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Introduction to Literature: Online and Library Search

Introduction to Literature: Online and Library Search. Instructor: Chen, Chien-chou. What We Are Going to Learn Today …. How to use online search engines, like Google and DMOZ. II. How to use the resources in library. Searching Smart with Google and Dmoz. Google:

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Introduction to Literature: Online and Library Search

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  1. Introduction to Literature: Online and Library Search Instructor: Chen, Chien-chou

  2. What We Are Going to Learn Today… • How to use online search engines, • like Google and DMOZ. II. How to use the resources in library.

  3. Searching Smart with Google and Dmoz • Google: • http://www.google.com • An “And” Search Engine • II. DMOZ: • http://www.dmoz.com • A Directory Search Engine

  4. Basic skills 1.Webpages and Texts e.g. Biography of Nicole Kidman 2. Images e.g. Pictures of Prince William 3. Directory:www.dmoz.com e.g. sports>Extreme Sports 4. News: e.g. Madonna

  5. Webpages and Texts • Look for the material you need • 2. Meaning of the word • Ex. Biography of BeckhamGoogle • Recipes for Apple Pie • Film Review on “The day After Tomorrow” • quotation mark • 2. phrases Advanced Skill:

  6. Images 1. Click on the image search page. 2. Enter Keywords in the search column. Ex. Find pictures of Prince William newt, zorbing, lei, a map of Turkey Google

  7. Directory Find the information in a specific category. Ex. Online dictionary. Extreme Sports Search Engine: GoogleDmoz

  8. News Look for latest news or relevant website Ex. Latest news about Mudslide, Madonna. Google

  9. Word Definition Look for the meaning of the words you want to know. Ex. techie, mania, cathedral Google

  10. Practices • Find song lyrics of “Hero” by Mariah Carey • Search the latest news about Chechnya • 3. Find a picture of Prince William • 4. Find a dictionary definition for “inert” • 5. Find a rhyming dictionary.

  11. Advanced skills Quotation Mark - - the exact words, e.g. “Peter Jackson” site -specifying the region of the data. E.g. Peter Jackson in New Zealand webpages “Peter Jackson” site:nz intitle -specifying a keyword in the title

  12. Practices • Tome Cruise’s Date of Birth • 2. Studies about 20th century American • poets from universities in the U.S. • 3. Search for website about the film, • “Lord of the Rings,” in New Zealand.

  13. Recommended websites 1.iteslj.org 2.esl.about.com 3.www.eleaston.com 4. dmoz.org

  14. How to Speed up Your Google Search Tip 1: site—to specify the region of the data e.g. reports about Chirac in Britain Tip 2 : intitle—to specify the keyword in the title of the webpage. e.g. The biography of Tony Blair in academic institutions in Britain. Tip 3: Quotation Mark—to search with the keyword as a phrase instead of separate words. e.g. A film review on The Hours in Australia Chirac site:uk/site:ac.uk/site:guardian.co.uk Tony Blair intitle:biography site:ac.uk “The Hours” intitle:review site:au

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