2. INTERNET RESEARCH
is a research method in collecting
and gathering information via the
internet by using a search engine
such as Google. Search Engine is a
program that allows users to search
for content on the internet.
3. EXAMPLES OF SEARCH
ENGINE
Google Aol SearchWow Baidu
Web CrawlerYahoo! Search
MyWebSearchWolframAlpha
Bing Info Dogpile DuckDuckGo
Ask Infospace Contenko Internet
Archive
4. SEARCHINGTHE WEB
Getting the correct and reliable information is our goal in an
internet research.We may rely on the capability of a search
engine but sometimes it may not give us the correct
information because of the keywords we entered a search
engine.There are techniques in searching information that
can be applied in a search engine to get a better result. Some
search engines allow a combination of words and logic
connectors of AND, OR, and NOT.
5. TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE INTERNET
RESEARCH BY GEORGE MATHEWS
1. Know what kind of research you want to do.
2. Make a list of keywords you will use in your search.
3. Enclose keywords in quotation marks.
4. Use the minus sign (-).
5.Try specialized search engines.
6. Skim through search results web pages.
7. Bookmark
8. Review your bookmarks.
6. ONLINE RESEARCH SKILLS BY HANNAH
TRIERWEILER HUDSON
1. CheckYour Sources
2. Ask Good Questions
3. Go Beyond the Surface
4. Be Patient.
5. Respect Ownership
6. UseYour Networks
7. EVALUATING WEBSITES
To help you evaluate the website’s credibility, here are the
questions that you need to answer:
1.What is the domain type of the website?
If it is a personal website, then you should further evaluate the website.
8. 2.Who wrote the article?
Check if the author’s credentials or
affiliations are listed so you can tell whether
the author is qualified to write the topic.
Also, check the publisher of the article if it is
a reliable publisher. Make sure that the
author provides an e-mail or a contact
address/phone number.
9. 3. What is the purpose of the document and why was it
produced?
It is also important to check the document’s purpose and
why it was produced.The document should provide
accurate information and must be objective in presenting
it. Some websites produce documents to motivate users
to buy products. If this is the case, information might be
biased. However, bias is not necessarily bad, but you need
to investigate the author or connections.
10. 4.When was the document published and
updated?
The document should be regularly updated. As to
the freshness of the date, it depends on the
information needed. For some topics, you want
current information. For others, you want
information near the time it became known.The
links should also be up to date.There should be no
dead links.
11. COPYRIGHT ISSUES
There are millions of information that we can get from the
internet. Some of this information is free but others are
not.They are protected by copyright law.
Copyright is a protection given to the owner of the rights in
an original work such as books, musical works, films,
paintings, and other works, and computer programs.This
original work is called intellectual property which is
protected under Republic Act 8293 known as the
“Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines”.
12. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
This happens when the copyrighted
work is used by another person without
the permission of the author or copyright
holder. Any person who is infringing the
right protected work would be liable
under the law.
13. FAIR USE
Research is important to the students and
other people. Most of them rely on the
information that they can get online.
Although this information is protected by
copyright law, we can still use this
information without permission in a limited
way under certain conditions and purposes.
14. Fair use is the use of copyrighted material for comment,
teaching, criticism, news reporting, research, scholarship,
and another similar purpose is not an infringement of
copyright. An example of this is when you post a quote from
a person on your Facebook wall. Include the name of the
person who owns the quote in your post. Another example is
when you copy an image from the internet, give credit to
the creator of the image.The copied image should be used
for educational purposes not for commercial use. In fair use,
5% of the content of reference can only be copied. If 20% or
less of reference is copied, there must be a secondary use
agreement and fee. And if 20% or more of the reference is
copied, it requires purchasing of creative work.
15. GUIDELINES FOR FAIR USE
1. Majority of the contents created must
be yours.
2. Give credit to the owner.
3. Do not make a profit from the
copyrighted work.
