G OOGLE R ESEARCH S TEVE C ARTER. Information Literacy 1. Go to www.google.com.au 2. search for Martin Luther King.

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G OOGLE R ESEARCH S TEVE C ARTER

Information Literacy 1. Go to 2. search for Martin Luther King

How do you Read a URL? Digital Literacy Who is Zack? R – Read the URL (Universal Resource Locator) E – Examine the site’s content A – Ask about the author/publisher L – Look at the links Domain name - http// Extensions -.edu,.k12, au,.com,.org,.gov Are you on a personal page? Check for a name in the url or a tilde symbol (~) or %

Examine - Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover! Teach the students to look beyond the colours Ask questions and think critically is it useful?/are additional resources provided?/ is it current?/ do you think the info is accurate?/ does it seem contradictory? pigeonrank.html Check the history of a website - even a deleted one. Use ( Let's look at

Who Is the Author/ Publisher? try Look At The Links Forward Links - o Check the URLs o Do the domain names change? o Is the information biased?

External Links External links are NOT controlled by an author's website o Who is linked to the website? o What is the purpose of the link? o What do other sites say about the information on the site? Use Alta Vista ( with the prompt (link:) before the website you want to find external links from

Effective Search Practices 1. Develop a search plan 2. Teach students to use advanced search techniques 3. Teach students ti use more advanced and more specialised search engines.

Developing the Search Plan Step 1 - Define the research problem Step 2- Know what sort of information you are trying to find Step 3- Select the right research tools

Using Advanced Search Techniques Start with keywords MUST - MIGHT - SHOULD NOT Query Strings Assist in organising a search (+,-,!) + between keywords shortens the results birds +eagle - between keywords won't search for the - keyword birds -eagle "" find an exact phrase within a website birds +"North America" -eagle

Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT Use with keywords and must be capitalised AND = searches for both words florida AND aquarium OR = searches both words (either) at the same time florida OR aquarium NOT = do not include florida NOT aquarium

Activity "statue of liberty" +Athena +compare "statue of liberty" +Athena +compare - "Athena group"

The Host Command The host command allows you to control your search. Use host: then any extension you want to limit the search to, such as "lung cancer" + host:gov

Useful Links

Recommended Search Engines Ask.com - Answers.com - Noodletools - Noodlequest -

Bonus Search Techniques infographic/ Google Custom Search Thank you Steve Carter

Bonus Search Techniques