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Dan Russell and Mario Callegaro write: "Search engines are amazingly powerful tools that have transformed the way we think of research, but they can hurt more than help when we lack the skills to use them appropriately and evaluate what they tell us. " Via Mary Reilley Clark, Elizabeth E Charles 
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Students often think that because they can type a phrase into Google or saying something aloud to Siri they know how to search. Of course, any teacher who has heard a student say "Google has nothing on this" or "there's no information about my topic" knows that students don't inherently know how to search despite growing up in a world filled with Google and Siri. When your students need help formulating or refining a search, have them review the following ten tip. Better yet, have them review these tips before starting their next searches. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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Discovery layers provide a simplified interface for searching library resources. Libraries with limited finances make decisions about retaining indexing and abstracting databases when similar information is available in discovery layers. These decisions should be informed by student success at finding quality information as well as satisfaction with search interfaces. Students executed searches in two discovery layer configurations and an indexing and abstracting database. While students reported a preference for discovery layers, the articles selected from the indexing and abstracting database were more authoritative. These results illuminate the relative strengths of these tools, informing decisions about resource allocation and discovery configuration. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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Search engine results pages (SERPs), much to the irritation of search marketers who count on them, change constantly. Google is constantly making tiny, hardly-noticeable tweaks to the familiar layout of its signature creation, leading to gradual changes in user behavior and disrupting the expectations of optimizers who were counting on [...] Via Phil Bradley, Elizabeth E Charles
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One great project to share with students that can better help them understand how and when they may use images created by others is the Creative Commons project. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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Information is everywhere! Its just so easy to Google and use something that looks relevant... so why cant you just Google? Attribution-Noncommercial-No Deri... Via Elizabeth E Charles
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Google Scholar is one of the most useful but often overlooked research and academic tools available to students and educators online. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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In my previous post I shared that I like to have students create a list of things they know before they start to search. Once they move on to Googling things another common bad habit often rears its head. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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Jamie McKenzie writes: "It is essential that schools teach students how to escape this stranglehold that Google creates. While helping visitors to find the information they need, Google effectively limits and narrows their searches - steering them toward the obvious and the conventional." Via Mary Reilley Clark, Elizabeth E Charles
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
March 4, 2019 4:25 PM
This would be an excellent introduction to using keywords when researching. Have students read a short biography, then have them choose three or four words from the biography to add to their search. In Jamie's example, [Isadora Duncan AND critics] led to information that probably wouldn't show up on Biography.com! When I tried [George Washington AND critics], I also found richer resources. Â The key to this is that students would need some basic knowledge in order to determine which keywords to use! Likewise, Jamie's "questions of import" are great, but I know if I asked students to use them, the first thing they would do is Google the exact question, then complain that nothing came up:)Â Â I'd love to do this as a stand alone library lesson: a short introduction, then time to read a short online biography, choose the keywords to add, and discuss their findings. It certainly would help students become more thoughtful about their research!
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Zeynep Tufekci writes: "What we are witnessing is the computational exploitation of a natural human desire: to look “behind the curtain,” to dig deeper into something that engages us. As we click and click, we are carried along by the exciting sensation of uncovering more secrets and deeper truths. YouTube leads viewers down a rabbit hole of extremism, while Google racks up the ad sales." Via Mary Reilley Clark, Elizabeth E Charles
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March 11, 2018 8:05 PM
I use YouTube purely for recreational purposes--and the occasional "how do I replace [insert random broken household item]"-- but I just spent some time looking at various controversial topics. Sure enough, click on one anti-vaccination video, and all the recommended videos become anti-vaxx, even though when I did a simple [vaccination] search, the first page of videos were predominately pro-vaccination.
When I teach about doing Internet research I always talk about staying focused, since it's so easy to get distracted by irrelevant sites. My example is always YouTube. I ask students to raise their hand if they've watched a YouTube video for fun. Then I ask them to raise their hand if they stopped at that one video. No one does. Now, instead of just emphasizing why that rabbit hole can cost them research time, I'll be asking students to be more aware of where that rabbit hole might take them.
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The U.S. Copyright Office recently launched a new tool for copyright researchers: the Fair Use Index [ http://copyright.gov/fair-use/index.html ]. This resource provides summaries of major fair use judicial decisions, which are searchable by court and subject matter, including category and type of use. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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Library Literacy resources - Some lessons Library Lessons - Annotated Bibliographies Creating a bibliography and research tips - Creating a standard bibliography and research tips Get more from Goo... Via Elizabeth E Charles
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April 19, 2015 11:44 PM
Games are a good way of learning, libraries are very innovative
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Here is a pretty basic but very important search tip I want to bring to your attention today. Some of you might already be using it but I want you to share it with your students and help them search for information more efficiently. Using this search hack, students will be able to quickly find anything on a document, email or a webpage. This search tip involves the use of two keyboard buttons to bring up a small search box that will allow you to look for anything on the page you are on. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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15 hours of free training in just 5 minutes a day. 180 free computer technology tips that will teach you basic computer skills in just 5 minutes a day Via Elizabeth E Charles
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With all of the information out there, it can be difficult for students to locate different types of sources! In this three minute video, your students will understand: What a library catalog isThe organization of fiction and nonfiction materialsThe difference between search engines and databases Via Elizabeth E Charles
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A good overview to share with teachers and students. I've been sharing the concept of lateral searching with students this year. Several have reported how helpful it is when they're researching controversial topics, especially when they find blog posts at the top of their search results. They now look up the blog'a author before continuing to read the post itself. In many cases, they've found no information on that author, which makes them think twice about using that source!
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