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Successful Searching

Successful Searching. Dover School District Summer 2011 Successful Searching Stacy Billet. Agenda. Educationally sound websites Social Bookmarking Sites Works Cited Page in Microsoft Word Time to browse internet. How to Tell if a Website is Reliable. Who wrote the site?

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  1. Successful Searching Dover School District Summer 2011 Successful Searching Stacy Billet

  2. Agenda • Educationally sound websites • Social Bookmarking Sites • Works Cited Page in Microsoft Word • Time to browse internet

  3. How to Tell if a Website is Reliable • Who wrote the site? • Who published the site? • What is the main purpose of the site? • Who is the intended audience? • What is the quality of information on the website?

  4. Who wrote the site? • Look for an “About” or “More About the Author” link on the webpage. • If no information is provided, be suspicious. • Should show credentials or expertise about topic. • Try “googling” the author. • What type of websites are associated with the name. • Is the author affiliated with any education institutions?

  5. Who published the site? • Look at the domain name of the website (this will tell you who is hosting the site) • Do a search on the domain name at http://www.whois.sc/ • Do not ignore the suffix on the domain name. --.edu = educational --.gov = government --.com = commercial --.org = nonprofit --.mil = military

  6. What is the main purpose of the site? • Possible Purposes: • To sell a product, as a personal hobby, as a public service, to further scholarship on a topic, to provide general information on a topic, to persuade you of a particular point of view. • How to find out? • Scan the homepage of the website. • Is there a lot of advertising, does it appear to be professionally designed, is the writing trying to persuade you to buy something.

  7. Who is the intended audience? • Scholars or the general public? • Which age group is it written for? • Is it aimed at people from a particular geographic area? • Is it aimed at members of a particular profession or with specific training?

  8. What is the quality of information on the website? • Timeliness—when was it first published and has it been updated? • Does the author cite sources? • What type of other sites does the website link to? • What type of sites link to the website you’re evaluating?—Is the website being cited by others?

  9. Social Bookmarking • What is social bookmarking? • The practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords. • Why use social bookmarking? • Have access to your favorites from any computer. • Students can have access to marked sites you want them to use, without having to search for the specific site

  10. Things you Should Know • 7 things you should know about social bookmarking: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7001.pdf

  11. Top 15 Most Popular Social Bookmarking Sites • http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-bookmarking-websites

  12. Delicious.com • My favorite social bookmarking site. http://www.delicious.com/

  13. Why Use Works Cited in Word • This is a new feature to Microsoft Word 2007. • High school English teachers use this in all their classes. • Can choose the style to be used. • Easy to use and the layout will be correct.

  14. Adding Sources Steps 1-3 • Open a blank document • Click the References tab on the ribbon • Look at the Citations & Bibliography group

  15. Adding Sources Step 4 • Click the dropdown arrow next to style and choose what style (MLA at the high school)

  16. Adding Sources Step 5 • Click the button that says Manage Sources • This will open a box called source manager

  17. Adding Sources Steps 6 & 7 • Click the new button in the middle of the window. • Click the drop down arrow next to Type of Source.

  18. Adding Sources Steps 8-11 • Type in the information about the source • Press OK • Repeat Steps 6-9 as necessary • Click Close button at bottom right of window.

  19. After All Sources are Entered • Click References Tab on Ribbon • Click the Bibliography Button—choose Works Cited option • All your sources should now appear in a box titled Works Cited

  20. Formatting Works Cited 1. Formatting the title a. Center the title b. Change the color to black c. Change case to Uppercase d. Change font to Times New Roman e. Press Enter after the title 2. Select all sources a. Change font and font size to Times New Roman, 14 pt. b. Add a hanging indent i. Go to page layout tab on the ribbon ii. Go to the paragraph group iii. Click the box with the arrow at the bottom right hand corner iv. Go to the drop down arrow underneath the word Special and choose Hanging

  21. Adding More Sources 1. Go to Reference tab and Citations and Bibliographygroup, click the Manage Sources button 2. Click New and add your additional sources, click OK, then click Close 3. Click somewhere in your Works Cited text 4. Click the following button Update (piece of paper with a red ! mark beside it) and your Works Cited will be updated with your additional source. ***Warning!!! If you click the Update button; your font, font size and formatting will change back to the original formatting, so you need to redo it.

  22. References • Reliable Website Information: • http://www.edb.utexas.edu/petrosino/Legacy_Cycle/mf_jm/Challenge%201/website%20reliable.pdf

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