teaching online research to journalism students
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I gave this presentation at the Teach-A-Thon session of the Journalism Interactive conference on Oct. 29, 2011, at the University of Maryland.TRANSCRIPT
A story-driven wayA story-driven wayto teach online researchto teach online research
By Jeff South | Virginia Commonwealth University
Teach-A-Thon | Journalism Interactive | Oct. 29, 2011
Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.
Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.
Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.
Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.
Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.
You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.
You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.
You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.
You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.
But more importantly, you must know how to search for story-specific information – and get stories to come to you.
Getting news to come to you
Getting news to come to you
Getting news to come to you
Kinds of Google searches
Kinds of Google searches
Kinds of Google searches
Kinds of Google searches
Phrase searches in quotes
Site-specific searches
Site-specific searches
Site-specific searches
Wildcard searches‘As-is’ searchesFiletype searches
Finding sources
Finding sources
Finding sources
Harnessing social media
Harnessing social media
Harnessing social media
Searching ‘Deep Web’ – gov’t. records
Searching ‘Deep Web’ – gov’t. records
Searching ‘Deep Web’ – gov’t. records
The takeaway: Develop search strategies, not lists of websites.
There’s more at:http://tinyurl.com/jstips
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