Hello again javichaman-ga,
There is a wealth of resources available to help you with preparing
for your course. I’ve collected some links for each of your categories
that should give you a good start.
Best wishes for you and your students.
~ czh ~
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WEB SEARCH TUTORIALS
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BARE BONES 101: A BASIC TUTORIAL ON SEARCHING THE WEB
"Bare Bones 101" has been created by Ellen Chamberlain, Head Librarian
at the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus. She is the
co-author of BCK2SKOL ("Back to School"), an introductory Internet
course for librarians and other serious searchers, initially offered
on the Net in 1995 as a listserv, with lessons delivered to over 6,000
subscribers in 62 countries around the world.
***** This is a terrific course in web searching. Check out LESSON 17:
BEYOND "BARE BONES" for an excellent list of additional searching
tutorials and tools.
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http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html
A short and easy search engine tutorial
By Per and Susanne Koch
Welcome to our free search engine tutorial, a short and easy guide to
Web searching, search engines and directories. This little crash
course will teach you how to explore the Net more efficiently.
***** This tutorial is offered by the Pandia, a Norwegian search
engine company that offers a huge variety of resources for webmasters
with special emphasis on search engine optimization.
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http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/teaching/tfac/home.htm
Fact, Fiction and Fraud in the Digital Age
Essential Skills for the Information Age Worker, Semester 2 2003
This subject explores how society comprehends, evaluates and uses
information technology, computer science, World Wide Web resources,
copyright and other pertinent technologies in the modern workplace.
How do we distinguish between fact, fiction and fraud in digital
information environments? How do we do it in the paper world? These
are the fundamental questions addressed in this subject.
Students will examine these tools, learn the principles of critical
analysis of information sources. Course work includes the analysis of
Web information sources; electronic mail/intranet use, critical
document analysis, the comparative study of traditional paper sources
and other electronic publications, and web site authoring including
the use of metadata and XML. The issues examined derive from current
industry experience and will have a broad inter-disciplinary
application.
Course Co-ordinator: Gavan McCarthy, Senior Research Fellow,
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and Director,
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (Austehc).
***** This is a course presented by the University of Melbourne,
Australia. The curriculum is interesting and there are lots of
resources for every lesson.
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http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp
Deep Content
Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
This tutorial is organized to proceed from the basics to more advanced
topics. It is divided into two sections: "Searching with Internet
Provided Resources" and "Using a Powerful Desktop Resource:
LexiBotTM". The first section has 12 parts containing 51 topics and
describes the search services, available operators, and the extremely
important information on how to compose your queries. The second
section contains 11 topics and describes using our tool: LexiBot —
which we believe is the most powerful search agent ever developed.
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http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/index.php3
Search Guide: Search Engines & Tutorials
***** Click on Engine eBook under Engines in the left navigation bar
under Site Overview to reach the tutorial.
http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/index.html
Advanced Tactics
This is a good tutorial but the Engine Reviews are out of date. It
appears that this site is undergoing changes. There is a note at the
top of the page that says: “Due to time restrictions we plan to take
lookoff.com offline.”
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/search/index.html
Purdue University – Online Writing Lab
Created by Jessie Moore.
Searching the World Wide Web
Untangle the web to find a wealth of information.
Use the first five links on the left hand side of this page to learn
more about the different resources available searching the world wide
web. Click on the "test your skills" link at the bottom of any of
those pages for an interactive tutorial on using that kind of search
engine or directory.
***** This is a good tutorial and covers all the basics. When you
click through to the Purdue University Library system's Core+ Tutorial
you get a glimpse of a very intriguing program offered only to the
Purdue community.
http://core.lib.purdue.edu/
Comprehensive Online Research Education
***** Since you work for a university, they may be willing to give you
access as a professional courtesy.
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http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
WEB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Successful searching involves two key steps. First, you must have a
clear understanding of how to prepare your search. You must identify
the main concepts in your topic and determine any synonyms, alternate
spellings, or variant word forms for the concepts. Second, you need to
know how to use the various search tools available on the Internet.
For example, search engines (e.g., AltaVista) are very different than
subject directories (e.g., Yahoo). Even search engines themselves can
vary greatly in size, accuracy, features, and flexibility.
This tutorial presents an easy-to-follow process on using search
engines and subject directories for finding what you need on the World
Wide Web.
***** This is a tutorial by Debbie Flanagan, a corporate trainer. The
specialized tutorials she offers on databases and searching companies
might be of interest.
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http://www.business.com/directory/internet_and_online/reference/search_tutorials/
Home > Internet & Online > Reference > Search Tutorials
***** Suggestions for lots of additional tutorials.
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WEB SEARCH TOOLS
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http://www.lookoff.com/
Welcome to Lookoff.com - an entire site devoted to helping you to
navigate the Internet using advanced tools and techniques that experts
use. This section of the site is devoted to helping you select a
search engine from thousands depending on the topic you are searching
for. Remember that specific topics will be found more efficiently with
specific search tools.
Remember! You don't search for "Ford Mustang 1988 specifications", but
rather you search for "cars" to find search engines and portals
devoted to cars. Lookoff is not a search engine, but rather searches
for specific and topical search engines.
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http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/about.php
The Scout Report is the flagship publication of the Internet Scout
Project. Published every Friday both on the web and by email, it
provides a fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable resources
on the Internet. Our team of professional librarians and subject
matter experts select, research, and annotate each resource.
http://scout.wisc.edu/About/index.php
The Internet Scout Project
Since 1994, the Scout Project has focused on developing better tools
and services for finding, filtering, and presenting online information
and metadata.
Located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's campus, and part of
the University's College of Letters and Sciences, Scout has access to
highly educated content specialists and a world-class array of
computer science and library resources. Our eclectic staff blends
academics and professionals from Library Science and Computer Science,
along with graduate and undergraduate students studying the sciences,
social sciences and humanities.
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http://www.researchbuzz.com/
ResearchBuzz from Tara Calishain
ResearchBuzz is designed to cover the world of Internet research. To
that end this site provides almost daily updates on search engines,
new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of
information, Web directories -- whatever. If in doubt, the final
question is, "Would a reference librarian find it useful?" If the
answer's yes, in it goes!
***** The ResearchBuzz weekly newsletter helps you keep up with new
developments and frequently points you to interesting specialized
search tools.
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http://www.tourbus.com/
The Internet Tour Bus
WHAT *IS* TOURBUS?
TOURBUS is a free email newsletter published twice a week, and read by
about 100,000 people in 130 countries around the globe. Your tour
guides Bob Rankin and Patrick Crispen (also known as the "Click and
Clack" of the online world) explain Internet technology in plain
English, with a dash of humor. Since 1995, Tourbus riders have been
getting the scoop on Search Engines, Spam, Viruses, Cookies, Urban
Legends, and other topics. We also give you in-depth reviews of the
most useful, fun and interesting sites on the Net.
***** Lots of tools and tips beyond basic searching.
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http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
direct search
Compiled by: Gary Price, MLIS
Author of The Invisible Web
direct search is a growing compilation of links to the search
interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely
searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista,
Google, or Hotbot. Although these "general" tools are essential for
the retrieval of Internet based data, searchers often fail to realize
that a massive amount of information is not easily or entirely
searchable/accessible via these search tools. Material "hidden" from
the general search tools is said to reside on the Invisible Web.
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http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=71183
Q: Internet research services similar to Google Answers
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=211065
Q: Internet researching - how to improve
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