Good Morning!

LIS1001Information and Technology

for Searching

September 2017, Ulrich Werner, Lecturer (IIS‐RU)

Some students write perfect assignments.

Some don’t.

In this course

1. Picking the right search terms

2. Understanding search results

3. Searching for evidence (for research tasks)

4. Evaluating credibility of sources

5. Searching academic journal databases

How does search work?

An example from Google

How search works –by Google

From your query to the result

• Search terms in page title or even in the URL?• Do they appear in the headline?• Or close to it?• Does the page use synonyms?• High or low quality Website?• Google PageRank

• All these combined produce your search result.

Picking the right search terms

Created by:Tasha Bergson-MichelsonKathy Glass

What food does Tyson like best?

Question in a quizabout Percy Jackson & The Olympians

written by Rick Riordan

[cow blister tongue sick]

or

[cattle blister tongue sick]

[professional toss pizza]

[ghost town San Francisco Bay]

What Matters In My Search Query?

Picking the right search termsIntermediate

Created by:Tasha Bergson-MichelsonKathy Glass

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

Picking the right search termsAdvanced

Created by:Tasha Bergson-MichelsonKathy Glass

The highly sensational story of the Navy’s Ghost Blimp is all over the web.

But is the story just based upon a rumor?

Can you find anywhere on the Navy website that talks about the story as if it really took place?

That’s a blimp

Notice alternate phrasing

Plan-to-learn (background/search terms)

Some more examples to find a place where you can start.

Assignment No. 1is on the courseWeb page