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Electronic Information Sources

There are a number of types of electronic information source. Here are some which you are likely to meet when carrying out information searching.

CD-ROMs - eg. an encyclopaedia such as Encarta.
WWW Websites - eg. a local history website on life in Scottish fishing communities.
Groups - eg. a Yahoo group for discussing stress management in the workplace.
Website searchable databases - eg. an online newspaper archive.

Scotland's Information: use our map to find libraries, museums and archives
Research Collections Online: subject strength listings for the larger general libraries in Scotland
Scottish Library and Information Resources: find a library, librarian, museum or archive
Scottish Distributed Digital Library: digital collections with Scottish themes
Scottish Collections Network: an online catalogue of collections held in Scottish libraries, museums and archives
Co-operative Information Retrieval Network for Scotland: a one-stop shop for finding materials held in the collections of many libraries in Scotland