Effective and efficient google searching power point tutorial
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This document provides guidance on effective Google searching. It discusses Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it accessible. It also notes that Google profiles users to target advertising and its products may change. The document then provides examples of basic Google searches and demonstrates more advanced search techniques. It stresses evaluating sources and avoiding plagiarism. Finally, it includes an exercise for readers to practice advanced Google searches.
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Effective and efficient google searching power point tutorial
- 1. Effective and Efficient Google Searching ~Jaclyn Lee Parrott
- 2. GOOGLE: Focus on the user and all else will follow MISSION: Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful https://www.google.com/
- 3. Click on the link below to form an impression of all the different products Google offers you. http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/produ
- 4. Keep in mind that Google is a business, and they profit by profiling you through your searching so advertisers can target you through their products. Their products are also never guaranteed to stick around. As innovative as they are, be careful of your investment into their resources. Check out these articles at your leisure if your curiosity is piqued: Library Babel Fish Blog http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/reading-end-google-reader “Content Farming, Quick Creation, and Declining Information Quality” http://web.ebscohost.com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=b822e758-d4aa “Dirty Little Secrets of Search” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/business/13search.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
- 5. Let's start searching! Keep in mind Google automatically searches with a Boolean AND, finding all the terms you list somewhere (in text of pages, links), stems some words, ranks, etc.
- 6. these links: •How Search Works http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearch •Web Search: http://support.google.com/?hl=en •Basic Search Help: http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answe First, check out
- 7. Basic Google Search Example (Try out in the basic search box): https://www.google.com/ “The developing field of cyberpsychology encompasses all psychological phenomena that are associated with or affected by emerging technology” define: cyberpsychology
- 8. More Examples: •time: hawaii •review: argo •link: library.manoa.hawaii.edu/ •convert units into measurements (e.g. 5 km in miles) •convert units of currency
- 9. and more... •ZIP code for current weather (e.g. weather: 96822) •forecast for the current weather (e.g. forecast: honolulu) •weather: hawaii
- 10. Cyberpsychology Discussions and Blogs
- 12. IMAGES
- 15. Google Advanced Search Help •Let's go to the Google Advanced Search screen: http://www.google.com/advanced_search (FYI, you can also click on the gear icon on the right side of the Google basic search page to access Advanced Search) •Google Advanced Help (look here for more insight): http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ans •Google Advanced Search Operator Guide (more tips and tricks):
- 16. Example Advanced Search: Try it out yourself!
- 18. Try using "Search Tools" after you run your initial search
- 21. Evaluating Web Resources Criteria Rating scale to base evaluation on: https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/document/d/1UcLMl__YKt-NSCkPDKwd •Objectivity •Authority •Accuracy •Currency •Usability •Relevancy Also, read notes below for more clarification
- 22. Avoid Plagiarism! Cite Sources. •Plagiarism is using someone else’s words or ideas without their permission •Research-based writing has rules- we rely on experts, and give credit to previous researchers whether using direct quotes or general ideas To learn more: •APA (American Psychological Association) •http://www.apastyle.org/ •APA Citation Style Guide • https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/document/d/1sRbX
- 23. Assess Yourself An information literate individual: •“Determines extent of information needed •Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently •Evaluates information and its sources critically •Incorporates selected information into one’s knowledge base •Uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose •Understands the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and accesses and uses information ethically and
- 24. Advanced Google Exercise Now it is time to practice on your own! Here is the link to get you started: https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/spreadshe
- 25. Bibliography • Badke, William. "InfoLit Land How Stupid Is Google Making Us?." Online 34, no. 6 (2010): 51. • Bodemer, Brett B. "They CAN and They SHOULD: Undergraduates Providing Peer Reference and Instruction." http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2012/11/08/crl12-411.full.pdf+html?sid=45910f87-0409- 417f-8096-7cfe9fb019bd • Brier, David. "Library Essentials (CRAAP Test)." http://manoa.hawaii.edu/libraryessentials/handouts/CRAPTESTS13.pdf • Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google making us stupid?." Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education 107, no. 2 (2008): 89-94. • Goldsborough, Reid. "Effective Google Searching Means Making Use of All Available Tools." Community College Week (2011): 13. • Hamada, Jennifer and Philip Whitford. "Instructional Unit Collaboration: PSY409a: Searching Google." http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/students/665_instunit_HamadaWhitford.pdf • Hillyer, Nora, Marvel Maring, and Dorianne Richards. "Assessment in Small Bytes." Using technology to teach information literacy (2008): 165. • Miller, Todd. "Commentary-BACKTALK-In Defense of Stupid Users." Library Journal 130, no. 5 (2005): 58-59. • Pagell, Ruth. "LIS 663: Basic Database Searching: Web Search." Presentation, Fall 2012. • Radcliff, Carolyn J. A practical guide to information literacy assessment for academic librarians. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. • Randeree, Ebrahim, and Lorri Mon. "Searching for Answers in a Google World." The Reference Librarian 52, no. 4 (2011): 342-351. • RBA. "Search Tools Summary and Comparison." http://www.rba.co.uk/search/compare.shtml • Rosen, Larry D. "Teaching the iGeneration." Educational Leadership 68, no. 5 (2011): 10-15. • The Teaching Library. "Googling to the Max - Exercises." http://docweb.khk.be/alex %20wuyts/googling.pdf