This document provides instructions for an effective online research activity. It explains that the goals of the activity are to practice evaluating the credibility, value, and usefulness of research materials found online and to use the internet as a tool for credible research. It directs students to search for information about themselves online, analyze the search results, and answer questions about the information found. It then provides tips on how to search for reliable sources online, including understanding URL structures, using different domain names and search filters, operators, and keywords to refine search results. The final part includes an activity that asks students to search for a news article about information technology in the Philippines from a government website using specific search parameters.

1. EFFECTIVE ONLINE RESEARCH
By the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Facilitate the practice in judging the credibility, value, and usefulness of researched
materials.
2. Use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best achieve
specific objectives.
Use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best achieve
specific class objectives or address situational challenges.
(CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-Ia-b-3)

2. Direction: Write all your answers in your activity
notebook.
1.Using the Internet, try to search for your complete
name.
2.Write down how many sites have featured your
personal name and what is written about you.
WHAT’S IN
Activity 3.1: What’s In My Name?

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
•What other information are written about
you?
•Are the search results coming from
reliable sources? Why?
•Should these bits of information need to
be posted or shown in public?

4. LESSON 3.1 SEARCHING THE WEB
Search Engines are websites used for retrieval of data, files,
or documents from data bases. Some search engines we use today
are:
Here are some tips you may use to be able to look for relevant and reliable sources:

5. ANATOMY OF A URL
• A URL is one type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
• It is a generic term for all types of names and
addresses that refer to objects on the world wide web.
1. Protocol
2. Subdomain
3. Domain
4. Top-level Domain
5. Folders/ Paths
6. Page
7. Named anchor

6. POPULAR DOMAINS
Top- level Domains Country code top level domains
.edu – educational institution
.org – non-profit organization
.gov – government site
.com – commercial site
.net - network
.ph – Philippines
.eu – European Union
.uk – United Kingdom
.au - Australia

7. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
1.Boolean Logic
– narrows, broadens, or eliminates
search term.
a.Boolean “or” – this operator
will find pages that include
either of the search terms.
• Ex. A or B

8. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
b. Boolean “and” –
this operator will
retrieve only pages
containing both terms
•Ex. A and B A B

9. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
c. Boolean “not”
– this operator will find
pages that do not
include search term
immediately following it.
•Ex. A not B
A B

10. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
2. Phase Searching – is used to search for famous
quotes, proper names, recommendations, etc. It
encloses the phrase in quotation marks.
• Ex. “Jane Doe” “To be or not to be”

11. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
3. Plus (+) – indicates that the
word after the sign is a required
word must be found in search.
Example: +fire

12. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
4. Minus (–) sign – indicates to
exclude a word from your search that
is not required on the result.
Example: Jaguar speed –car

13. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
5. Ampersand (@) is used to
find social tags.
Example: @SteveJobs

14. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
6. Hashtag (#) is used to find
popular hashtags.
Example: #LawOfClassroom

15. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
7. Finding Documents – using the filetype refines
the search for documents on the web.
o filetype:pdf
o filetype:doc
o filetype:xls
•Ex. ICT in the Philippines pdf

16. SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
8. Searching Site – the sites find
webpage from a website.
•Ex.: National Geographic information
in Australia
•Search: Australia site:
NationalGeographic.com

17. ACTIVITY 3.2: CAN YOU FIND ME?
• Directions: Use the Internet to research on
a news article on Information Technology
in the Philippines. This information must
come from a government site in PDF or
Word document. Print the article and
paste your work on a separate sheet of
paper. Do not forget to include the URL of
the article you have taken the information.
URL:
______________________________________
_________________
Title of Article:
______________________________________
_________
Paste printed article here.