Good Morning! LIS1001 Information and Technology for Searching September 2016, Ulrich Werner, Adj. Prof. (IIS-RU)
Some of you have a problem. Your first assignment Some of you have a problem.
… and this time, it was so easy. Just read what you see.
Narrowing a search to get the best results Level 1 Created by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass
You need photographs of Manchester United in action How do you find that?
YouTube
Looking for full-text (“free”) books? Google Books Looking for full-text (“free”) books?
NOT OR site: filetype: define: Operators NOT OR site: filetype: define:
Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.
Narrowing a search to get the best results Level 3 Created by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass
Martin Luther King: I have a dream I have a dream I have a dream speech “I have a dream” speech “I have a dream” speech “Martin Luther King” “I have a dream” speech “Martin Luther King” 28.08.1963 260.000.000 74.300.000 13.100.000 941.000 378
But: Why a standard search on Google? Remember: Garbage in = garbage out
Always: Analyze your search results and re-define your search terms. That’s the secret of those students who get best marks for their assignments.
Assignment No. 3 on the course page.