The document provides 10 rules for effective internet searching. It discusses defining clear search terms, using multiple keywords, quotation marks for phrases, and Boolean operators like "-" to filter results. It emphasizes evaluating sources for reliability, considering alternate search languages, and remembering that finding information is just the first step in a research process that requires note-taking and incorporating information into one's own writing. The key to effective searching involves being clear on information needs, using different search engines, and carefully checking information sources.
Effective Searching: Part 1 - Overview, Key concepts and keywords (Web Version)Jamie Bisset
Part 1 (of 5) Overview of effective search strategies.
- PART 1: Overview, Key concepts and keywords
- PART 2: Broadening your search
- PART 3: Narrowing your search
- PART 4: Constructing your search
- PART 5: Citation searching
Part 1 covers:
- Overview of search approach
- Identifying key concepts and thinking about keywords.
Effective Searching: Part 1 - Overview, Key concepts and keywords (Web Version)Jamie Bisset
Part 1 (of 5) Overview of effective search strategies.
- PART 1: Overview, Key concepts and keywords
- PART 2: Broadening your search
- PART 3: Narrowing your search
- PART 4: Constructing your search
- PART 5: Citation searching
Part 1 covers:
- Overview of search approach
- Identifying key concepts and thinking about keywords.
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2. Agenda
• In this topic we will study about searching ways
and some rules when we are doing research.
• Also we will learn about importance of searching
from different resources.
• The end of the class we will conclude what kind
of search for and what mistakes we made often.
3. Rule 1 - Be sure you know exactly what
information you have to find.
• The more exactly you
know what you are
looking for, the easier it
will be to find it.
4. Rule 2 - Use multiple-word searches.
• This is related to Rule 1. Let's say you have to
find out about 3G equipment features. Do not
just type in 3G. Type 3G equipment
features.You will get fewer results, but you
can be confident that these will be relevant to
the information you need.
5. Rule 3 - Enclose phrases in quotation marks.
• Suppose you had to find out which was the
world's most dangerous animal. Typing the most
dangerous animal in Google returns almost 100
million hits. If you enclose the phrase in
quotation marks in "the most dangerous
animal", you get just over 600,000. This is still
a huge number, but you can be more sure the
results will be relevant.
6. Rule 4 - Use the minus sign to filter unwanted
results.
• Imagine you are searching for information about
the Hilton hotel organization. If you just type in
Hilton, you will get a huge number of pages with
information about Paris Hilton, a famous
• Hollywood
• If, however, you type in Hilton -Paris, the search
results will not include any pages about the
actress.
• In Google, the Advanced Search will help you
use this (Boolean) logic correctly; or you can
read their help page. You could also ask your
teacher or librarian to show you.
7. Rule 5 - Learn how to skim the search hits for
webpages worth opening.
• If you have used good keywords/keyword groups
and correct Boolean logic, you should have a not-too-
long list of links that contain the information
you are looking for. These links come with one or
two lines of information about the webpage they
lead to. If you read this information with some
care, you can avoid clicking on irrelevant pages.
It is very time-wasting to wait a minute or so for
a page to load, only to find that it is useless to
your needs.
8. Rule 6 - Be sure to evaluate the reliability of
the information you find.
• Anyone can put information on the internet. Not
all of the information is correct or up-to-date. If
you find a webpage that has unusual
colours/fonts or contains many spelling mistakes,
you should be very careful about trusting the
information it contains. See if there are details
about the author somewhere on the website, or
ask your teacher/librarian to advise.
9. Rule 7 - Research in your own language.
• Much of the information on the web that is in
English will be very hard for students. An
excellent idea is to research in your own
language. You can then read the corresponding
information in English with a far better chance of
understanding it.
10. Rule 8 - Remember: you don't always need to
use the internet.
• School libraries are full of books and other
resources containing most of the information you
need. If you use a library book, you can usually
be sure of its reliability (although it may not be
up-to-date). Libraries have access to excellent
reference resources such as the Encyclopedia
Britannica or ProQuest magazine database. It is
often best to start research in the library and to
use a web search engine only if the library does
not have what you are looking for.
11. Rule 9 - Filter your results according to their
reading level.
• You can ask Google to show you only the pages
that are written at a basic (or intermediate, or
advanced) level of difficulty.
12. Rule 10 - Remember: finding the right
information is only the beginning.
• Once you have found the information you are
looking for, you will need to do something with
it. Often you will make notes on it before putting
it into a piece of writing of your own.
13. Key to effective Internet searching
• Internet has good way for searching.
• Also it is similar as searching for an information
from library. This is why you need to be clear
that what you want to find.
• You can use different searching engine to find out
what information you need.
• But you have to be careful with information and
you should check whether it is secure or not.
14. Information seeking strategies
• Clearly define your needs
• What you want to know
• How much information you need to find
Hint: Use general reference sources such as
encyclopedias for background information.
15. Information seeking strategies
• Does your topic has distinctive words or phrases?
• Enclose the word(s) or phrase(s) in “quotes”
Example: “Telephone”
16. Information seeking strategies
• Carefully search your terms
• Use synonyms broader and/or narrower your
search terms to expand or narrow your search if
necessary
17. Information seeking strategies
Location and access
• If your topic has no distinctive words or phrases
or if the topic is too broad or very specific, then
your search may require more than one term
combined with the word AND or “+”
18. Information seeking strategies
Use Boolean logic search technique
• Enables you to define sets and search using
Boolean operators
• The principal Boolean operators are: AND,OR
and NOT
20. Information seeking strategies
• Read descriptions when looking at result list to
save time
• Look at the URL to determine the purpose of the
website
- .gov= government
- .edu= education
- .org= organization
- .k12= school
The internet is a wonderful resource. It has all the information that students are likely to need about every topic they are studying. Internet research can be a very effective (and enjoyable) way of finding the information that you need. However, it is also very easy to spend a lot of time searching on the web and still not find what you are looking for. If you follow the 'rules' below, you can be sure to avoid wasting too much of your precious time.
