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Internet Searching

Internet Searching To Surf or not to Surf Internet Searching The Internet versus the Library Complementary Current Events vs. Historical Research Popular vs. Scholarly Copious vs. Selective Internet Searching The Internet versus the Library Content Haphazard vs. Standardized & Organized

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Internet Searching

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  1. Internet Searching To Surf or not to Surf

  2. Internet Searching • The Internet versus the Library • Complementary • Current Events vs. Historical Research • Popular vs. Scholarly • Copious vs. Selective

  3. Internet Searching • The Internet versus the Library • Content • Haphazard vs. Standardized & Organized • Unscrupulous vs. Scrutinized • Transient vs. Permanent

  4. Internet Searching • Surface Web • Deep Web (Invisible Web) • Search Engines • Subject Directories • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  5. Surface Web • Only 30% of the entire Internet • Accessed by • search engines • subject directories • Content • Popular, Personal, Public Domain • Static fixed Web pages

  6. Deep Web (Invisible Web) • 70% of the Internet • Accessed by direct query or authorization • Content: Information stored in Databases mounted on the Web • Scholarly resources; targeted topics • Library OPAC’s, subject specific databases • News, Business, Directories; Phone Books, Multimedia, Graphic Files, Digital Exhibits

  7. Deep Web (Invisible Web) • Search engines cannot/will not index this information. • Some subject directories will link to these sites • For more information see:http://library.albany.edu/internet/deepweb.html

  8. Internet Searching • Search Engines • Specific site wanted (e.g. Lord of the Rings, Lakers, CNN) • 40% overlap among them • No quality control

  9. Internet Searching • Search Engines • Uses robots, web crawlers, spiders, etc. to match characters in specific fields • Hit lists ranked based on paid inclusion programs (except Google which has a separate sponsor list)

  10. Internet Searching • Subject Directories • Topical searches (e.g. movies, sports, news) • No particular site in mind • Some are created and maintained by librarians, scholars and subject specialists

  11. Identify Reputable Internet Sites • Separate the wheat from the chaff: Use Subject Directories created and maintained by scholars, subject specialists and librarians:

  12. Identify Reputable Internet Sites • Scout Report • http://scout.wisc.edu/ • INFOMINE – Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: http://infomine.ucr.edu/ • Encyclopaedia Britannica Online •  “Britannica Internet Guide“

  13. Identify Reputable Internet Sites • The Digital Librarian • http://www.digital-librarian.com/ • The Internet Public Library • http://www.ipl.org/ • BUBL Link (British) • http://bubl.ac.uk/

  14. Identify Reputable Internet Sites • TMC Library OPAC • TMC Library Web Resources • WorldCat (FirstSearch) • See next slide for instructions

  15. Intelligent Searching The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Clues of Caution when searching the public Internet… in the URL: • A “~ name” reflects a personal site representing a personal viewpoint • A .com or .org typically provides biased information

  16. Intelligent Searching …on the site itself: • Lack of ownership or author • Comic or incendiary language • Lack of currency • Bias towards audience, or slant of information; positive without the negative; one sided

  17. Intelligent Searching Search Smart: • Check underlying pages, top level pages, and links • Check domain names with a registry agency: register.com • More about domain names: http://florin.syr.edu/webarch/domains.php3

  18. Look up the domain registry page at the appropriate registry agency: • For .com, .edu, .net, .org : www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois • For .gov (U.S. government) : www.nic.gov/cgi-bin/whois • For .mil (U.S. military) : www.nic.mil/cgi-bin/whois

  19. Look up the domain registry page at the appropriate registry agency: • For Asian-Pacific : www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl • For European : www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/whois • The rest of the world: www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html

  20. Intelligent Searching • Visit web sites that post hoaxes • Does it have the HON seal: Health on the Net foundation • Look for Web site awards or other organizational “seals of approval” • Professional associations

  21. Evaluate EverythingPhysical AND Electronic • Consider the following: • Purpose and Scope • Source, Authorship, Publishing Body • Content and Currency • Style and Functionality • Bias • Verifiability

  22. Evaluating Resources • These Research Guides will be helpful • Evaluating Resources www.masters.edu/rgevaluatingresources • An easy way to help evaluate the usefulness of research resources both paper and electronic • Covers purpose, source, content, style and functionality • Web Page Evaluation www.masters.edu/rgwebpageevaluation

  23. Evaluating Resources • Use Subject Directories to find Web sites that teach how to evaluate resources • Library Web site  Web Resources  Topic – Research/Writing  Type – All Types  Sub-topic – Evaluating Resources

  24. Evaluating Internet Resources • Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask,UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html • Evaluating Information Found on the Internet,Johns Hopkins University - http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/

  25. Evaluating Internet Resources • Evaluating Internet Resources, University at Albany, SUNY,-http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html • Evaluating Web Pages, Duke University-http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating_web.htm

  26. Evaluating Internet Resources • Librarians' Internet Index - http://lii.org/ • For annotated descriptions of many good guides to evaluating Web pages search the subject: “Evaluation of Internet Resources”

  27. Research Strategies Internet Searching Helps Search Engines Subject Directories Evaluating Resources BIBLIOGRAPHY

  28. Research Strategies • Badke.Research Strategies: finding your way through the information fog. Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press / iUniverse.com, 2000 ISBN: 0595100821; Price: $15 est. • DDC: 001.42/B142r/2000 • http://www.acts.twu.ca/LBR/research.htm

  29. Internet Search Helps • UC Berkeley http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html • University of Albany http://library.albany.edu/internet/searchnet.html

  30. Internet Search Helps “How to choose a Search Engine or a Subject Directory” http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html

  31. Search Engines & Subject Directories University of Tennessee Search Engines http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/search.html Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com SearchIQ http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/

  32. Search Engines Go to University at Albany http://library.albany.edu/internet/engines.html for an abstracted list of: Search Engines, Meta Search Engines, Deep Web Collectors, Specialty Search Engines, Domain names, Multi-media & Images finders, New Page Trackers

  33. Subject Directories Go to University at Albany http://library.albany.edu/internet/subject.html for an abstracted list of : Academic & Professional Subject Directories Commercial Directories & Portals

  34. Evaluate EverythingPhysical AND Electronic http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html

  35. The end. Questions? From the library Web site select Library Services  Ask-A-Librarian or go to http://www.masters.edu/libraries/AskALibrarian.asp

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