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Effective Internet Searching & Website Evaluation by Lorrie Heagy

7 Steps To Help You Search the Web. Effective Internet Searching & Website Evaluation by Lorrie Heagy. Lincoln’s Tie!. My Plump Starfish and…. Find those hidden treasures with the help of …. What does my tie and a plump starfish have to do with searching The Web, you ask?.

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Effective Internet Searching & Website Evaluation by Lorrie Heagy

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  1. 7 Steps To Help You Search the Web Effective Internet Searching & Website Evaluation by Lorrie Heagy

  2. Lincoln’s Tie! My Plump Starfish and… Find those hidden treasures with the help of …

  3. What does mytie and a plump starfish have to do with searching The Web, you ask? Hey Abe, I’m not Plump!

  4. The two of you help form a mnemonic, or a short phrase, that helps you remember something. Each word stands for one of the 7 Steps to Help Better Search The Web. Oh… WATCH!

  5. Quickly Plump Lowered Starfish My Lincoln’s Tie! The 7 Steps to Better Searching Mnemonic:

  6. My MINUS (-exclude) Plump PLUS (+include) Starfish STAR (wildcard*) Quickly QUOTES (“phrases in quotes”) Lowered So “Plump” stands for “Plus?” Lowercase (case matters) Lincoln’s LINKS (find pages linked) Tie! TITLE (find word in the title)

  7. Let’s use our national bird, the bald eagle, as an example. I still don’t get it.

  8. NOT a football team … Since you are searching for a bird … Plump (+plus) My (-minus) …we can eliminate football pages by placing a minus sign next to the word “football” and a plus sign next to the word “eagles.”

  9. And some use NOT instead of “-” Some search engines use AND instead of “+” Include Exclude + - AND NOT There’s no spacebetween the + or - and the word, but there is a space between the words. Example: +eagle -football no space space

  10. My MINUS (-exclude) Plump PLUS (+include) What does the “Starfish” stand for? Starfish STAR (wildcard*) Quickly Let’s review the steps we’ve learned so far from our mnemonic. Lowered Lincoln’s Tie!

  11. We should have used eagle* instead of eagles. Now, I get it! For example, in your last search you may have missed some important sites about me. STAR (wildcard*) +eagle* The * wildcard stands for any letter or letters. It helps catch variations of a word so that we don’t miss any important sites by accident.

  12. My MINUS (-exclude) Let’s get to the “Quickly Lowered Lincoln’s Tie” part of the mnemonic. Plump PLUS (+include) Starfish STAR (wildcard*) Quickly In general, never search for the plural of a word. Use the wildcard* and get both singular & plural forms. Lowered Lincoln’s Tie!

  13. Quickly QUOTES (“phrases in quotes”) “bald eagle” Instead of THIS! bald eagle “Quickly” stands for “Quotes” which makes sure your search words stay together as a phrase. Otherwise, your search might end up looking like this …

  14. Instead of ME! Lowered Lowercase (case matters) eagle ME AGAIN! In general, unless you’re searching for a proper noun, you should search using lowercase letters. Otherwise, you might get … Eagle

  15. My MINUS (-exclude) Plump PLUS (+include) Starfish STAR (wildcard*) Quickly QUOTES (“phrases in quotes”) Let’s review the steps so far! Lowered Lowercase (case matters) Lincoln’s Hey, that was my job! Well, let’s get to the last two steps: LINCOLN’S TIE! Tie!

  16. Lincoln’s LINKS (find pages linked) Why don’t we search for more of our nation’s treasures! Let’s choose “United States government symbols.” What should we search for? “Lincoln’s” stands for “Links.” You can search for web pages similar to a favorite website by finding out who links to that site.

  17. Lincoln’s LINKS (find pages linked) Let’s first click on this link to see if it passes our 4A’s quality test: Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate & Appealing.

  18. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html Accessible 2. Accurate It’s packed with U.S. symbols. And it’s for kids! 3. Appropriate 4. Appealing The site is government sponsored. It looks easy to use.

  19. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html To find out what sites have linked to Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government For Kids, just add link: to your search and… Paste Ben’s address right next to it.

  20. My MINUS (-exclude) Plump PLUS (+include) Let’s review The 7 Steps to Better Searching mnemonic. Starfish STAR (wildcard*) Quickly QUOTES (“phrases in quotes”) Lowered Lowercase (case matters) Lincoln’s LINKS (find pages linked) That just leaves me! Tie! TITLE (find word in the title)

  21. Tie! TITLE (find word in the title) How about our national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner? “Tie” stands for “Title.” To find pages that are mostly about one topic, narrow your search by looking for web pages that have that topic in their title.

  22. Tie! title:Star Spangled Banner Let’s sing along with the Lyrics and Music web page! Just begin your search with title: followed by your topic.

  23. Tie! title:Star Spangled Banner Star Spangled Banner Link

  24. Now that you’ve learned these 7 Steps to Better Search The Web… And find more treasures! Come join us to do more research on The Web…

  25. My MINUS (-exclude) Plump Here’s the mnemonic one more time! PLUS (+include) Starfish STAR (wildcard*) Quickly QUOTES (“phrases in quotes”) Lowered Lowercase (case matters) Lincoln’s LINKS (find pages linked) Tie! TITLE (find word in the title)

  26. Some of our U.S. Symbols.

  27. Works Cited “Abraham Lincoln.” Teaching Politics Techniques & Technologies. 3 July 2006 <http://teachpol.tcnj.edu> “American, Patriotic Themed Fine…” Kathleen Marie Studio. 3 July 2006 <www.kathleenmariestudio.com> “Eagle Transporter.” AIAI Edinburgh University. 3 July 2006 <www.aiai.ed.ac.uk> “Fishing Pole.” Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media. 20 June 2006 <http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx=lc+en-us&cag=1> “Lyrics and Music.” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. 2 July 2006 <www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/spangle.htm> “Lincoln.” Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media. 20 June 2006 <http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx=lc+en-us&cag=1> “Mikyle with Bald Head.” Maximum Entropy. 3 July 2006 <www.musadiq.com>

  28. Works Cited (cont.) “Philadelphia Eagles Logo-Helmet.” Chris Creamer’s Sports Logos. 3 July 2006<http://www.sportslogos.net/images/Football/NFL/PHIL_958.gif> “Seven Steps Toward Better Searching.” The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University. 18 June 2006 <http:webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/sevensteps2001.html> “Starfish.” Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media. 20 June 2006 <http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx=lc+en-us&cag=1> “Symbols of U.S. Government.” Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids. 18 June 2006 <http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html>

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