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Searching Internet
Dr. Khitam Shraim
Dr. Khitam Shraim
Contents
What is Information Literacy?1
Steps of searching Internet2
Helpful Terminology3
Searching Strategies4
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Information Literacy
What is Information Literacy?
How do you normally look for materials on the Internet ?
&
What tools and services do you use for searching the Internet for sites
and resources?
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STEPS of Searching Internet
Analyze your topic to decide where to begin
Select the right sources and the right tools for information needs
Evaluate general web search tools:which are best ?
Use More than one search tools
STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4
Combine internet searching strategies with helpful terminology
STEP 5
STEP 1: Analyze
Does your topic: have distinctive words or phrases? seek an overview of a broad topic? specify a narrow aspect of a broad or common
topic? have synonymous, equivalent terms, or variant
spellings or endings that need to be included? Don't really know much about the topic yet?
Need guidance?
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STEP 2 : Select
1
Subject directories
ipl2 Infomine Google Directory Yahoo!Open Directory WWW Virtual Library
Search engines Google Yahoo! AskAll the Web
2 3
Meta-search enginesMetaCrawler DogPile
What kind of search services should you use?
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STEP 3: Evaluate
Evaluation Criteria : What types of information will this search engine
retrieve? (e.g. webpages, images, newsgroups, etc) Are you able to connect your concepts using
Boolean Operators ? Are you able to conduct advanced search? What kind of help is provided? How useful is it? Are you able to limit your search? If so, how?
(Example, by date, language, domain)
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STEP 4: use multi-search tools
Not all search tools are alike. A search will produce radically different results depending upon the tool used. Each tool has strengths and weaknesses. Take advantage of the strengths and use tools to your advantage.
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STEP 5: Combine
To narrow down your search combine internet searching strategies with any of the following terminologies.
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Helpful Terminology
Education Resources portals
Presentation PowerPoint ppt
Video clips Movies flowgrams
eClass eSchool eLectures
elearning online Blended
Mindmaps Visualization Graphs
Activities Demonstrations Demo
Quizzes Exams Assessment
Experiment Lab Interactive
Animation Flash flv
Media player Simulation Tutorial
eSiminars Conferencing e-Library
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Examples
Type a term related to your subject followed by one or more terms from the list above.
Using Google Engine : www.google.com Type : hardware if you are looking for explanation on computer
hardware the results you get are too general. However if you type : lecture+hardware+podcast you'll get links to video lectures on computer
hardware. Compare
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Examples
Compare searching for the first option with searching for the second option.
First option : Political science Second option : Political science video clips
First option : Grammar Second option : Grammar flash quiz
First option : Cash flow Second option : Cash flow simulation
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