Post on 27-Dec-2015
Searching a Web Page What keyboard shortcut allows you to find a
word in a Word document?◦ CTRL-F
Use the same for a web page
Have databases of sites & keywords Each generates a list of results
◦ Web spider or crawler Results may vary between engines Go to yahoo.com & search for great wall of
china◦ Notice 1st result◦ How many total hits?
Go to google.com & do same search◦ Different result for #1◦ How many total hits?
Search Engines
Go to www.dogpile.com ◦ Low carb diets◦ Tells where it searched & found on
Go to www.yahoo.com◦ Great wall of china
Go to www.google.com◦ Cruises (what’s # of results)◦ Cruises Alaska OR Mexico (what’s #?)
Searching All Engines
Quotation Marks◦ Yellow tuna would find matches w/ either word or
both
◦ “Yellow Tuna” would look for that phrase
Narrowing Your Search
AND, OR, NOT You may not need these anymore
Recipes AND Chicken AND Spaghetti◦ All terms in a document
NBA OR Basketball◦ Include one or the other
Tennis AND NOT Wimbledon◦ Excludes the 2nd term from the document
Boolean Searching
Accuracy of Info◦ Cite sources? Facts?◦ Relevant links/source list◦ Spelling/grammar/error free
Authority◦ Credentials; who is responsible for site?◦ Way to contact them
Bias◦ Towards one point of view
Current Info◦ Is it up to date, current
Design◦ Well organized or cluttered?
Evaluating Web Sites-View this site
Evaluating Web Sites-View this site
Evaluate the Quality Of the Information
Relevance & Reliability◦ Does it fit your research?◦ Is it accurate? ◦ Up to date?◦ Does it come from a
trusted source?
Page Layout/Design◦ Is site organized?◦ Spelling/grammar
correct? Info might not be reliable
Validity & Bias◦ Are they trying to sell
you something?◦ Change your opinion?◦ Check other sources to
see if it’s valid info
Authority◦ Author’s credentials◦ Can you contact/email
them?
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Let’s Evaluate
Copyright◦ Doesn’t have to be displayed or registered◦ Must give credit
Public Domain◦ Available for public use◦ No credit needed
Plagiarism◦ Claiming someone else’s words
Intellectual Property Laws
Once you post something of your own, it is copyrighted
Be careful what you post
Libel◦ Written word/picture that gives someone a negative
image
Slander◦ Spoken word that gives someone a negative image
Your Web Page
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)◦ Repeated motions of
joints◦ Game players, constant
users◦ Take breaks, stretch◦ Use ergonomic furniture◦ Eye strain (lighting,
breaks)
Injuries
What is e-commerce?◦ Shopping online
What does the cashier do with your food at Shop Rite?◦ Scan it with optical laser
When you go to the ATM, what does the machine read on your card?◦ Magnetic strip
What do you call people who work from home?◦ telecommuting
Questions
What domain would each site MOST LIKELY have?
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Questions