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Reviewing Search Strategies and Searching the Web
Claire Holmes, MLSInstruction Librarian, Cook [email protected]://pages.towson.edu/cholmesTwitter: TUEdLibrarian
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Today’s Agenda:
Review: Research Strategies
Continue to brainstorm keywords
Web searching and web source evaluation
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Find background information
Refine research topic
Build list of keyword terminology
Find links and/or citations to other sources
Remember:“Pre-Searching” is important
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Use Subject Gateways, Course Gateways for your course or topic…
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…and familiar tools to identify websites with academic content.
Source: www.wikipedia.org.
Source: www.google.com.
HINTS:• Use the advanced search features of search engines like Google.• Search by DOMAIN.• Search for professional or academic ORGANIZATIONS or
ASSOCIATIONS related to your topic … for example, use [organization* or association*] as keywords.
• Look for embedded search engines in the websites you find.• Try “related searches” feature when using Google’s search engine.
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Understand and use Boolean “search connectors”
education AND technology Combining >1 topic
instruct OR teach Combining synonymous terms
REVIEW: Search Tips
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technology
What AND does…
education AND technology
education
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teach
What OR does…
instruct OR teach
instruct
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educat* finds… educat educat educat educat
eioningor
…etc!
Don’t forget: Truncation helps
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Use quotations to keep a keyword phrase intact (words will be searched in the specific order)
Examples:“No Child Left Behind” “information literacy”
Phrase Searching…
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Sample topic:How is social networking being used as a
learning tool in public schools?
First, break the question down into keywords:
How is social networking being used as a learning tool in public secondary schools?
Don’t forget! Keywords are critical!
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Expand your list to include synonyms then add to it once you have done some background reading.
How is social networking being used as a learning tool in public secondary schools?
“social network*” learn* “public school*” facebook teach* secondary“social network site” instruct* high school*
middle school* youth teen*
More on keywords…
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How is social networking being used as a learning tool in public secondary schools?
“public school*” “social network*” learn* secondary high school
facebook teach* middle school youth “social network site” instruct* teen*
“social network*” OR facebook* OR social network site*AND
learn* OR teach* OR instruct*AND
“public school*” OR secondary OR high school OR teen*
Putting it all together…
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Searching for academic content Articulate your topic by choosing important
ideas
Brainstorm◦ Ideas Concept Map Terminology/Keywords
Dig for the content
EVALUATE!
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Web Source Issue #1: QualityCriteria for evaluation of internet sources: Currency Authority Coverage Relevance & Usefulness Navigation & Ease of Use
This information is courtesy of Jan Alexander & Marsha Ann Tate, librarians at Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University. http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/Checklist_for_an_Information_Web_Page/5720/
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Web Sources: EVALUATE!
Source: http://www.spat.pitt.edu/
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Questions? Need help?…feel free to contact me!
Claire Holmes, MLS [email protected],http://pages.towson.edu/cholmestwitter: @TUEdLibrarian, @CookLibraryOfTU
Or any librarian: Visit Cook Library Reference Desk Call: 410.704.2462 IM: (tucookchat) Text-a-Librarian: # 66746, start your question with
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