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Santa Rosa District SchoolsProfessional Development CenterBudgie Latshaw

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Santa Rosa District SchoolsProfessional Development CenterBudgie Latshaw

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    Slide 1:Santa Rosa District Schools Professional Development Center Budgie Latshaw

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    Slide 4:Search Engines

    An Internet search tool that searches sites for key words Search their own database of information Deploys robots or spiders to find incidences of key words to add to its database

    Slide 5:What do the results mean?

    Results are presented in order of relevance Relevancy rankings based on a formula Different methods of collection

    Slide 6:How do I formulate my search?

    Identify important concepts within the question Identify keywords and related synonyms Read the HELP!

    Slide 7:Boolean Searches

    Using terms to broaden or narrow your search Uses AND, OR, NOT Or +, -

    Slide 8:Boolean Examples

    Endangered AND species AND mammals NOT bears endangered species mammals AND NOT

    Slide 9:Boolean Examples

    If you were looking for non-surgical treatments for glaucoma… glaucoma +treatment -surgical

    Slide 10:Does the engine support:

    Quotation marks? Capital letters? Wildcards, truncations or word stem?

    Slide 11:Search Engines

    Google: www.google.com Wisenut: www.wisenut.com HotBot: www.hotbot.com Teoma: teoma.com All the Web: www.alltheweb.com

    Slide 14:Search Directories

    Organized by subject User works down a series of menus Organized by HUMANS Smaller database than engines

    Slide 15:Search Directories

    Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com Infomine: infomine.ucr.edu The Open Directory: dmoz.org About.com: about.com Librarians” Index to the Internet: lii.org National Directory: www.nationaldirectory.com

    Slide 16:Which is better -- an engine or a directory?

    Personal preference Directories allow the user to form the search, but may not use common terms Search engines allow the user to use common language, but may lead to lots of hits

    Slide 17:Build a Better Query

    Use the advanced search feature Use many words, not just a few Search for your target words, and synonyms Search for phrases in quotation Read the search engine’s help files

    Slide 18:Did I say?

    Read the HELP!

    Slide 19:Meta Search Tools

    Search tool that uses other engines’ databases “Skims the surface” of multiple databases Typically used after other engines have failed

    Slide 20:Meta Search Tools

    Slide 21:Meta Search Tools

    Dogpile www.dogpile.com Vivisimo vivisimo.com MetaCrawler www.metacrawler.com

    Slide 22:Specialized Search Tools

    News Engines Library-based Search Tools

    Slide 23:Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Purpose

    Noodle Tools: Debbie Abilock http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

    Slide 24:Search well!

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