Transcript Searching the Internet in 2008

Searching
the
Internet
in 2008
The above cartoon by Peter Steiner has been reproduced from page 61 of July 5, 1993 issue of The New Yorker, (Vol.69 (LXIX) no. 20)only
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17 U. S. Code.
Know your domains
•.com
•.org
•.edu
•.gov
•.mil
Questions to Ask
• Who Wrote the Web Page?
(is it a personal page, education site,
someone selling something?)
• Is an author or publisher listed?
(Ms. Hand requires an author!!)
Questions to Ask
• Where did they get their information?
Do they list sources?
• Are there links to other sites?
• Is the site reliable?
Questions to Ask
•What was the purpose of the site?
To persuade, sell, inform?
•Does the site make sense?
Questions to Ask
• When was the site last updated? Is it
current?
• What do others say about the author,
publisher or site?
– You can “google” them or
– You can see who links to them
• Link:www.gsu.edu
• Link:www.gsu.edu
Wikipedia
• To use or not?
• What is a wiki?
• Why does that make Wikipedia a bad
source?
What should you use?
Choose the best one for your
purpose
Google
or
Specialized databases?
The biggest and most popular
Ways to search more effectively
Phrase searching
“Union Grove High School”
“Burn after Reading”
“Star Wars”
“to be or not to be”
Ways to search more effectively
Use of + or –
+requires -excludes
+in crowd
Dolphins –Miami
“Martin Luther” –King
Use Boolean Operators
AND
OR
NOT
http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/
Poverty AND Crime
Zimbabwe OR Rhodesia
Mexico NOT New Mexico
Refine your Searches
• Look at search results—add new terms
or subtract “bad” terms
“Union Grove High School” McDonough Georgia
• Add more and more terms to decrease
number of hits
Wolverines football “Union Grove High School” McDonough
Georgia
What should you use?
Choose the best one for your
purpose
Google
or
Specialized databases?
Specialized Search Engines
The “Invisible Web”
$$$ Library Catalogs & Article Databases $$$
• SIRS
• Wilson Web
• Culturegrams
• Literary Reference Center
Now You Investigate!
Go to the media website for your
assignment:
UGHS home Page > Media Center >
Teacher Projects for Students > Hand