FTS: Reproductive Technologies: Research Tools and Tips

• Limit a search by domain type: egg donors site:.gov
• Exclude domains from a search: egg donors –site:.com
• Limit a search to recent publications: at the top of your search results, click on tools and choose a time period (helpful if you want up-to-date information)
• Search two related terms at once using OR: egg OR oocyte
• Put a phrase in quotes: “Intracytoplasmic sperm transfer”
• Not sure where a page comes from? Delete everything in the URL after the first / to go to the root page 
• Use a specialized Google search to focus on news, images, or scholarly publications 

Organizations and Government Agencies

Medical Research Reports 

Information Sources for Non-Specialists

Sample Web Sites
These sites are examples of well-organized, engaging, and accessible (clearly written, straight-forward, and audience-appropriate) content.

Flickr - a social networking site for photos. To find photos licensed for reuse, narrow a search by clicking on the drop down "any license" link and choose "creative commons."

Google Images - go to images.google.com, search, then at the top of your results choose Tools > Usage Rights > Labeled for Reuse

Unsplash - a source of pictures for illustrating websites; the search function is not highly specific.

Wikimedia Commons – repository of millions of images and videos either in the public domain or licensed for reuse.

NOTE: when building a website, you should use images that are licensed for reuse, are in the public domain, or are photos you took yourself. It's good practice to indicate the source of images and to avoid reusing copyrighted images.

Books in the general collection with call numbers starting with A - PQ are shelved on the upper level

Books  in the general collection with call numbers starting with PR - Z are on the main floor

Many books on reproductive technology are found in a book case near the front door; these have a call number ending with Entrance Display.