lesson on internet search terms

Introduction

• Name: Mr. Christopher “Kit” Fuderich• Born: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

• High School: Geneva, Switzerland

EducationMasters of Education (M.Ed), Learning, Media and Technology, University of Massachusetts, School of Education, Amherst, MA, 2012.

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2008.

International Baccalaureate Diploma, International School of Geneva, Founex, Switzerland, 2004.

TESOL Certification, International Language Institute, Northampton, MA, July 2012.

Interests:

• Soccer• Snowboarding• Tennis• Golf• Psychology• Religion• Philosophy• Art• Yoga

Brainstorm Interests:

Today’s Lesson: Internet Search Terms

Keywords: To help yield research results.Search Engine: Google

GOOGLE USES: Internet Backlinks to determine page relevance

Algorithm: determines relevance depending upon the key words used during a search

“Digital Natives”

Yes you are….

“Boolean Logic”

And/Or/Not“Cars” and “Trucks”

Look at the # of search results for each!

Phrase Search

“ “Phrase found within the web-link

“First green is gold”“So out of love”

Google finds the exact phrase within the quotes

Wild Cards + Truncations

"A penny * is a penny earned.“ Now try without quotations

Truncations: straw*:

strawstraws

strawberrystrawberries

Invest* : investor/invest/investing and invest

Proximity Search

AROUND(#)AROUND operator lets you specify the maximum number of words that separate the two names.

“Steve Jobs” “Andy Rubin”“Steve Jobs” AROUND(3) “Andy Rubin”

Words are closer in text rather than scattered within the text.

Capitalization

• Proper Nouns Lucky for you (or maybe unluckily?) Google

deals with this!

Ex: POODLES or PooDleS or POODLEs

Ex: blue ivy

Inurl:

• URL = web address (www.)Inurl: snowboarding

Search a Domain

Site: .edu//.org//.gov

• For categorization purposes/registration• Domain name is intended to be a memorable

"nickname" only

• Try this:Site:.edu “Umass” “psychology”

Databases

• Google Scholar

Yeah….but let’s consider these:

• PsycINFO• ERIC

Key Words: “full text” or “abstracts”

Distinguishing the validity of sources

Use Simple Language

Examples with Medical Conditions

Group Collaboration:Lets think of a Research Question!

Watch This FUN Video:

SUBJECT SEARCHING

Click the Link:

Our Amazing Document!

1. We will write an outline2. Do some research

3. Copy and Paste Info under the appropriate heading in our ouline

4. Include site URL’s as a reference

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST DURING THE END OF YOR SEMESTER!!