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Effective Internet Research Lesson 3.1 Searching The Web

This lesson focuses on effective internet research techniques, emphasizing the importance of evaluating the credibility and usefulness of online materials. It introduces tools like Boolean logic for refining searches and provides guidelines for identifying reliable sources. Additionally, the lesson includes activities and pre-tests to enhance understanding of web searching skills.

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Effective Internet Research Lesson 3.1 Searching The Web

This lesson focuses on effective internet research techniques, emphasizing the importance of evaluating the credibility and usefulness of online materials. It introduces tools like Boolean logic for refining searches and provides guidelines for identifying reliable sources. Additionally, the lesson includes activities and pre-tests to enhance understanding of web searching skills.

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Lesson 3: Effective Internet Research

The Internet has made our lives easier especially in terms of doing research. By browsing the
internet, we can access limitless topics. Web-based catalogs are available in many libraries to assist
researchers in locating printed books, journals, government documents and other materials. The
biggest obstacle facing all researchers on the internet is how to effectively and efficiently access the
vast amount of information available (The Internet: Research Tools, 2013).

By the end of this lesson, you are expected to:


1. Facilitate the practice in judging the credibility, value, and usefulness of researched materials.
2. Use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best achieve
specific objectives.

Before we take on another journey towards exploring the great capacity of the internet into
research, kindly take time to answer the following questions for your pre-test.

PRE-TEST
Direction: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers
on your notebook.

1. What is the Boolean logic technique used for?


A. Narrowing, broadening or eliminating a search term.
B. Using a robot to do instant research.
C. Searching several search engines at the same time.
D. Searching the infinite information from the internet.

2. http://www.avg.com/en/signal/what-is-spyware is an example of?


A. Access code B. Directory C. Server D. URL

3. Which of the following is a search engine?


A. Netscape C. Elsevier
B. Yahoo D. Macromedia Flash

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of a domain?


A. .gov B. .com C. .npr D. .edu
5. What are the three Boolean logic search operators?
A. FROM, TO, WHOM C. AND, OR, BUT
B. AND, OR, NOT D. SEARCH, KEYWORD, TEXT
WHAT’S IN

Activity 3.1: What’s in My Name?


Direction: Write all your answers in your activity notebook.
1. Using the Internet, try to search for your complete name.
2. Write down how many sites have featured your personal name and what is written about
you.
3. Answer the following:

What other information are written about you?


____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
________________________________
Are the search results coming from reliable sources? Why?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
________________________________
Should these bits of information need to be posted or shown in public?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
________________________________
Lesson 3.1: Searching the Web

There are billions of information on the web and it is a challenge for us to truly find which information
is reliable and relevant. Here are some tips you may use to be able to look for relevant and reliable
sources:
Search Engines are websites used for retrieval of data, files, or documents from data bases.
Some search engines we use today are:

Anatomy of a URL
A URL is one type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). It is a generic term for all types of
names and addresses that refer to objects on the world wide web. Knowing the URL
endings will give you clues to who is sponsoring the website and help evaluate the sources.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/alternative-searchengines/271409/#close

4 5
1 2 3 6 7

1. Protocol 4. Top-level Domain 7. Named anchor


2. Subdomain 5. Folders/ Paths
3. Domain 6. Page

Popular Domains
Top- level Domains Country code top level domains
.edu – educational institution .ph – Philippines
.org – non-profit organization .eu – European Union
.gov – government site .uk – United Kingdom
.com – commercial site .au - Australia
.net - network
Search Skills and Tools
1. Boolean Logic – narrows, broadens, or eliminates search
term.
a. Boolean “or” – this operator will find pages that
include either of the search terms.
Ex. A or B

b. Boolean “and” – this operator will retrieve only pages containing both terms
Ex. A and B

A B
c. Boolean “not” – this operator will find pages that do not
include search term immediately following it.
Ex. A not B

A B

2. Phase Searching – is used to search for famous quotes, proper names, recommendations,
etc. It encloses the phrase in quotation marks.
Ex. “Jane Doe” “To be or not to be”

3. Plus (+) – indicates that the word after the sign is a required word must be found in search.
Example: +fire
4. Minus (–) sign – indicates to exclude a word from your search that is not required on the
result. Example: Jaguar speed –car
5. Ampersand (@) is used to find social tags. Example: @SteveJobs
6. Hashtag (#) is used to find popular hashtags. Example: #LawOfClassroom
7. Finding Documents – using the filetype refines the search for documents on the web.
o filetype:pdf
o filetype:doc
o filetype:xls
Ex. ICT in the Philippines pdf
8. Searching Site – the sites find webpage from a website.
Ex.: National Geographic information in Australia
Search: Australia site: NationalGeographic.com

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