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Practical Steps for Web Research: How to Conduct Effective Online Searches

Learn how to find information on the Internet using search engines, directories, and deep web resources. Follow practical steps for formulating queries, identifying keywords, and exploring various search techniques.

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Practical Steps for Web Research: How to Conduct Effective Online Searches

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  1. CONDUCTING RESEARCH How to find information on the Internet

  2. Go directly to a site if you have the address www.whitehouse.gov/

  3. Browse

  4. Join an e-mail discussion group or usenet newsgroup http://www.liszt.com/

  5. Conduct a search using a web search engine Northern Light Google Direct Hit MetaCrawler

  6. The librarian’s index to the internet The Argus Clearinghouse The WWW virtual library INFOMINE Explore a subject directory

  7. Explore the deep web (databases) www.invisibleweb.com/ www.webdata.com/ www.search.com/

  8. PRACTICAL STEPS FOR WEB RESEARCH: How to formulate queries • Identify your concepts • List keywords for each concept • Specify the logical relationships among your keywords

  9. TIPS ON CONDUCTING SEARCHES Read the directions Use Boolean logic Use synonyms Check your spelling Use capitalization if case sensitive Repeat using alternative terms Try different sources within search engines Try different search engines Try search engines which search multiple search engines

  10. What if I have too many results? • Field search • Add concept words • Use vocab. specific to topic • Link terms with “and” (+) • Use term proximity operators • Enclose phrases within quotations • Use “not” to keep out unwanted terms

  11. What if I have too few results? • Drop off the least important concept • Use more general vocabulary • Add alternate terms or spellings • Try “related documents” option

  12. Keeping track of where you have been • Who • How • Where • What • Why • When

  13. Your assignment: Do the internet activity Use any of the search techniques to obtain your information Keep track of the who, how, where, what, why, and when

  14. References Cohen, L. (2001, May) Conducting Research on the Internet, http://library.albany.edu/internet/research.html Keeping an Internet Activity Log, http://schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/lessons/surf-log-e.html

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