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What?http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/
index.htmlHow?http://www.techlearning.com/article/
1108Tipshttp://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSte
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Be specific ...
because if you aren’t specific, you’ll end up with a bunch of garbage!
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Capitals DO NOT matter
AND or +
Include both keywords
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Note: “AND” in caps and no space after “+”
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OR or |
Any one keyword
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Note: “OR” in caps and leave a space after
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OR between keywords Sun OR “solar system”
OR statement in parentheses (sun OR “solar system”)
| (“pipe”) character in place of the word OR (sun | “solar system”)
All three methods yield the exact same results.
” “
Exact phrase
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-
exclude
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Note: No space after “-”
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*
Missing word
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~
Synonyms of the keyword
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Range
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Note: No spaces between numbers or dots
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AND is default
Capitalization does not matter.
Limit of 32 keywords.
Supports stemming and wildcard.
Order of keywords matter.
Be specific AND + OR | - * “ ” ~ ..
Operatorshttp://www.googletutor.com/google-
manual/web-search/adding-basic-operators/
https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/searchtech/index.html
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http://21cif.com/rkitp/assessment/v1n7/operator_assessment.swf
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filetype:
intitle:
inurl:
site:
synonym
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Restricts results to files of type ".doc" (or .xls, .ppt. etc.)
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Note:No space between filetype: and the file extension like pdf, xls, ppt, doc
The “dot” in the file extension – .doc – is optional.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.htmlhttp://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Restricts results to documents containing keyword in title.
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Note: No space between intitle: and keyword.To search for phrase put it in quotes.
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intitle:walt disney (without quotes)
Search results?
Google looks for every page with the word walt in title AND disney somewhere in body.
Note: Quotes are important to search for phrases
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Uniform Resource Locator
a string used to identify an access protocol, location, and identifier for a file or other Internet resource.
Source: http://search400.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid3_gci850,00.html
Restricts results to documents containing keyword in URL.
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Note: No space between inurl: and the keyword.
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Restricts the results to those websites in a domain.
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Note:No space between site: and the domain.
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Use in conjunction with another search term or phrase.pirates site:disney.com
Use to exclude sites.pirates –site:disney.com
Use to exclude or include entire domains (dot is optional)pirates –site:compirates site:edu
Use an OR search to include or exclude hits from multiple sites or domains.
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~keyword
Search for keyword and its synonyms.
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Note:No space between ~ and the keyword.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Alternative query types• cache:• link:• related:• info:
Other information• Define:• Calculator• Weather• Conversion
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Stuff you can use if you want to search without using any keywords
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Shows the cached version of a web page.
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Note: No space between cache: and the URL.Use in conjunction with keyword or phrase.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Restricts the results to web pages that have links to the specified URL.
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Note:No space between link: and the URL.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Lists webpages "similar" to a specified web page.
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Note:There can be no space between related: and the URL.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Presents some information that Google has about a particular web page.
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Note:There can be no space between info: and the URL.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Did you know that Google can look up dictionary definitions, answer to math problems?
Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#definitions
Definitions for the word or phrase (if available)
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Note:Do not need quotes around your phrases.Begin query with define:
Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#definitions
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator
56*78
Arithmeticunits of measureConversions
Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator
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Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Presents the three to four day weather forecast for a particular city.
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Note:You don’t need a colon in weather.
Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
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Query modifiers• filetype:• intitle:• inurl:• site:• synonyms
Alternative query types• cache:• link:• related:• info:
Other information needs• define:• Calculator• weather
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Challenge1 http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/Q2Q/K
eywordChallenge.swfChallenge2 http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/socce
rchallenge/Nyms_index.swfChallenge3 http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/snipp
etsleuth/SS_FunnyGirl_beta4.swf
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A. Top linksB. Google search button:C. Advanced searchD. Search fieldE. PreferencesF. Statistics barG. TipH. One Box resultsI. Page titleJ. Text below the titleK. URL of resultL. SizeM.CachedN. Similar pagesO. Indented resultP. More results
Takeaway
https://docs.google.com/present/view?hl=en&id=dfvwdtqp_35hq27gfhk
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Search engine math! New: Number of results (upper right
corner)
Advanced Search “Search once using these settings”
Preferences “Search always using these settings”
Features: http://www.google.com/help/features.html
Tips http://www.google.com/landing/
searchtips/#helpcenter
Extras
www.google.com/squared/http://www.wolframalpha.com/
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www.oneriot.com www.collecta.com http://tenbyten.org/10x10.html (news)
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Read: www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-
is-a-meta-search-engine/
Try: www.Zuula.com
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http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/31632
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.asp
http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/search-engine Extra
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What?
