ct231: search, digital identity, social media/networks

Week 2 10-Sept-2013

Stages of Research

Define the research question

(THINK before you SEARCH)

Read & Refine

Read selectively, actively, critically

Research Tools???

search

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Let’s talk about Google

• Search options

• Advanced Search

• Google Scholar

• Set preferences for NUIG Library!

There are other search engines!

• Bing

• Yahoo!

• WebCrawler

• Dogpile

• DuckDuckGo

• ...

Effective search

• Use boolean operators (AND, OR)

• Use “quotation marks”

• Refine your search, add keywords

• Be persistent, be curious, be critical

Stages of Research

Define the research question

(THINK before you SEARCH)

Read & Refine

Read selectively, actively, critically

Research Tools

Search engines, Wikipedia

Google Scholar

Advanced Search

Library resources:Books,

Electronic journals,

Databases

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Social Networks...

the corporate office

the water cooler

the staff canteen

the bar

Source: Sue Beckingham

“…I have recently got an unpaid internship in ******

website marketing & building company, for the summer.

The co-founder was very impressed by the use of

WordPress and Twitter for teaching,

as he claims that it is the next big thing in e-commerce

and he said that it's excellent that graduates

will be familiar with such sites.”

- CT231 student, summer 2013

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