The document provides guidance on evaluating the reliability and credibility of websites. It recommends checking who authored and published the site, whether sources are cited, if there are signs of bias, and searching the domain on tools like Alexa to understand ownership and backlinks. It also suggests searching topics on Google to compare sites and analyzing the quality and reliability of top results.

12. What? http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/index.html How? http://www.techlearning.com/article/1108 Tips http://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps Extras

16. Be specific ... because if you aren’t specific, you’ll end up with a bunch of garbage! Takeaway

18. Capitals DO NOT matter

19. AND or + Include both keywords Try… Note: “ AND” in caps and no space after “+” Hands on

20. OR or | Any one keyword Try… Note: “ OR” in caps and leave a space after “|” Hands on

21. OR between keywords Sun OR “solar system” OR statement in parentheses (sun OR “solar system”) | (“pipe”) character in place of the word OR (sun | “solar system”) All three methods yield the exact same results.

22. ” “ Exact phrase Try… Hands on

23. - exclude Try… Note: No space after “-” Hands on

24. * Missing word Try… Hands on

25. ~ Synonyms of the keyword Try… Hands on

26. .. Range Try… Note: No spaces between numbers or dots Hands on

27. AND is default Capitalization does not matter. Limit of 32 keywords. Supports stemming and wildcard . Order of keywords matter.

28. Be specific AND + OR | - * “ ” ~ ..

29. Operators http://www.googletutor.com/google-manual/web-search/adding-basic-operators/ https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/searchtech/index.html Extras

30. http://21cif.com/rkitp/assessment/v1n7/operator_assessment.swf Hands on

31. filetype: intitle: inurl: site: synonym Takeaway

33. Restricts results to files of type ".doc" (or .xls, .ppt. etc.) Try... Note: No space between filetype: and the file extension like pdf, xls, ppt, doc The “dot” in the file extension – .doc – is optional. Source: http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.html http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

34. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

35. Restricts results to documents containing keyword in title. Try… Note: No space between intitle: and keyword. To search for phrase put it in quotes. Hands on

36. intitle:walt disney (without quotes) Search results? Google looks for every page with the word walt in title AND disney somewhere in body. Note: Quotes are important to search for phrases

37. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

38. U niform R esource L ocator a string used to identify an access protocol, location, and identifier for a file or other Internet resource. Source: http://search400.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid3_gci850,00.html

39. Restricts results to documents containing keyword in URL. Try… Note: No space between inurl: and the keyword. Hands on

40. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

41. Restricts the results to those websites in a domain. Try… Note: No space between site: and the domain. Hands on

42. Use in conjunction with another search term or phrase. pirates site:disney.com Use to exclude sites. pirates –site:disney.com Use to exclude or include entire domains (dot is optional) pirates –site:com pirates site:edu Use an OR search to include or exclude hits from multiple sites or domains. Hands on

44. ~ keyword Search for keyword and its synonyms. Try… Note: No space between ~ and the keyword. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

45. Alternative query types cache: link: related: info: Other information Define: Calculator Weather Conversion Takeaway

46. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful

47. Stuff you can use if you want to search without using any keywords

48. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

49. Shows the cached version of a web page. Try… Note: No space between cache: and the URL. Use in conjunction with keyword or phrase. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

50. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

51. Restricts the results to web pages that have links to the specified URL. Try… Note: No space between link: and the URL. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

52. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

53. Lists webpages "similar" to a specified web page. Try… Note: There can be no space between related: and the URL. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

54. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

55. Presents some information that Google has about a particular web page. Try… Note: There can be no space between info: and the URL. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

56. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful

57. Did you know that Google can look up dictionary definitions, answer to math problems?

58. Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#definitions

59. Definitions for the word or phrase (if available) Try… Note: Do not need quotes around your phrases. Begin query with define: Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#definitions Hands on

60. Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator

61. 56*78 Arithmetic units of measure Conversions Source: http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator Hands on

62. Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

63. Presents the three to four day weather forecast for a particular city. Try… Note: You don’t need a colon in weather . Source: http://www.google.com/help/operators.html Hands on

64. Query modifiers filetype: intitle: inurl: site: synonyms Alternative query types cache: link: related: info: Other information needs define: Calculator weather

65. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful

66. Challenge1 http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/Q2Q/KeywordChallenge.swf Challenge2 http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/soccerchallenge/Nyms_index.swf Challenge3 http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/snippetsleuth/SS_FunnyGirl_beta4.swf Hands on

71. Top links Google search button: Advanced search Search field Preferences Statistics bar Tip One Box results Page title Text below the title URL of result Size Cached Similar pages Indented result More results Takeaway

74. https://docs.google.com/present/view?hl=en&id=dfvwdtqp_35hq27gfhk Hands on

75. Search engine math! New: Number of results (upper right corner)

77. Advanced Search “ Search once using these settings” Preferences “ Search always using these settings”

79. Features: http://www.google.com/help/features.html Tips http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/#helpcenter Extras

