I came across this useful article over at Search Engine watch about “Searching Online from an Academic Perspective”.Probably you must be using Google to track down most of your academic searches..i’ve hardly seen people(academics) making use of the fantastic Google Scholar search engine which i believe is better tailored to suit academic searches.Furthermore Scirus does a better job when it comes to finding literature from an academic perspective.I could write a page long post on this…but then i found this article which does exactly that.So go ahead skim it and develop/enhance your search skills.