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CSCI 1300 Finding High-Quality Information on the Web

CSCI 1300 Finding High-Quality Information on the Web. Chris Nolan Associate University Librarian Coates Library. from xkcd.com/1334. How does Google retrieve and rank your search results?. Google’s How Search Works. f rom www.searchenginewatch.com. Or maybe there’s more to it ….

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CSCI 1300 Finding High-Quality Information on the Web

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  1. CSCI 1300Finding High-Quality Information on the Web Chris Nolan Associate University Librarian Coates Library

  2. from xkcd.com/1334

  3. How does Google retrieve and rank your search results? Google’s How Search Works

  4. from www.searchenginewatch.com

  5. Or maybe there’s more to it…

  6. LET’S EVALUATE SOME GOOGLE RESULTS Search polar vortex and global warming

  7. Evaluation Points Author Publisher (or website creator) Intended purpose/audience Objectivity/bias Substantiation for claims Recency of information

  8. So how do we get higher quality results from our searches?

  9. Google Searching Tips Use advanced search to limit by domain to avoid commercial sites .edu, .gov, .org, and so on Use Google Scholar Use Google Books …and choose your vocabulary carefully; many words are “loaded” and will slant the search results.

  10. APPLYING EVALUATION CRITERIA TO WEBSITES Coal Cares www.coalcares.org Martin Luther King, Jr. Biography www.martinlutherking.org

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