What?http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/

index.htmlHow?http://www.techlearning.com/article/

1108Tipshttp://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSte

psExtra

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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

“|”Hands

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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

Extras

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

Takeaway

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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.quintura.comwww.webkruz.com

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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

s

What?

Google

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

on

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

y

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

Extras

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