Web Search Evaluation & Citation

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Course Background
   2. Prepare to Search
   3. Search Examples
2. Learn
   1. Searching
   2. Subject Guides
   3. Subject Guides Example
   4. Web Directories
   5. Web Directories Example
   6. Search Engines
   7. Search Engine Example
   8. MetaSearch Engines
   9. MetaSearch Engine Example
   10. Preparing to Search
   11. Think about your topic
   12. List Search Terms
   13. Communicating with Search Tools
   14. Search Operator: AND
   15. Search Operator: OR
   16. Search Operator: NOT
   17. Advanced Searches
   18. Evaluation
   19. Finding Information
   20. Validating Sources
   21. Using Alexa
   22. Using Wayback Machine
   23. Using Search Engines
   24. Citation
   25. Online Citation Tools
   26. Starting Noodle Tools
   27. Using Noodle
   28. Using Citation Machine
   29. Using Source Aid
3. Practice
   1. Searching
   2. Evaluation
   3. Citation
4. Discuss
   1. WikiSpaces Discussion
5. Reflect & Assess
6. Collaborate & Contribute
   1. Feedback
7. Extend

Prepare to Search

Preparing Students to Search the Internet

We often send students on quests to retrieve information from the internet, without giving them an understanding of the searching tools that they have at their disposal.

Sending them out onto the internet without an understanding of how to search, evaluate and cite, essentially leaves them unprepared to do the work that they are asked to do.

Just as riding in a car does not prepare you necessarily to drive it, surfing the internet does not necessarily prepare you to be an effective researcher using it.

This workshop will teach you how searching skills, evaluation and citation work together to make you a more informed user. It will also help you to teach students the information literacy skills that they need to succeed in both the current education environment and the workforce that they will be entering into.