Slide 1

Web Searching(From Chapter 1) How can we search the Web safely

and effectively, verify the validity of information found, and attribute correctly?

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Web Searching – How? (pp 18-20) Beyond “Basic Google”

Use the DirectoryUse specific search arguments Use ‘site specific searches’Get Help!

Organize ‘Favorites’ – why? How do I get to the relevant part of long pages?“Look before you leap”

how?Why? What are the dangers?

“Remember why you’re there” – why?

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Is my ‘find’ trustworthy? Why might it not be?

Reputable publications have protections – such as?Why is the Web different?‘Junk pages’ may be high on ‘hit list’ – why?

How can I check reliability of site?Check URL, Home page, About Us – to see where you are Check credentials provided for authorsLook for professional grammar/spellingIs ‘last update’ recent?Triangulate – what does this mean?What about Wikipedia?

Let’s try it! Google:Spy ware remover Dangers of DHMO

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What do I do next? Copy/paste useful text into rough draft

use “quotes” for all copied materialbuild attribution entry right away – why? How?what do I need?Note: point to actual page, not home page of site

Paraphrase most copied text – why?do I still attribute?

Do not need to attribute:Your own ideas – must have some of this in any workCommon knowledge

watch it! – there’s less of this than you think!

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In-class activity• Use Google to find a Spyware remover site• Open MS Word, and copy/paste from the site, a

summary of the function of the program• Follow it with a citation, using the MS Word tool

to do this• Add a short explanation of why you trust this site• Add a Bibliography, then close Word• Use the Reply button to open a post in the

discussion forum for this week, and attach your Word document