal Models (1986), by Martin L. Stephens (illustrated HTML at aavs.org)

• Science, Medicine, and Animals: A Circle of Discovery (Washington: National Research Council, National Academies Press, 2004), by Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (U.S.) (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines (2002), ed. by David L. Szanton (PDF with commentary at escholarship.org)

• A Positron Named Priscilla: Scientific Discovery at the Frontier, by Marcia Bartusiak, Andrew Chaikin, Addison Greenwood, T. A. Heppenheimer, Michelle Hoffman, David Holzman, Elizabeth J. Maggio, and Anne Simon Moffat (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Design of Comparative Experiments (prepublication draft version, 2008), by R. Bailey (PDF files with commentary in the UK)
• Principles of Experimental Design for Art Conservation Research (1992), by Terry J. Reedy and Chandra L. Reedy (PDF and page images at getty.edu and Google)
• The Experimental Side of Modeling (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, c2018), ed. by Isabelle F. Peschard and Bas C. Van Fraassen (HTML with commentary at umn.edu)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.