Research

Research

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Objectives

2. Internet

1. Researching with books and printed material

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Looking for…

INFORMATION

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1. Researching with books and printed material



Publication Process•Print Sources: Traditional print sources go through an extensive publication process that includes editing and article review. •Internet Sources: Anyone with a computer and access to the Internet can publish a website or electronic document.

Printed Sources vs. Internet

Authorship and Affiliations•Print Sources: Print sources clearly indicate who the author is, what organization(s) he or she is affiliated with, and when his or her work was published.•Internet Sources: Authorship and affiliations are difficult to determine on the Internet. Some sites my have author and sponsorship listed, but many do not.


Sources and Quotations•Print Sources: In most traditional publications, external sources of information and direct quotations are clearly marked and identified.

•Internet Sources: Sources the author used or referred to in the text may not be clearly indicated in an Internet source.


Bias and Special Interest•Print Sources: While bias certainly exists in traditional publications, printing is more expensive and difficult to accomplish. Most major publishers are out to make a profit and will either not cater to special interest groups or will clearly indicate when they are when they are catering to special interest groups.•Internet Sources: The purpose of the online text may be misleading. A website that appears to be factual may actually be persuasive and/or deceptive.


Author Qualifications•Print Sources: Qualifications of an author are almost always necessary for print sources. Only qualified authors are likely to have their manuscripts accepted for publication.•Internet Sources: Even if the author and purpose of a website can be determined, the qualifications of the author are not always given.


Publication Information•Print Sources: Publication information such as date of publication, publisher, author, and editor are always clearly listed in print publications.•Internet Sources: Dates of publication and timeliness of information are questionable on the internet. Dates listed on websites could be the date posted, date updated, or a date may not be listed at all.


Where to begin…

Look through your invention notes and begin finding specific terms you would like to research or the new refined topic

Searching the Internet



Idea from notes:

While it is true that meat provides crucial nutritional value to one’s diet, a vegetarian can still obtain these items while still excluding meat from one’s diet.

Key ideas: nutritional value, meat, vegetarian


Americans often eat too much meat because they are constantly surrounded by images of fast food and advertisements.

Fast foodImagesAdvertising: Who does the advertising?Media: Who sells the ads to the media?Corporations


Kinds of Search Engines and Directories

1. Search Engines

2. Meta-search Engines

3. Web Directories


Search EnginesSearch engines ask for keywords or phrases and

then search the Web for results. www.google.comwww.yahoo.comwww.msn.comwww.lycos.com

www.altavista.com



Select your terms carefully

Using inexact terms or terms that are too general will cause you problems. If your early searches turn up too many references, try to find more

specific terms, use boolean operators, or do an advanced search.

Americans often eat too much meat because they are constantly surrounded by images of fast food and advertisements.

Fast foodImagesAdvertising: Who does the advertising?Media: Who sells the ads to the media?Corporations


Boolean Terms- Language that refines searches

ANDORNOT~ tilde+ or -* - Fill in the blank


AND

AND is the most useful and most important term. It tells the search engine to find your first

word AND your second word or term.

Fast food AND corporations AND advertising


OR

Use OR when a key term may appear in two different ways.

Academy Awards OR Oscars


NEAR

NEAR is a term that can only be used on some search engines, and it can be very useful. It tells the search engine to find documents with both

words but only when they appear near each other, usually within a few words.

Fast food NEAR advertising


NOT

NOT tells the search engine to find a reference that contains one term but not the other. This is useful when a term refers to multiple concepts.

Keller Williams NOT Real-estate







~ tilde: ~corporation ~advertising

+ or -: advertising +effects

* - Fill in the blank: advertising is*


Fast food effects +consumers advertising corporations


Meta-Search Engines

These search other search engines and often search smaller, less well known search engines and specialized sites. These search engines are

good for doing large, sweeping searches of what information is out there.


Meta-Search Engines

Examples:• www.dogpile.com• www.mamma.com

• www.metacrawler.com• www.all4one.com


Web Directories

Web directories (also known as indexes, web indexes or catalogues) are broken down into

categories and sub-categories and are good for broad searches of established sites.


Web Directories

Examples:• http://www.dmoz.com/

• http://search.yahoo.com/dir


Searching the Invisible Web

•www.alexa.com A website that archives older websites that are no longer available on the Internet.

•http://completeplanet.com Provides access to lists of databases which you can then search individually.



•http://highwire.stanford.edu Brought to you by Stanford University, HighWire press provides access to one of the largest databases of free, full-text, scholarly content. •http://infomine.ucr.edu A research database created by librarians for use at the university level. It includes both a browsable catalogue and searching capabilities.



•www.invisible-web.net A database that provides a host of links to invisible web

resources in a variety of categories.

•http://magportal.com A search engine that will allow you to search for free online

magazine articles on a wide range of topics.



•www.doaj.org Another full-text journal searchable database.

•www.findarticles.com Indexes over 10 million articles from a variety of different

publications.


Other useful sites for finding information

•http://lii.org Provides librarian-reviewed websites and material on a host of different topics. While this

site is not exhaustive, it will provide you quality information on a large variety of topics. Some of this

material is invisible-web material. •www.about.com Provides practical information on a large variety of topics written by trained professionals.


Other useful sites for finding information

•www.wikipedia.com The largest free and open access encyclopedia on the internet.

www.stupidcensorship.com

•www.refdesk.com A site that provides reviews and a search feature for free reference materials online.


Taking Notes

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Homework

Begin locating three good sources for topic (use the library or the Internet). Begin reading and taking good notes.

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