Friday, November 12, 2010
Blog #3: 11/12/10 How is the information you learned applicable to your other class assignments? How is this class helping you with research in your other classes?
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I dont know if any of them are working on your computer because its not working on the dell. :/
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Post #1: 11/1/10, 11/3/10, 11/4/10
What did you understand the most/least about today's lesson/independent practice?
11/1/10
Today we learned about the 3rd step in an Internet research strategy which is to choose a proper search tool. If you thinking that the worldwide web is a good place to research your topic, you need to be able to find a good, reliable sources. If you want to specifically find something, then you would use a meta- search engine or a regular search engine like dogpile.com or google.com. If you know very little information about your topic, then a subject guide would be very useful to start off with. If the regular search tools do not provide good information, you would have to use the specialty tools along with the regular one. By combining both types of search tools, you will have a thorough research on the topic.
11/3/10
On the day next day we learned about the 4th Internet research strategy: Translate your questions into an effective search query. The first step is to ask the question and then identify some keywords or phrases that best describe the topic. Then use those keywords to search in a search tool to find information about the keywords. The more keywords you use, the better and more accurate information you will receive to answer the question.
11/4/10
Today we learned about the 5th step in a Internet research strategy: Perform your search. All search engines provide advanced search forms that allow you to make your search more specific. You will fill out all the fields and click search to research specifically what you want. Some subject guides allow you to search keywords, but sometimes they let you search through several links to find something that benefits your research. Whichever one you use, the information you put in is going to give you accurate search results.
11/1/10
Today we learned about the 3rd step in an Internet research strategy which is to choose a proper search tool. If you thinking that the worldwide web is a good place to research your topic, you need to be able to find a good, reliable sources. If you want to specifically find something, then you would use a meta- search engine or a regular search engine like dogpile.com or google.com. If you know very little information about your topic, then a subject guide would be very useful to start off with. If the regular search tools do not provide good information, you would have to use the specialty tools along with the regular one. By combining both types of search tools, you will have a thorough research on the topic.
11/3/10
On the day next day we learned about the 4th Internet research strategy: Translate your questions into an effective search query. The first step is to ask the question and then identify some keywords or phrases that best describe the topic. Then use those keywords to search in a search tool to find information about the keywords. The more keywords you use, the better and more accurate information you will receive to answer the question.
11/4/10
Today we learned about the 5th step in a Internet research strategy: Perform your search. All search engines provide advanced search forms that allow you to make your search more specific. You will fill out all the fields and click search to research specifically what you want. Some subject guides allow you to search keywords, but sometimes they let you search through several links to find something that benefits your research. Whichever one you use, the information you put in is going to give you accurate search results.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Post #1 & 2: 10/25/10, 10/26/10
What did you understand the most/least about today's lesson/independent practice?
10/25/10I understood most of today's lesson about why certain content is only available on the invisible web. One reason is that the search engine may not know about the page/website. The second reason is that the content is located deep in the web, so the search engine would not bother to look for it. The third reason is that the page changes so much, that the search engine doesn't bother to look for it all the time because its meaningless. The fourth reason is because the search engine is not able to search non-HTML content such as images or other file types like PDF. The fourth reason why certain content can only be search on the invisible web is because the search engine cannot access the pages to index them because the page requires a password or the site has a search box that is required to be filled out.
10/26/10
Today we learned 5 reason why search engines do not index deep web content. The first reason is because the search engine may not be able to access the page because it requires a password. If there's a site that we know about, we are able to search its content without a using a search engine. Another reason why search engines don't look for deep content is because the content is located in the last part of the last category that holds the most interest for searchers which are the sites that hold information in databases such as phone directories, literature databases and patent databases.
10/25/10I understood most of today's lesson about why certain content is only available on the invisible web. One reason is that the search engine may not know about the page/website. The second reason is that the content is located deep in the web, so the search engine would not bother to look for it. The third reason is that the page changes so much, that the search engine doesn't bother to look for it all the time because its meaningless. The fourth reason is because the search engine is not able to search non-HTML content such as images or other file types like PDF. The fourth reason why certain content can only be search on the invisible web is because the search engine cannot access the pages to index them because the page requires a password or the site has a search box that is required to be filled out.
10/26/10
Today we learned 5 reason why search engines do not index deep web content. The first reason is because the search engine may not be able to access the page because it requires a password. If there's a site that we know about, we are able to search its content without a using a search engine. Another reason why search engines don't look for deep content is because the content is located in the last part of the last category that holds the most interest for searchers which are the sites that hold information in databases such as phone directories, literature databases and patent databases.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Week 5: Post #1
What did you learn? What material was new to you? What were the three most important things you've learned in today's lesson/independent practice?
Today we learned about one of the 4 search engine tools : Search engines. Comparing search engines to databases, search engines contains much, much more sites than a database has. In the database, the web pages that are connected to the keyword are selected virtually. Search engines are mostly used for searching, not browsing, so they provide more web pages to look at. Search engines provide more substantial searching capabilities than the directories.
Today we learned about one of the 4 search engine tools : Search engines. Comparing search engines to databases, search engines contains much, much more sites than a database has. In the database, the web pages that are connected to the keyword are selected virtually. Search engines are mostly used for searching, not browsing, so they provide more web pages to look at. Search engines provide more substantial searching capabilities than the directories.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Week 3: Post # 1,2 & 3
What did you learn? What material was new to you? What were the three most important things you've learned in today's lesson/independent practice?
- We learned about what R.E.A.L. was this week. R.E.A.L. stands for reading the URL, examine the content, ask about the author/owner, and look at the links. This helps us learn how to make a successful research on a subject. Reading the URL helps us make sure that the name of the URL is related to the subject we are researching. When you get into the website, you examine the content to make sure the website it legit. Ask about the author to learn background information about them, like if the person works for a company the information might be legit. Look at the links (forward and backward) to determine if the website has legit information.
- We also learned about the algorithm as in the computer code. When you search for something in a search engine, the search engine will have spiders trace out into the Internet and find anything that relates to the keyword you typed in the search engine. The spiders look for the keyword in the URL, the title of the website, meta-tags, the links that go in and out of the page and it also searches for the websites that have the keyword appear the most in the website. Knowing this type of information helps up improve our searching and teaches us how the Internet looks things up for us.
- We learned how to create a virtual index that will help us narrow down our research. We use site:command to search the website. You can also add a phrase by putting a plus sign (+) between the command and the phrase, then putting the phrase in quotations to narrow down your search results even more. This lesson would help make researching better and easier.
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