Presented by Kay Cantwell and Mary Tucker

Teacher Librarian Conference

O’Shea Inservice Centre

Wednesday 28 July 2010

Welcome to

Successful

Searching!

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Access to ResourceLink resources: ResourceLink Portal

∗ Access – o Oliver catalogue o Web resources

∗ Services o Copyright information o Consultancy services

∗ Resources o Access to Blog o Image bank o Religious Education o Digital Learning and Teaching o ResourceLink Productions

Digital resources Handbooks Resource lists

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Oliver Catalogue:

Access tab

Oliver is the library management system that allows EVERY teacher to:

• Log in • Browse resources • Book resources

Postage out is paid by ResourceLink – return postage is paid by school.

Items may be borrowed for 2 WEEKS.

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ResourceLink Website repository:

Access tab

This page will have regularly updated websites of interest. The list down the right hand side directly links to the ResourceLink Diigo website, where over 800 websites have been collated and reviewed to support a range of learning areas.

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Copyright Information:

Services Tab

The copyright page provides links to many useful copyright resources including two printable booklets created by ResourceLink that may be useful to distribute to staff. These give a very simple overview of Copyright.

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ResourceLink Productions:

Resources Tab

New resources that have been created will be featured on this page. For archived resources scroll down to the bottom of the page to access a range of activities and resource lists.

Resources will be uploaded as they are made.

Archived resources are available at the bottom of the page – scroll down to access.

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The Successful Searching Wiki

http://successfulsearching.wikispaces.com/

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Tips for Better Google Searching

Get the best from Google. A printable version is available on the Successful Searching wiki.

Search strategy

Search terms: Use it when: For example

Exact Phrase “......”

“prehistoric animals in Australia”

You want results that feature an exact phrase

Excluded Words - (minus

sign)

prehistoric animals

-dinosaurs

You want to exclude a particular word or phrase from your results

Similar words

~ (tilde) ~prehistoric

You want to search for a word and all of its synonyms

Multiple words

OR

dinosaurs tyrannosaur

us OR stegosauru

s

You would like to find pages on a topic (dinosaurs) that feature either word (tyrannosaurus or stegosaurus)

Numerical Ranges

...

dinosaur movies

1980...1990

You want to search for a topic between a specific time range or other range of numbers

Site Specific

site:

dinosaurs site:edu

You want to limit your search to specific sites (e.g. educational sites i.e. .edu)

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Useful websites - Search Strategies and Info

These are also available on the Successful Searching Wiki and at

http://www.diigo.com/list/aleph28/Search-Strategies-and-Info

General Information:

21st Century Information Fluency

http://21cif.com/index.html

Google Librarian Central - Tools

http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_tools.html

How to develop a search strategy

http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/sstrat/sstrcon.htm

Effective Search Strategies

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/search/search1.htm

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Search Engines, Metasearch Engines, and the Invisible Web

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/yp/iypsrch.html

Information and activities about Boolean operators:

AustLII - Help: Boolean Operators Chart

http://www.austlii.edu.au/worldlii/help/boolean.html

Boolify Project: An Educational Boolean Search Tool

http://www.boolify.org

Rockwell Schrock's Boolean Machine

http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/

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Tutorials and webquests:

Successful Searching: Credible Sources Count!

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/

Successful Searching: Research It Right!

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/research/

Successful Searching : Searching with Success!

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/websearching/

Successful searching: Tutorials : Plagiarism

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Four Nets for Better Searching

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

Search Engines to Explore:

Duck Duck Go

http://duckduckgo.com

Twurdy Search - Search for Readable Results

http://www.twurdy.com/search.php

KIDCYBER

http://www.kidcyber.com.au

Cuil

http://www.cuil.com