Others www.makeuseof.com/tag/roll-your-own-search
-engine-with-rollyo/ www.makeuseof.com/dir/katapulco www.historio.us
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Rich Site Summaryformat for delivering regularly changing
web content
Online: Google reader
Offline: Mozilla Firefox
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www.Kidzui.comwww.Kidoz.netwww.pikluk.com
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www.kidsclick.orgwww.rcls.org/ksearch.htmwww.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-
engines-kids-parents-safe-browsing/
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Web linkTagGroup tagTag-rollLink-roll
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Notes: help.diigo.com/how-to-guide/sticky-note
Highlights: help.diigo.com/how-to-guide/how-to-highlight
Extra: www.slideshare.net/cliotech/digging-deeper-with-diigo
-education-presentation
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www.ipl.orgwww.vark.comwww.wikianswers.comwww.askjeeves.com
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www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-explore-deep-invisible-web/
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ProcessStrategyCriteria for website evaluationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_qR5lpnXBE&feature=PlayList&p=558EEF1A022BD297&index=6
Where to start:http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/ Hands
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AnyoneUpdateQuality controlNot reviewedTrustworthiness
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfvwdtqp_2cmt22hfv
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Look at the URL - personal page or site ? ~ or % or users or members
Domain name appropriate for the content ? Restricted: edu, gov, mil, a few country codes (ca)
Unrestricted: com, org, net, most country codes (us, uk)
Published by an entity that makes sense ? News from its source? www.nytimes.com
Advice from valid agency? www.nih.gov www.nimh.nih.gov
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Can you tell who wrote it ?▪ name of page author▪ organization, institution, agency you recognize
Credentials for the subject matter ? Look for links to:
“About us” “Philosophy” “Background” “Biography”
Is it current enough ?▪ Look for “last updated” date
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Text possibly forged ? why not a link to published version ?
Sources documented with links or notes ? do the links work ?
Evidence of bias in text or sources ?
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Search the URL in alexa.com
Click on “Site info for … ”
Who owns the domain?
Who links to the site?
What did the site look like in the past?
(Wayback Machine)
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Which blogs link to it? What do they say? Try the URL in Google Blog Search
See what links are in Google’s “Similar
pages”
Look up the page author in Google
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Was the page put on the web to ▪ inform ? ▪ persuade ? ▪ sell ?
▪ as a parody or satire ?
Is it appropriate for your purpose?
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Search a controversial topic in Google nuclear armageddon prions danger “stem cells”
Scan the first two pages of resultsVisit one or two sites
evaluate their quality and reliability
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Self study Website investigator:http://21cif.com/wsi/index.html
Extras
Online http://21cif.com/tools/cite/index.html
Offline http://www.zotero.org/
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Sources Wikipedia Google Subscription articles, databases Skype/Twitter/Facebook Dictionary / Thesaurus
(http://www.snappywords.com)Content
People, products News, Book, E-books Multimedia, files, Slideshows, image, audio, video,
map Blog, wiki, bookmark Groups, Q&A Community, Forum Takeawa
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Librarians’ Internet Index
InfoMine
Google Custom Search Engines (CSE)
directory.google.com
Human-compiled directory of web pages organized by topic into categories
Human editors determine each page’s importance.
blogsearch.google.com [or search.blogger.com]
Searches blogs with RSS or Atom feed
Pro: More updated than regular search
Con: Mostly opinions rather than facts.
Source: http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html
scholar.google.com
Limits searches to Peer-reviewed papers, Theses, Books,
Abstracts and articles
Scholarly information from Academic publishers, Professional societies,
Preprint repositories, Universities and other scholarly organizations
site:schoolname.edu
OR
google.com/options/universities.html
Limits your search to a particular .edu domain
www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerpoint-search-engines-to-seek-out-publicly-available-presentations
www.makeuseof.com/tag/massive-list-of-howto-sites-howto-search-engine
www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-search-multiple-social-media-sites-at-a-time
www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-wikipedia-search-engines www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-almost-unknown-google-sea
rch-engines-you-should-use
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
Extras
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Technology/Internet/Dulcineas-Guide-to-Searching-on-the-Web.pg_00.html#00
Extras
Mindmap on Information Literacy resources: www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=b93aa8ef223445ff89
19191fbc3ed23c Personal productivity:
21cif.com/tutorials/micro/ 21cif.com/rkit/newRkit/databases.html www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/information.html
Self-study: www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html
For student assessment: www.trails-9.org
Book: netsavvyExtra
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Articles thefutureplace.typepad.com/the_future_
place/2006/12/the_researhc_ma.htmlGroups
www.classroom20.com/group/research20
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