80. www.quintura.com www.webkruz.com Hands on

81. www.google.com/squared/ http://www.wolframalpha.com/ Hands on

82. www.oneriot.com www.collecta.com http://tenbyten.org/10x10.html (news) Hands on

83. Read: www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-what-is-a-meta-search-engine/ Try: www.Zuula.com Hands on

84. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful

86. http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/31632 http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.asp http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/search-engine Extras

88. What? Google Others www.makeuseof.com/tag/roll-your-own-search-engine-with-rollyo/ www.makeuseof.com/dir/katapulco www.historio.us Hands on

89. R ich S ite S ummary format for delivering regularly changing web content Online: Google reader Offline: Mozilla Firefox Hands on

90. www.Kidzui.com www.Kidoz.net www.pikluk.com Hands on

91. www.kidsclick.org www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-kids-parents-safe-browsing/ Hands on

92. Web link Tag Group tag Tag-roll Link-roll Hands on

93. Notes: help.diigo.com/how-to-guide/sticky-note Highlights: help.diigo.com/how-to-guide/how-to-highlight Extra: www.slideshare.net/cliotech/digging-deeper-with-diigo-education-presentation Hands on

94. www.ipl.org www.vark.com www.wikianswers.com www.askjeeves.com Hands on

95. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful

98. www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-explore-deep-invisible-web/ Hands on

102. Process Strategy Criteria for website evaluation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_qR5lpnXBE&feature=PlayList&p=558EEF1A022BD297&index=6 Where to start: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/ Hands on

103. Anyone Update Quality control Not reviewed Trustworthiness https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfvwdtqp_2cmt22hfv Hands on

105. Look at the URL - personal page or site ? ~ or % or users or members Domain name appropriate for the content ? Restricted: edu, gov, mil, a few country codes (ca) Unrestricted: com, org, net, most country codes (us, uk) Published by an entity that makes sense ? News from its source? www.nytimes.com Advice from valid agency? www.nih.gov www.nimh.nih.gov Hands on

106. Can you tell who wrote it ? name of page author organization, institution, agency you recognize Credentials for the subject matter ? Look for links to: “ About us” “Philosophy” “Background” “Biography” Is it current enough ? Look for “last updated” date Hands on

107. Text possibly forged ? why not a link to published version ? Sources documented with links or notes ? do the links work ? Evidence of bias in text or sources ? Hands on

108. Search the URL in alexa.com Click on “Site info for … ” Who owns the domain? Who links to the site? What did the site look like in the past? (Wayback Machine) Hands on

109. Which blogs link to it? What do they say? Try the URL in Google Blog Search See what links are in Google’s “Similar pages” Look up the page author in Google Hands on

110. Was the page put on the web to inform ? persuade ? sell ? as a parody or satire ? Is it appropriate for your purpose? Hands on

111. Search a controversial topic in Google nuclear armageddon prions danger “ stem cells” Scan the first two pages of results Visit one or two sites evaluate their quality and reliability Hands on

112. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful

113. Self study Website investigator: http://21cif.com/wsi/index.html Extras

115. Online http://21cif.com/tools/cite/index.html Offline http://www.zotero.org/ Hands on

117. Sources Wikipedia Google Subscription articles, databases Skype/Twitter/Facebook Dictionary / Thesaurus (http://www.snappywords.com) Content People, products News, Book, E-books Multimedia, files, Slideshows, image, audio, video, map Blog, wiki, bookmark Groups, Q&A Community, Forum Takeaway

118. Librarians ’ Internet Index InfoMine Google Custom Search Engines (CSE)

119. directory.google.com Human-compiled directory of web pages organized by topic into categories Human editors determine each page’s importance.

120. blogsearch.google.com [or search.blogger.com] Searches blogs with RSS or Atom feed Pro : More updated than regular search Con : Mostly opinions rather than facts.

121. scholar.google.com Limits searches to Peer-reviewed papers , Theses , Books , Abstracts and articles Scholarly information from Academic publishers, Professional societies, Preprint repositories, Universities and other scholarly organizations Source: http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.html

122. site:schoolname.edu OR google.com/options/universities.html Limits your search to a particular .edu domain

123. www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerpoint-search-engines-to-seek-out-publicly-available-presentations www.makeuseof.com/tag/massive-list-of-howto-sites-howto-search-engine www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-search-multiple-social-media-sites-at-a-time www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-wikipedia-search-engines www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-almost-unknown-google-search-engines-you-should-use en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines Extras

124. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Technology/Internet/Dulcineas-Guide-to-Searching-on-the-Web.pg_00.html#00 Extras

125. Mindmap on Information Literacy resources: www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=b93aa8ef223445ff8919191fbc3ed23c Personal productivity: 21cif.com/tutorials/micro/ 21cif.com/rkit/newRkit/databases.html www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/information.html Self-study: www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html For student assessment: www.trails-9.org Book: netsavvy Extras

126. Articles thefutureplace.typepad.com/the_future_place/2006/12/the_researhc_ma.html Groups www.classroom20.com/group/research20 Extras

127. List techniques which will need practice List techniques you find useful