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Module 2: Internet Research. Authored by Juan Serafica & Jordan Schmidt. Internet Research. In this week, you will learn to.. Use a search engine like a Boss Complete academic research efficiently Differentiate between useful and useless sources. What is a Search engine?. It isn’t:.
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Module 2:Internet Research Authored by Juan Serafica & Jordan Schmidt
Internet Research • In this week, you will learn to.. • Use a search engine like a Boss • Complete academic research efficiently • Differentiate between useful and useless sources
What is a Search engine? It isn’t: It is: • A collection of websites and information • Magic! • Part of a Car • Some type of power tool
What is a Search engine? There are many search engines that can be used to find information! Can you name one? More than one?
What is a Search engine? • Google, Bing, and Yahoo are all examples of a search engine you’ve probably used!
Advanced Search • Finding useful, relevant, and academic information on search engines can be hard • But these tips will help you find specific information with a quick search!
Phrase Search • Typing history of donuts will find all sites containing both the words “history” and “donuts.”
Phrase Search • Your search results will look like this! But that doesn’t help much!
Adv. Google: Phrase Search • But typing “history of donuts” (with quotation marks) will find websites containing the exact phrase “history of donuts.”
Adv. Google: Phrase Search • Phrase Search will help you narrow down results to websites that contain the exact phrase or title of what you’re looking for. • You can use the single word “donut” or the phrase “history of donut” precisely as you type it. • But when do I use this? When you want specific results!
Adv. Google: Exclude Terms • Use “-” to exclude websites with a specific term. • For example, type in “history of donut –hole” to search for websites with the terms history of donut but NOT sites that contain the term “hole”.
Excluding Terms • Using “-” will help you narrow down results by excluding all of the websites you don’t want.
Search w/in Site • Using the term “donuts site:newyorktimes.com” will search for the term “donut” only within the website, NewYorktimes.com • This is useful for finding newspaper articles and journals from a specific source.
Adv. Google: Fill in the Blank • Use “*” if you would like Google to fill in the blank for you. • Example: search “Obama enacted * in 2014”
Adv. Google: Fill in the Blank • Fill in the blank is especially useful for verifying information or finding out specific facts quickly. • Search engines can be very helpful in predicting what types of information you might be looking for. • Try using fill in the blank whenever you need lists or sets of data.
The “OR” operator • Typing in the search phrase “donuts or bagels” will search for websites containing either donuts or bagels.
More Search Engine Tips • These are programs; they doesn’t read minds. Try to imagine how authors would write history or facts in order to focus your search terms. • Start simple, then get more specific depending on what you find.
Other Handy Features • “Define: donuts” finds web definitions for donuts. • “5% of 78” calculates 5% of 78. • “+ - / *” Google solves simple mathematical equations . • “15kg in lbs” Google converts units.
Internet Resources • The following are some helpful tools you can use to complete assignments efficiently:
What is a Wiki? • A Wiki is an online encyclopedia that can be written and edited by ANYONE! • Everything on Wikipedia, for example, is written by people like you
Wikis • You can always use sites like Wikipedia to find cursory information on your topic, but… • NEVER CITE IT AS A SOURCE!
Wikis (cont.) • You can, however use their references to start your search! • Why can’t we cite these as a source?
Wikis (cont.) • Use Wikis for: • Summaries • General facts • Finding sources • Never rely on Wikis for: • Quotes • Accurate details • Specific statistics • Winning an argument
Son of Citation! • There are many websites that will help you format your sources correctly! • Some even let you type in your sources and all of the information in the text boxes; the website will generate accurate references for you! • The most Common citation formats you will use will be MLA, APA, and Chicago
DO CITE • Academic Journals • Research papers from accredited Universities • Newspaper articles
NEVER CITE • Blogs • User made videos • Sites with no links to sources. • Fan-created websites, or “Fansites”
Academic Index • If you are doing a lot of research in a specific field, it is highly likely that there will be some sort of Academic Index that will help you search. • If you know you are going to need a lot of sources on a specific topic, try finding an academic index or journal database that will help you easily find sources.
Google Scholar • A free, online database of books and journal articles. • Accessible on smart phones and tablets. • Often contains books and stories you are using for class online for free. • Sometimes contains relevant links to materials that will expand on the story you’re reading.
Library Databases • Your public, high school, or university library almost always has some sort of online catalogue or database of research. • They often will have scanned or uploaded articles that you can print or save for free. • Sometimes you can avoid visiting a library physically all together!
Project Guidelines • Using the internet, you are to “fact check” a claim. • In 3 paragraphs, you will prove your assigned claim to be true or false citing internet sources.
