Lesson 3: Online Search Research Skills
In previous lesson, we discussed on online safety, security, ethics and
etiquette that we must take into consideration in using internet. Technology such
mobile phone, laptop, computer, and other electronic gadgets connect us to
world through different online platforms. Security and safety have been taught to
us so that we can avoid risk and danger online. As an individual who is part of
online community must maintain good social behavior. We need to adhere to the
same standard behavior online that we follow in real life. Now that you are ready
to enter and explore the online world, this lesson will teach you on online search
and research skills.
Internet Research is a research method in collecting and gathering information
via internet by using search engine such as google.
Search Engine is a program that allows users to search for content on internet.
Examples of Search Engine
Google Aol Search Wow Baidu
Web Crawler Yahoo! Search MyWebSearch Wolframalpha
Bing Info Dogpile DuckDuckGo
Internet
Ask Infospace Contenko Archive
Searching the Web
Getting the correct and reliable information is our goal in internet
research. We may rely on the capability of search engine but sometimes it may
not give us the correct information because of the keywords we entered into
a search engine. There are techniques in searching information that can be
applied in search engine in order to get a better result. Some search engines
allow combination of words and logic connectors of AND, OR, and NOT.
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Tips for Effective Internet Research by George Mathews
1. Know what kind of research you want to do.
2. Make a list of keywords you will use in your search.
3. Enclose keywords in quotation marks.
4. Use the minus sign (-).
5. Try specialized search engines.
6. Skim through search results web pages.
7. Bookmark
8. Review your bookmarks.
Online Research Skills by Hannah Trierweiler Hudson
1. Check Your Sources
2. Ask Good Questions
3. Go Beyond the Surface
4. Be Patient
5. Respect Ownership
6. Use Your Networks
Copyright Issues
There are millions of information that we can get from the internet. Some of
this information are free but others are not. They are protected by a copyright
law.
What is Copyright?
Copyright is a protection given to the owner of the rights in an original work
such as books, musical works, films, paintings, and other works, and computer
programs. This original work is called intellectual property which is protected
under Republic Act 8293 known as the “Intellectual Property Code of the
Philippines”.
Copyright Infringement
This happens when the copyrighted work is use by other person without permission
of the author or copyright holder. Any person who is infringing the right protected work
would be liable under the law.
Fair Use
Research is important to the students and other people. Most of them rely
on the information that they can get online. Although this information is protected
by a copyright law but we can still use this information without permission in a
limited way under certain condition and purpose.
Fair use is the use of copyrighted material for comment, teaching, criticism,
news reporting, research, scholarship, and other similar purpose is not an
infringement of copyright.
Example of this is when you post a quote from a person in your Facebook
wall. Include the name of person who owns the quote in your post. Another
example is when you copy image from internet, give credit to the creator of
image. The copied image should be use for educational purpose not for
commercial use.
In fair use, 5% of the content of reference can only be copied. If 20% or
less of reference copied, there must be a secondary use agreement and fee.
And if 20% or more of reference copied, it requires purchasing of creative work.
Guidelines for Fair Use
1. Majority of the contents created must be yours.
2. Give credit to the owner.
3. Don’t make profit of the copyrighted work.
