CMS120 Public Speaking: EFFECTIVE INTERNET RESEARCH AND INFORMATION LITERACY

STUDY GUIDE

FAST FACTS

· The Internet started in the 1960s to aid communication throughout the military.

· Before you begin your Internet search, it is important to have a research plan.

· Brainstorming and mind-mapping are useful for determining keywords.

· Using unique identifiers such as names, titles and dates will yield the best results.

· Search engines are the best places to start for general queries.

· There are specialty search engines that give results for specific categories of research, such as travel or blogs.

· Using the search term AND or NOT narrows a search, while OR broadens the search.

VOCABULARY TERMS

1. World Wide Web: a system that interlinks hypertext documents on the Internet

2. Trade source: a form of published content that combines popular and scholarly techniques on a specialized topic

3. Primary source: unaltered first-person narrative and content

4. Tertiary source: list of compiled secondary sources

5. Database: a collection of related data organized for access on a computer

6. Crawler-based engine: a type of search engine that compiles listings automatically and lists sites that match your search query

7. Directory: a type of search engine in which human editors compile the listings, search results are based on the written description of the sites

8. Boolean Operator: a technique using words such as AND, NOT, and OR to narrow or expand search results

9. Surface web: the portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines

10. Dynamic content: Web pages with constantly changing content, either by a user or serverhttps://fod-infobase-com.ezproxy.mc3.edu/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=43788

Watch this video (link) and take notes. It contains a lot of great information that will help you construct meaningful web queries. This will cut down on your web research time because you are getting more meaningful results! Save the attached document. Keep the Study Guide (page 1), for your reference. The Webquestconsists of two parts:Planning (page 2), and then the Scavenger Hunt(page 3). Complete both parts ofthe Webquest.Be sure to vary your search starters! If you rely solely upon Google, you are denying yourself a chance to learn about the usefulness of directories and government websites!

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