logging in or signing up conducing a successful online Malbern Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 184 Category: Product Traini.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: June 15, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript CONDUCTING RESEARCH: CONDUCTING RESEARCH How to find information on the Internet Go directly to a site if you have the address: Go directly to a site if you have the address www.whitehouse.gov/ Browse: Browse Join an e-mail discussion group or usenet newsgroup: Join an e-mail discussion group or usenet newsgroup http://www.liszt.com/ Conduct a search using a web search engine: Conduct a search using a web search engine Google Direct Hit Northern Light MetaCrawler Explore a subject directory: Explore a subject directory The librarian’s index to the internet The Argus Clearinghouse The WWW virtual library INFOMINE Explore the deep web (databases): Explore the deep web (databases) www.invisibleweb.com/ www.search.com/ www.webdata.com/ PRACTICAL STEPS FOR WEB RESEARCH: How to formulate queries: PRACTICAL STEPS FOR WEB RESEARCH: How to formulate queries Identify your concepts List keywords for each concept Specify the logical relationships among your keywords TIPS ON CONDUCTING SEARCHES: TIPS ON CONDUCTING SEARCHES Read the directions Use Boolean logic Use synonyms Check your spelling Use capitalization if case sensitive Repeat using alternative terms Try different sources within search engines Try different search engines Try search engines which search multiple search engines What if I have too many results?: What if I have too many results? Field search Add concept words Use vocab. specific to topic Link terms with 'and' (+) Use term proximity operators Enclose phrases within quotations Use 'not' to keep out unwanted terms What if I have too few results?: What if I have too few results? Drop off the least important concept Use more general vocabulary Add alternate terms or spellings Try 'related documents' option Keeping track of where you have been: Keeping track of where you have been Who How Where What Why When Your assignment:: Your assignment: Do the internet activity Use any of the search techniques to obtain your information Keep track of the who, how, where, what, why, and when References: References Cohen, L. (2001, May) Conducting Research on the Internet, http://library.albany.edu/internet/research.html Keeping an Internet Activity Log, http://schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/lessons/surf-log-e.html You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
conducing a successful online Malbern Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 184 Category: Product Traini.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: June 15, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript CONDUCTING RESEARCH: CONDUCTING RESEARCH How to find information on the Internet Go directly to a site if you have the address: Go directly to a site if you have the address www.whitehouse.gov/ Browse: Browse Join an e-mail discussion group or usenet newsgroup: Join an e-mail discussion group or usenet newsgroup http://www.liszt.com/ Conduct a search using a web search engine: Conduct a search using a web search engine Google Direct Hit Northern Light MetaCrawler Explore a subject directory: Explore a subject directory The librarian’s index to the internet The Argus Clearinghouse The WWW virtual library INFOMINE Explore the deep web (databases): Explore the deep web (databases) www.invisibleweb.com/ www.search.com/ www.webdata.com/ PRACTICAL STEPS FOR WEB RESEARCH: How to formulate queries: PRACTICAL STEPS FOR WEB RESEARCH: How to formulate queries Identify your concepts List keywords for each concept Specify the logical relationships among your keywords TIPS ON CONDUCTING SEARCHES: TIPS ON CONDUCTING SEARCHES Read the directions Use Boolean logic Use synonyms Check your spelling Use capitalization if case sensitive Repeat using alternative terms Try different sources within search engines Try different search engines Try search engines which search multiple search engines What if I have too many results?: What if I have too many results? Field search Add concept words Use vocab. specific to topic Link terms with 'and' (+) Use term proximity operators Enclose phrases within quotations Use 'not' to keep out unwanted terms What if I have too few results?: What if I have too few results? Drop off the least important concept Use more general vocabulary Add alternate terms or spellings Try 'related documents' option Keeping track of where you have been: Keeping track of where you have been Who How Where What Why When Your assignment:: Your assignment: Do the internet activity Use any of the search techniques to obtain your information Keep track of the who, how, where, what, why, and when References: References Cohen, L. (2001, May) Conducting Research on the Internet, http://library.albany.edu/internet/research.html Keeping an Internet Activity Log, http://schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/lessons/surf-log-e.html