Contextualized Online Search

and Research Skills

EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY || Quarter 1 Lesson 3
 ONLINE SEARCH ACTIVITY
Directions: Do an online search to answer the following questions using
any search engine. Provide the required data below.
Search engine used: ___________________________________
Keywords: ___________________________________________
Number of Search Results:_______________________________
Sites used to answer the questions:
1.____________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
 Online Search Activity
Directions: Do an online search to answer the using any search engine.
Provide the required data below.
www. Google.com
Search engine used: ___________________________________
Pandemic
Keywords: ___________________________________________
638,000,000
Number of Search Results:_______________________________
Sites used to answer the questions:
1.______https://www.ready.gov/pandemic______________________
https://www. who.int./director-general speeches/ detail
2.____________________________________________________
3. _____https://www.britannica.com/science/pandemic_________
 When do you say that an
information contained in web
pages is credible or not?
ONLINE SEARCH & RESEARCH

Online search and research are more than just

“googling”-typing a word in Google and then click the
button.

It is a skill that every Internet user should know to

do smart searching and this starts with improving
search and research skills to get better results.
 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
SEARCH ENGINES
• These are websites used for retrieval of data, files, or documents from data
bases.
TIPS ON IMPROVING SEARCH AND RESEARCH
SKILLS
NARROW THE TOPIC
Identify the key concepts or important ideas. Assuming that you
would like to search for answer to this question:
“What precautionary measures should you observe when you are
logged in a public computer?”
Do not type the whole question in the search box as it often
leads to a large number of and inappropriate results.
 NARROW THE TOPIC

“What precautionary measures should you observed when

you are logged in a public computer?”

KEY WORDS are terms that are used in by most

search engines to find related documents.
PUT THE WORD “AND” BETWEEN KEYWORDS TO CREATE A
SEARCH STRING
 IDENTIFY THE SYNONYMS OF THE KEYWORDS

Not all databases or articles use the same words to describe a

topic. Group similar words together by using the word “OR” for a quick
and relevant search.
Examples:
❑Precautionary measures - preventive measures
❑Observe - pay attention
❑Logged in - signed in
 USE THE PLUS (+) SIGN FOR A MORE SPECIFIC SEARCH
Just type + before a keyword to indicate that the word after the
sign is a required word that must be found in the search.
Example: +preventive measures

USE THE MINUS (-) SIGN FOR A MORE SPECIFIC SEARCH

If you want to exclude a word from your personal search, place

a minus sign just before (without any space) the word you want to
exclude.
Example: public computers - personal
 USE WILDCARDS FOR BROADER SEARCH
Wildcard characters (*) let you find variations of word
Example: measure*

USE QUOTATION MARKS TO FIND PHRASES OR NAMES

Enclose the phrase or name that you want to search in

quotation marks
Example: “precautionary measures”
 USE SEVERAL SEARCH ENGINES
Search engines are programs that look for documents based
from specified keywords and return these documents were found.
Major search engines include Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, Bing
and Lycos.
 USE WILDCARDS FOR BROADER SEARCH
Wildcard characters (*) let you find variations of word
Example: measure*

USE QUOTATION MARKS TO FIND PHRASES OR NAMES

Enclose the phrase or name that you want to search in

quotation marks
Example: “precautionary measures”
 OTHER SEARCHING SKILLS AND TOOLS

➢ Ampersand (@) is used to find social tags.

Example: @SteveJobs
➢ Hashtag (#) is used to find popular hashtags.
Example: #LawOfClassroom
➢Finding Documents – using the filetype refines the search for
documents on the web.
filetype:pdf filetype:doc
filetype:xls filetype:ptp
Ex. ICT in the Philippines pdf
 EVALUATING WEBSITES
To help you evaluate the website’s credibility, here are the questions
that you need to answer:
1. What is the domain type of the website?
DOMAIN TYPES MEANING
.com Commercial site
.edu Educational institution If it is a personal website,
.org Organization then you should further
.gov Government evaluate it.
.net Network
.mil Military
EVALUATING WEBSITES

2. Who wrote the article?

Check if the author’s credentials or affiliations are listed
so you can tell whether or not the author is qualified to write
the topic. Check also the publisher of the article if it is a reliable
publisher. Make sure the author provides e-mail or contact
address/ phone number.
EVALUATING WEBSITES
3. What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced?
It is also important to check the document’s purpose and why
it was produced. The document should provide accurate information
and must be objective in presenting it.
Some websites produce documents for the purpose of
motivating users to buy products. If this is the case, information
might be biased.
EVALUATING WEBSITES
4. When was the document published and updated?
The document should be regularly updated. As to the
freshness of the date, it depends on the information needed.
For some topics, you may want current information. For
others, you want information near the time it became known.
The links should also be up-to-date. There should be no
inactive links.
 Online Research Skills
by Hannah Trierweiler Hudso
1. Check Your Sources
2. Ask Good Questions
3. Go Beyond the Surface
4. Be Patient
5. Respect Ownership
6. Use Your Networks
 WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?
• Copyright is a protection given to the owner of the rights in
an original work such as books, musical works, films,
paintings, and other works, and computer programs. This
original work is called intellectual property which is
protected under
• Republic Act 8293 known as the “Intellectual Property
Code of the Philippines”.
 COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
• This happens when the copyrighted work is use by other person
without permission of the author or copyright holder. Any person
who is infringing the right protected work would be liable under the
law.

FAIR USE
• Fair use is the use of copyrighted material for comment, teaching,
criticism, news reporting, research, scholarship, and other similar
purpose is not an infringement of copyright
• In fair use, 5% of the content of reference can only be copied. If 20%
or less of reference copied, there must be a secondary use agreement
and fee. And if 20% or more of reference copied, it requires
purchasing of creative work.

Guidelines for Fair Use

1. Majority of the contents created must be yours.
2. Give credit to the owner.
3. Don’t make profit of the copyrighted work
Directions: Read and answer the following questions in your
notebook.
1.What is the significance of using keywords when searching for
information on the web?
2. How do the tips in conducting research online help you find the
correct query results?
3. What is the role of the website’s domain in evaluating credibility?
 ACTIVITIES
Module # 1
❑ Answer the questions in What I have learned? on p. 16
❑ Accomplish the task in What I can do? On p. 17