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Web Sites for Researchers

The following list provides some web resources that may be of a particular interest to researchers.

If you have any websites that you use on a regular basis and might be of use to others, please forward to Liaison Librarian - Research for inclusion on this page.

Free Online book
Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research (2004)
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy http://www.nap.edu/books/0309094356/html/

Free Books - http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
Many books in the public domain may be accessed from this long list of sites containing freely available e-books and other literature. Some entries do have specified conditions. The listings are broken down into Australian then International.

Postgraduate Toolbox- http://www.postgraduatetoolbox.net/site/index
A website to bring together Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral researchers from any discipline around the globe.  It aims to provide an easy way to meet and communicate with others who share common research interests in a global multi-disciplinary environment.  Through The Graduate Junction you can learn about current research being undertaken by other graduate researchers all over the world. 

ResearchGate  - http://www.researchgate.net/
ResearchGate is the world's largest professional network for scientists and researchers and is completely free.  It provides researchers with access to around 40 million abstracts and tens of thousands of Full texts, uploaded by the authors themselves. It also provides facilities to create professional profiles, form groups, upload & download papers, hunt for jobs, find out about conferences and network with each other.

Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org/
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. It includes Web pages, Moving Images, a Live Music Archive, Audio and Texts.

Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaresources/toolkitforexpert/toolkitexpert.cfm

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CIRET -  International Center for Research and Study in Tourism  - http://www.ciret-tourism.com/
This center assists in the networking of researchers specialising in tourism and travel across various countries.  It also provides free access to a number of resources in tourism and leisure.