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Exploring Web Search Strategies for Efficient Research

Understand the difference between search engines and directories, discover the invisible web, and learn internet searching tips. Enhance your research skills, evaluate web sources, and locate nonprint materials effectively.

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Exploring Web Search Strategies for Efficient Research

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  1. Lib 150Section 13Lloyd Chittenden Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users? -- Clifford Stoll Please turn off cell phones

  2. Assignment 3 • Discussion • You can still turn it in today, only -5 points • OK to redo (-5 points if done next week) • Staple old version to new • May redo any section or entire assignment

  3. Search Engines vs. Directories • Search engines are automated systems that crawl websites for keywords. • Directories are created by human selectors • FLC Internet searching page

  4. Invisible web • Web sites that don’t often appear on search engines or directories. • The invisible Web contains 99% of the information content of the Web. • http://www.intute.ac.uk/ • http://www.geniusfind.com/ • aip.completeplanet.com • http://www.surfwax.com/

  5. Internet searching exercise • Link to exercise from class web page • Work in pairs

  6. Next week • Quiz 3 • Reading • Tips for Locating Nonprint Materials in the Library's Catalog • Citing Nonprint Sources in MLA Style • List of Web evaluation criteria • Evaluating Internet sources. Web evaluation sites.

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