Searching and
Re-searching
the Web

A practical guide to using the Web for you and your students
Gary Feurer <feurer@UDel.Edu>

 
Introduction
Outline of the seminar Techniques vs. Goals
Outline of topics
  • The Nuts and Bolts of the Web
  • Browsing the Web
  • Searching
  • Limits of the Web
  • Evaluating the sites you find
  • Citing Web pages
  • Using the Web with students
  • Scholarly searching
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    The Web -- What Is It?  (And how is it different from the Internet?)
    The Internet http://www.udel.edu/eileen/subject/internet/Demyst/demystindex.html http://www.udel.edu/interlit/contents.html The World Wide Web http://www.udel.edu/sine/patsite/
    How, why, when, and where to use the Web
    How? Basic search and browsing techniques Browsing tips, tricks, & shortcuts I Hold Back & Forward buttons
    Go menu,
    Using Find.     Searching
  • quotes
  • + & -
  • Boolean
  • parentheses
    •      Why?
  • Convenient
  • Current
  • Comprehensive?
    •      When?
  • When general information is needed
  • When current information is needed
  • As a first shot
    •      Where? Web Directories Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/ Magellan http://magellan.excite.com/ Schrock Guide (educators) http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ Yahooligans (students) http://www.yahooligans.com/ Keyword search engines AltaVista http://www.av.com/ InfoSeek http://infoseek.go.com/ Lycos http://www.lycos.com/ Google http://www.google.com/ Conceptual searching Excite http://www.excite.com/ Meta-search engines Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com Web Crawler http://www.webcrawler.com/ MetaCrawler http://www.go2net.com/search.html MetaFind http://www.metafind.com/ (Meta-search ratings) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html#MetaTable Specialized searching Education World http://www.education-world.com/ StudyWeb http://www.studyweb.com/ AI searching Ask Jeeves http://www.ask.com/ Usenet Searching http://www.deja.com/ FAQ's   Evaluating search engines and directories Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ Yahoo's list of search engine evaluation sites http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/Search_Engines_and_Directories// Squirrel Hunt http://www.netsquirrel.com/hunt/index.html   More "how?" Advanced techniques Multiple windows Dragging a URL to another window History list
    Searching techniques Upper Case
    Wildcards
    FAQs
    Modifying a URL
        substituting
        "chopping"
    Backlink searching http://listserv.aol.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9905B&L=tourbus&P=R71     Browsing tips, tricks, & shortcuts II
    Evaluating Web Pages
    Accuracy
    Is the information accurate?
    Authority
    Is the author of the web page clearly stated and does he or she have a credible background to write on the topic?
    Objectivity
    Does the author represent a particular point of view?
    Currency
    When was the web page last updated?
    Coverage
    Does the site cover all aspects of the given topic?
    Evaluating Web Resources http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm The Good, the Bad and the Ugly http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.htmll
    Citing Web Sites
    Columbia University Press http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html Online Citation Guides http://longman.awl.com/englishpages/cyber.htm
    Other Resources
    Research Buzz http://www.researchbuzz.com/
    Using the Web with your classes
    Teaching your students (and you) to search the Web Scavenger Hunts Squirrel Hunt http://www.netsquirrel.com/
    Junior Hunt: Try this one (for younger students) http://www.netsquirrel.com/hunt/contest/junvol01/v01n03q.htm Senior Hunt: Try this one (for older students) http://www.netsquirrel.com/hunt/contest/senvol01/v01n06q.htm General Hunt: Try this one (for the really adventuresome) http://www.netsquirrel.com/hunt/contest/genvol01/v01n07q.htm (The answers and how best to search for the answers can be found from here) http://www.netsquirrel.com/hunt/index.html     Web Quests The Theory The WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html Building Blocks of WebQuests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html Matrix of Examples http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html A WebQuest Workshop http://webquest.edutech.org/workshops.htm Yahoo's links http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Instructional_Technology/Online_Teaching_and_Learning/WebQuests/ WebQuest templates for Students, Teachers and Rubrics Sample WebQuests WebQuest about STANDARDS http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/edis/771/98webquests/professional/pcarlyoung/WQStan.html WebQuest about WebQuests http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/webquest2.html
    Re-searching overview
    University of Delaware Resources
  • Morris Library - General
  • http://www.lib.udel.edu/
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/ref/ Reference area page
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/ejrnls/campus.htm List of electronic journals to which the University subscribes
  • http://www.lib.udel.edu/lndb/gen-camp.html Link to the databases available from the Library
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  • Morris Library . Education
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/educ/resguide Links to education resources
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/educ/database.htm Links to education databases
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/educ/internet.htm Links to education resources on the Internet
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  • Other campus libraries
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/branches/ Links to University of Delaware Branch Libraries . Including the Agriculture Library
  • http://www.udel.edu/erc/ Education Resource Center . Online catalog includes holdings for the ERC, MSERC, and 203-I Lab
  • http://www.udel.edu/mserc/ Mathematics & Science Education Resource Center
  • http://www.udel.edu/music/facilities/amy/mrc.html Music Resources Center
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  • Print resources (examples)
  • http://www.lib.udel.edu/databases/delcat.html DelCAT
  • Teachers. Desk Reference (also available online)
  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 1994 . online help available but full text is not available
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook http://www.unl.edu/buros/ lists tests and names which volume has review of test, but does not give reviews
  • Net.Journal Directory . Lists over 9,000 journal titles wherein access to searchable archive and full text retrieval is possible either for fee or free, published twice per year, each volume fully supercedes the previous volume.
  • Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, James A. Banks, ed., 1995 . collection of articles on multicultural education
  • Exceptional Child Education Resources . 1966 to present, over 200 journals indexed
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  • Internet Resources
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  • Sources for Teachers and Students
  • Book . Internet for Active Learners: Curriculum-Based Strategies for K-12 by Pam Berger, 1998 . not just a guide to the Internet but resource with activities and a link to an active site http://www.tramline.com/
  • http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ Kathy Schrock. s Guide for Educators
  • http://www.ala.org/aasl/learning/ American Association of School Librarians, guide to technology in schools including links to lesson plans and research on school reform
  • http://libraries.maine.edu/orolmc/currguid.htm Link from ERC page to University of Maine page of links to lesson plans and curriculum guides
  • http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html Web Quests as discussed on Tuesday
  • http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html Kids Connect, question/answer service, guarantees answer in 2 working days, gives answer AND search strategy
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ American Memory site from the Library of Congress, includes lessons and activities using primary sources
  • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/udlib-srch/ UDLib/Search, abstracts and full text databases available to public middle and senior high schools, this is where teachers will get information for creating lessons and school students will get information for research assignments.
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