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CSCI 1300 Finding High-Quality Information on the Web

CSCI 1300 Finding High-Quality Information on the Web. Chris Nolan Coates Library. What’s Used to Search?. Google Searching Tips. Use advanced search to limit by domain to avoid commercial sites .edu, .gov, .org, and so on use exact phrase searching more tips here Use Google Scholar

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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 Coates Library

  2. What’s Used to Search?

  3. Google Searching Tips Use advanced search to • limit by domain to avoid commercial sites .edu, .gov, .org, and so on • use exact phrase searching • more tips here Use Google Scholar Use Google Books Also compare other search engines • See Yahoo vs. Google comparison

  4. Other Google Tools Google Desktop search files on your own computer with Google

  5. Other Google Tools Customize Google Firefox add-on that adds other search engine links, suggests terms, eliminates cookie tracking

  6. Directories Librarians’ Internet Index http://lii.org InfoMine http://infomine.ucr.edu/ Trinity Library lists under Resources by Subject

  7. Wikipedia and Its Implications “I love Wikipedia…. any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true.” --Stephen Colbert News.blog http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6100754.html

  8. Let’s Evaluate Some Sites Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.martinlutherking.org/ Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html Effects of Global Warming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming

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

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