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A story-driven way A story-driven way to teach online research to teach online research By Jeff South | Virginia Commonwealth University Teach-A-Thon | Journalism Interactive | Oct. 29, 2011

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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.

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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

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Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.

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Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.

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Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.

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Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.

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Here are 1,287 websites you might find helpful someday … if they worked.

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You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.

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You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.

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You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.

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You still need a (short) hotlist of bookmarks.

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But more importantly, you must know how to search for story-specific information – and get stories to come to you.

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Getting news to come to you

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Getting news to come to you

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Getting news to come to you

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Kinds of Google searches

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Kinds of Google searches

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Kinds of Google searches

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Kinds of Google searches

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Phrase searches in quotes

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Site-specific searches

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Site-specific searches

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Site-specific searches

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Wildcard searches‘As-is’ searchesFiletype searches

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Finding sources

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Finding sources

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Finding sources

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Harnessing social media

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Harnessing social media

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Harnessing social media

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Searching ‘Deep Web’ – gov’t. records

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Searching ‘Deep Web’ – gov’t. records

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Searching ‘Deep Web’ – gov’t. records

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The takeaway: Develop search strategies, not lists of websites.

There’s more at:http://tinyurl.com/jstips

Email me at [email protected].