ETECH LESSON 3- Effective Internet Research

Subdirectory

- also known as a subfolder — helps people as well as web crawlers understand which particular section of a webpage they're on; nasaang part ka ng website

Second-level domain (SLD)

- is the name of your website. It helps people know they're visiting a certain brand's site. For instance, people who visit "mlb.com" know they're on Major League Baseball's website, without needing any more information.

Subdomain

- particular page ng website; It buckets your website into its main content categories and shows Google and your visitors that there's more information on your site than just a homepage.

Scheme

- protocol; it tells web servers which protocol to use when it accesses a page on your website.

Top level domain (TLD)

- specifies what type of entity your organization registers as on the internet.

Boolean "not"

- this operator will find pages that do not include search term immediately following it.

Boolean "Or"

- this operator will find pages that include either of the search terms.

Anatomy of URL

A URL is one type of (URI). It is a generic term for all types of names and addresses that refer to objects on the world wide web. Knowing the URL endings wil give you clues to who is sponsoring the website and help evaluate the sources.

Boolean "and"

Boolean "and" - this operator will retrieve only pages containing both terms

(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

HTTPS

Accuracy

It refers to the credibility of the website.

Authority Purpose Coverage Currency Objectivity Accuracy

Types of Evaluating Sites

.com — Commercial businesses. org — Organizations (generally charitable). net — Network organizations. gov — government agencies. mil — Military. edu — Educational facilities, like universities. th — Thailand. ca — Canada. ph — Philippines

Types of TLD

Uniform Resource Identifier

URI

1. Scheme 2. Subdomain 3. Second-level domain 4. Top-level domain 5. Subdirectory

What are the parts of URL?

Search Engines

are websites used for retrieval of datafiles, or documents from data bases.

Plus (+)

indicates that the word after the sign is a required word after the sign is required word must be found in search.

Minus (-)

indicates to exclude a word from your search that is not required on the result.

HTTPS- (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

is the most common scheme. It tells your web browser to encrypt any information you enter onto the page, like your passwords or credit card information, so cybercriminals can't access it. secured and webpage pag may ganan; mail.to(inoopen yung account like mails is the most common scheme. It tells your web browser to encrypt any information you enter onto the page, like your passwords or credit card information, so cybercriminals can't access it.

Hashtag (#)

is used to find popular topics

Ampersand (@)

is used to find social tags

Phrase Searching

is used to search for famous quotes, proper names, recommendations, etc. It encloses the phrase in quotation marks

Currency

it refers to: (1) how current the information presented is, and (2) how often the site is updated or maintained. It is important to know when a site was created, when it was last updated, and if all of the links are current.

Authority

it reveals that the person, institution or agency responsible for a site has the qualifications and knowledge to do so.

Boolean Logic

narrows, broadens, or eliminates search term.

Objectivity

sites present information with a minimum of bias.

Purpose

the purpose of the information presented in the site should be clear. Some sites are meant to inform, persuade, state an opinion, entertain, or parody something pr someone.

Searching Sites

the sites find webpage from a website.

Coverage

this efers to how comprehensive the website is in their discussion of certain topics.

Finding Documents

using the filetype refines the search for documents on the web.