Using a Search Engine
In order to teach students to search, you need to know how to
search yourself!
Keywords
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choose carefully
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important part of the concept
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web other terms
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what strategies do you use in choosing keywords?
Use the advanced features!
Example - Google Advanced Search
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quotation marks for phrases
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Boolean logic - and/not
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+/- for must/must not
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* wild card/trucation
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nesting
What results mean
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Higher placement on the search page can be bought
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Read the annotations if they exist
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Look at the URLs of the results
Examining the URL
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Look at the root
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Is it a .edu?
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Is it a company?
What is the purpose of the page?
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To inform?
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To entertain?
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To persuade?
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To sell something?
Finding the author
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Check top of page, bottom of page
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Look for link to credentials