1. Unit 13 Searching the Internet & Safety
Living Online
Unit 13
Searching the Internet & Safety

2. Searching a Web Site Some sites have search on them
Searches that web site

3. Searching a Web Page
What keyboard shortcut allows you to find a word in a Word document?
CTRL-F
Use the same for a web page

4. Search Engines Have databases of sites & keywords
Each generates a list of results
Web spider or crawler
Results may vary between engines
Go to yahoo.com & search for great wall of china
Notice 1st result
How many total hits?
Go to google.com & do same search
Different result for #1

5. Searching All Engines Go to www.dogpile.com Go to www.yahoo.com
Low carb diets
Tells where it searched & found on
Go to
Great wall of china
Go to
Cruises (what’s # of results)
Cruises Alaska OR Mexico (what’s #?)

6. Narrowing Your Search Quotation Marks
Yellow tuna would find matches w/ either word or both
“Yellow Tuna” would look for that phrase

7. Boolean Searching AND, OR, NOT You may not need these anymore
Recipes AND Chicken AND Spaghetti
All terms in a document
NBA OR Basketball
Include one or the other
Tennis AND NOT Wimbledon
Excludes the 2nd term from the document

8. + & - Searching
Include/Exclude

9. Using Advanced Search

10. Evaluating Web Sites-View this site
Accuracy of Info
Cite sources? Facts?
Relevant links/source list
Spelling/grammar/error free
Authority
Credentials; who is responsible for site?
Way to contact them
Bias
Towards one point of view
Current Info
Is it up to date, current
Design
Well organized or cluttered?

11. Evaluating Web Sites-View this site
Relevance & Reliability
Does it fit your research?
Is it accurate?
Up to date?
Does it come from a trusted source?
Page Layout/Design
Is site organized?
Spelling/grammar correct?
Info might not be reliable
Validity & Bias
Are they trying to sell you something?
Change your opinion?
Check other sources to see if it’s valid info
Authority
Author’s credentials
Can you contact/ them?
Evaluate the Quality
Of the Information

12. Let’s Evaluate Lasik at Home Pop! Water Clones R Us
Online Pregnancy Test
Save the Guinea Worm
Petrol Direct

13. Intellectual Property Laws
Copyright
Doesn’t have to be displayed or registered
Must give credit
Public Domain
Available for public use
No credit needed
Plagiarism
Claiming someone else’s words

14. Your Web Page Once you post something of your own, it is copyrighted
Be careful what you post
Libel
Written word/picture that gives someone a negative image
Slander
Spoken word that gives someone a negative image

15. Injuries Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Repeated motions of joints
Game players, constant users
Take breaks, stretch
Use ergonomic furniture
Eye strain (lighting, breaks)

16. Questions What is e-commerce?
Shopping online
What does the cashier do with your food at Shop Rite?
Scan it with optical laser
When you go to the ATM, what does the machine read on your card?
Magnetic strip
What do you call people who work from home?
telecommuting

17. Questions What domain would each site MOST LIKELY have? Girl Scouts
Sears
Rowan University
U.S. Marines

18. Unit 13 Searching the Internet & Safety
Living Online
Unit 13
Searching the Internet & Safety