ONLINE SEARCH

AND RESEARCH
SKILLS
EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES Prepared by: Mr. Teodoro R. Llanes II
 ONLINE SEARCH

Online Search - is the process

of interactively searching for
and retrieving requested
information via a computer
from databases that are
online.

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 TIPS IN CONDUCTING ONLINE RESEARCH

❑ Have a question in mind.

❑ Narrow it down.
❑ Advanced search.
❑ Look for credible sources.
❑ Give credit.

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 SEARCH ENGINE

Search Engine – is a software

system that is designed to search
for information on the World Wide
Web. The search results are
generally presented in a line of
results often referred to as search
engine results pages.

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 EXAMPLES OF SEARCH ENGINE

❑ Google ❑ Ask.com
❑ Bing ❑ Yandex
❑ Yahoo ❑ DuckDuckGo
❑ Baidu

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GOOGLE
Google as a medium for online search
and for advance research.
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 Tips on Improving Search and Research Skills

▰ When searching online, narrow

your topic.

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 Example:

“What precautionary measures should you

observe when you are logged-in in a public
computer?”

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 Do not type the whole question in
the search box. Typing the whole
question often leads to a large
number of and inappropriate
search results.

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 ▰ From the question, the keywords are:
precautionary measures, observed, logged-in,
public computer.

▰ Keywords are terms that are used in by most

search engines to find related documents

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 ▰ Put the word “AND” between each
keyword to create a search string.

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 ▰ Precautionary measures AND observe AND
logged-in AND public computer.

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 ▰ Identify synonyms of the key words.

▰ In the case of our example:

▰ the synonyms of some of the keywords are:
Precautionary measures – preventive
measures Observe – pay attention to Logged-
in – signed-in
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 ▰ Precautionary measures OR preventive
measures AND observe OR pay attention to
AND logged-in OR signed-in AND public
computer

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 ▰ Review the first pages returned.

▰ Precautionary measures OR preventive

measures AND observe AND logged-in or
signed-in AND public computer.

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 ▰ Use the plus (+) sign for a more specific
search.
▰ Example: +preventive measures

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 ▰ Use the minus (-) sign for a more specific
search.
▰ Example: public computers -personal

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 ▰ Use wildcards for a broader search. Wildcard
characters (*) let you find variations of a word.
▰ Example: measur*

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 ▰ Use quotation marks to find phrases or
names.
▰ Example: “precautionary measures"

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 ▰ Use several search engines.
▰ Major search engines include Google, Yahoo
(which uses Google), AltaVista, Bing, and
Lycos.

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WEBSITE CREDIBILITY
How to assess if a website is credible
or reliable?
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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

❑ How can I tell if a website is CREDIBLE?

Just remember
your DADS!

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

❑ D – Domain
❑ A – Author
❑ D – Date
❑ S – Sources

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

1. Domain – Some domains such as .com, .org, and .net can be

purchased and used by any individual.

.edu is reserved for colleges and universities

.gov denotes a government website.

These two are usually credible sources for information

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

❑ Be careful with the domain

.org, because .org is usually
used by non-profit
organizations which may have
an agenda of persuasion rather
than education.

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

❑ HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

❑ HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

2. Author
❑ Information on the internet with
a listed author is one indication
of a credible site.
❑ Is the author affiliated to an
academic institution or credible
organization?
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 ▰ 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 that the author provides e-mail or a
contact address/phone number.

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 AUTHOR

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 AUTHOR

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

3. Date – By including a date, the

website allows readers to make
decisions about whether that
information is recent enough for
their purposes.
look for a "last updated" date on
the page or site.
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 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 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 dead links.
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 DATE

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 WEBSITE CREDIBILITY

4. Sources – Credible websites, like

books and scholarly articles, should cite
the source of the information presented.
❑ Can information be verified through
another source?

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 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.
▰ However, bias is not necessarily bad but you need to
investigate the author or connections.

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 ADVANCE FEATURE OF GOOGLE

a.) Google Filter

❑ You can filter and
customize your
search results to find
exactly what you
want.

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 ADVANCE FEATURE OF GOOGLE

b.) Google Advance Search

❑ gives the Web searcher the ability to narrow their searches by a series of
different filters; i.e., language, proximity, domain, etc.
❑ https://www.google.com/advanced_search
❑ https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search

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 Advance Search

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 Advance Image Search

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 ADVANCE FEATURE OF GOOGLE

c.) Refine Web Searches

❑ Uses search operators that includes symbols or words in your search to make
your search results more precise.

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ site:website.com - provide results from a specific website

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ + — allows you to include terms that are usually ignored

❑ “ ” — finds the exact words in a phrase

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ ( ) — Finds or includes web pages that contain a group of words

❑ AND or & - Finds web pages that contains all the terms or phrases

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ NOT or – - Excludes web pages that contain a term or phrase

❑ OR or | - Finds web pages that contain either or the term or phrases or
combine searches

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ $69 - Searches for a specific price of an object

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ .. - Searches within a range of numbers (e.g. 1..100)

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ @name – Searches a user profile name

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ # - Put # in front of a word and searches hashtag.

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ * (asterisk) - if you do not know the exact terms or unknown words.

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ related:website.com – provides related websites

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ info:website.com – provides information from websites

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ info:website.com – provides information from websites

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ info:website.com – provides information from websites

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ cache:website.com – provides overview of a website

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 KEYWORDS AND SYMBOL FOR ADVANCE SEARCH

❑ (filetype): - Restrict results to those of a certain filetype.

e.g. PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPT, and likes.

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 USE GOOGLE WHEN SEARCHING FOR:

❑ “Weather in Manila”
(as weather
forecaster)

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