Slide 1 Web Searching (From Chapter 1) How can we search the Web safely and effectively, verify the validity of information found, and attribute correctly?

Slide 2 Web Searching – How? (pp 18-20) Beyond “Basic Google” Use the Directory Use specific search arguments Use ‘site specific searches’ Get Help! Organize ‘Favorites’ – why? How do I get to the relevant part of long pages? “Look before you leap” how? Why? What are the dangers? “Remember why you’re there” – why? © 2006 Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Slide 3 Is my ‘find’ trustworthy? Why might it not be? Reputable publications have protections – such as? Why is the Web different? ‘Junk pages’ may be high on ‘hit list’ – why? How can I check reliability of site?check reliability Check URL, Home page, About Us – to see where you are Check credentials provided for authors Look for professional grammar/spelling Is ‘last update’ recent? Triangulate – what does this mean? What about Wikipedia? Let’s try it! Google: Spy ware remover Dangers of DHMO

Slide 4 What do I do next? Copy/paste useful text into rough draft use “quotes” for all copied material build attribution entry right away – why? How? what do I need? Note: point to actual page, not home page of site Paraphrase most copied text – why? Paraphrase do I still attribute? Do not need to attribute: Your own ideas – must have some of this in any work Common knowledge watch it! – there’s less of this than you think! © 2006 Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Slide 5 In-class activity Use Google to find a Spyware remover site Open MS Word, and copy/paste from the site, a summary of the function of the program Follow it with a citation, using the MS Word tool to do this Add a short explanation of why you trust this site Add a Bibliography, then close Word Use the Reply button to open a post in the discussion forum for this week, and attach your Word document