Learning How to Search and Evaluate Information

1. EMSB Adult Education & Vocational Services Conference November 7th, 2014 Learning How to Search and Evaluate Information Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. Coordinator of Educational Technology Dawson College

2. Content Digital Literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a technologies. range of digital This practical 2-hour workshop will present techniques on how to effectively search, gather and evaluate online information.

3. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZkq31J-GY

9. Source: Go-Globe.com

10. Source: Go-Globe.com

11. Information Overload

12. InfoWhelm Source: http://youtu.be/cWkQq5qmdmc

13. Survey Go to: http://Pollev.com

14. Survey Google: 742852 Bing: 742853 Yahoo! 742854 Other: 742855

15. Survey https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MWMkUQemiWe38kb

16. There is also Bing! Source: http://bing.com

17. And Baidu in China Source: http://baidu.com

18. Other Search Engines

19. How the World is Searching Image Source: : http://www.fastcocreate.com/3019595/creativity-by-the-numbers/see-a-map-of-the-world-revealing-each-countrys-most-visited-websit Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2443825/Google-rules-West-Japan-prefers-Yahoo-Map-reveals- different-internet-giants-dominate-countries-globe.html

20. Bing vs Google Source: http://www.bing-vs-google.com/

21. Digital Literacy Source: http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/index.html

22. Locating Information Locating Information Efficiently What Information Am I Looking For? Where Will I Find the Information? How Will I Get There? Source: http://21cif.com/resources/difcore/index.html

23. Searching on the Web

24. Google Search by Language Source: http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe-search

25. How Google Search Works Source: http://youtu.be/BNHR6IQJGZs

26. How Google Search Works Source: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/

27. Searching as Part of Our Daily Life

28. Beyond Google DuckDuckGo provides instant answers Carrot organizes your search results into topics https://duckduckgo.com/ http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search Blekko organizes content in semantic schema and pulls search results from a wide variety of online. sources A Google alternative safe search engine for students http://www.infotopia.info/ http://blekko.com/

29. Google Search: Tricks Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/ Google Operators: http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

30. Google Search: Tricks

31. Google Search: Tricks Source: http://www.google.com/advanced_search

32. Google Search: Tricks Source: http://easilymused.com/2012/03/google-search-results-too-good-to-be-true-heres-why/ Source: http://www.google.ca/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/assets/PowerSearc hingQuickReference.pdf

33. Google Search: Tricks Source: http://lifehacker.com/top-10-clever-google-search-tricks-1450186165

34. Searching Strategies Identify Keywords Ignore the “small” words (what, are, the, etc.), words connected to time (sometimes, always, perhaps, often, etc.) and words that show relation (effects, lead to, increases, etc.) Example: What are the effects of media on bullying among children? Main concepts Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/

35. Searching Strategies Now find some synonyms Different authors will use different words to write about their topics. http://www.synonym.com/ Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/

36. Searching Strategies Fill in a Keyword Chart Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/

37. Searching Strategies Combine Keywords (or, and not) OR combines your synonyms and related terms to find documents that contain any or all of the words. It broadens your search and produces more results. Example: Car OR vehicle http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/

38. Searching Strategies Combine Keywords (or, and not) AND combines your different concepts to find only the documents that contain all of the keywords. It narrows your search and produces fewer results. Example: Car AND fuel http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/

39. Searching Strategies Combine Keywords (or, and not) NOT followed by a keyword will exclude all the documents that contain that particular word. It is a way of avoiding unrelated articles. Use it with caution as you may miss out on potentially useful material. Example: Drugs NOT heroin http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/combine-keywords/

40. Example of Keyword Chart Source: http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/identify-keywords/

41. More Tips Truncation (*, ?) Truncation will find all the variants of a word. For example child* will find child, children, and childhood. This saves you time. If your research is looking at how poverty affects children, the search statement would be: poverty AND child* Always check the help page of the database to know the correct symbol to use.

42. More Tips Grouping Grouping will create a more focused search. Quotations “ ” Quotations allow you to search for an exact phrase. The search will only bring back results that contain that phrase. Example: street kids 1,025,026 results “street kids” 6,416 results

43. Too Many Results? Your search come up with 1,760 results? Make your topic more specific by asking questions: Who? Who is involved, who is affected? If you’re interested in poverty be more specific: poverty in single-parent families. Where? Are you interested in data from Canada? When? Are you researching the last 5 years or during the 1960s? http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/too-many-results/

44. Too Many Results? Modify your search by adding, removing or changing your keywords: Add in your other concepts using the AND Boolean operator when necessary. Remember that AND will narrow your search by making it more specific. Example: drug abuse AND sports Use a different keyword from your list of synonyms Example: substance abuse instead of drug abuse Enter fewer synonyms or try a narrower term Example: teenagers instead of youth

45. Too Few Results? Modify your search by adding, removing or changing your keywords: Add in your other concepts using the AND Boolean operator when necessary. Remember that AND will narrow your search by making it more specific. Example: drug abuse AND sports Use a different keyword from your list of synonyms Example: substance abuse instead of drug abuse Enter fewer synonyms or try a narrower term Example: teenagers instead of youth

46. Too Few Results? Add in more synonyms or related terms. The more related terms you have the broader your search will be. These are words connected by the OR Boolean operator. Use the truncation symbol to get all the variants of a word. Example: aggress* will get you aggressive, aggression, aggressiveness. http://www.unlockingresearch.com/search-strategies/too-few-results/

47. Google Power Searching Courses Improve your Google search skills with Power Searching and Advanced Power Searching online courses. Source: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/

48. Specialized Search Engines Google Images: is a search service that allows users to search the Web for image content. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99BfDnBZcI#t=22

49. Specialized Search Engines Google Images: is a search service that allows users to search the Web for image content. http://images.google.com

50. Specialized Search Engines Google Images: is a search service that allows users to search the Web for image content. http://images.google.com