Information Literacy Lesson 2

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What are plain language searches?

a simple word, phrase, or question. It's the most common way to search any website or search engine.

Which of the following uses the operators "and", "or", and "not" to get more exact search results?

boolean logic

Truncation and wildcards work well in databases and some search engines to help ___ your search

broaden

Where is the Penn Foster Library and how is it best searched?

can be accessed via the Library link on your student portal best searched by program, course, or assignment

Wildcards in an Internet search use

characters or symbols that replace one letter of a word

List some examples of keyword searches

children's nutrition managing emotions at work antivirus protection

Why should you have a library card?

Access online databases Place holds on materials Provide the library with purchasing suggestions for future materials Request resources via interlibrary loan

Display

Pages are sorted and ranked by relevance/ displayed on a page (such as the number of times word(s) appear on a page).

Locate

Pages containing word(s) searched for are located

What's an example of a plain language search?

Passport renewal

Which symbols are used in a truncation search?

* $ ! # ?

Penn Foster's online library provides the following services:

- access to more than 3500 links to articles, ebooks, websites - info that's regularly updated and organized by subject and course of study - tips on how to cite sources, evaluate info on the internet, and write your research paper - "ask a librarian"

List the top domain names that are in website addresses and state what they each mean (.gov, .edu, and so on).

.com = commercial .gov = govt .org = nonprofit .edu = educational .au = australia .ca = canada .jp = japan

Parts of a search engine

1. query 2. additional search types 3. # of indexed results 4. Sponsored listings/ advertisements 5. Organic search engine results 6. Suggested keywords/ related searches

List the questions that need to be asked to determine the suitability of a source.

1. who authored the source? 2. why was the source created? 3. what are the source's bibliographic citations? 4. who is the audience? 5. when was the source published? 6. how accurate is the source? 7. what is the top-level domain name of its URL?

what is worldcat and what is it best used for?

An international database of libraries and their catalogs that have registered with WorldCat Great way to locate books and research from all over the United States and abroad

Crawl

Automated spiders "crawl" (or systematically browse) websites and build lists of keywords.

Basic Tasks of search engines

Crawl Index Match Locate Display

Match

Entries in the database are matched when users conduct searches.

Safari prefers which search engine?

Google

List the internet browsers and which search engines they prefer

Google Chrome prefers Google. Internet Explorer prefers Bing. Microsoft Edge prefers Bing. Safari prefers Google.

Which of the following is an example of a plain language search?

How do I create a menu for a daycare center?

Which of the following options are available under "Filters" in Expanded Academic ASAP?

Only full text, peer-reviewed, contains images

what is DuckDuckGo?

Metasearch engine Searches a number of crowdsourced websites including Bing, Yahoo!, and Yandex, and presents search results in order of most relevant content, rather than most popular content

what is bing and what does it offer?

Offers related search ideas and search suggestions as you type in the search bar; can say how many results you'd like displayed on one page

What is the Expanded Academic ASAP and what kind of searches can it perform?

Penn Foster Digital Library's database of scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers periodical index and a repository of full-text articles

Index

Select information is sent to the search engine's database to be indexed.

Additional search types

The different types of information you can search for your topic, such as news, videos, and so on.

. What is a search engine query?

The topic you searched for

Which of the following is also known as Internet address?

URL

What are "wildcards," and why would you use them?

Uses characters or symbols that replace one letter of a word. This is useful if a word is spelled in different ways, but still has the same meaning. * $ ! # ? ex: wom!n --> will find woman, women

What is truncation?

Uses characters or symbols to replace end letters in searches or add them to find something specific

Many search engines will not recognize + or - unless you're searching in

advanced search

In boolean logic, the term OR will find...

all the records that contain EITHER term and typically used with synonyms

List the Boolean operators

and or not

A search engine that "crawls" uses

automated spiders that systematically browse websites and build lists of keywords

___ will read + and - properly, but ___ won't

databases search engines

Why is it best to put searches in databases in quotation marks (" ")?

ensures concept will be searched as a whole

Lakota is buying a new laptop. He wants to use Google as his main search engine. He should be sure which internet browser(s) are loaded on his computer?

google chrome or safari

Examples of common search engines include

google, bing, yahoo

Number of indexed results

how many web pages were found on your topic

In Expanded Academic ASAP and other periodical databases, it's best to put your exact phrase

in quotation marks

Databases, though on the Internet, search only

information contained within the database

For databases, it's best to use a ___ search

keyword

What is Boolean logic and which words are used in Boolean searches?

logic sequence that uses the words and, or, not (also called operators) to get more exact search results

Which of the following allows you to search several search engines at once?

metasearch

DuckDuckGo is a/an

metasearch engine

Cora is using a search engine to find organic results. What's she looking for?

non-paid-for search results

Organic search engine results

non-paid-for search results

In boolean logic, the term AND will find...

only the records that have ALL the words and phrases

Suggested keywords/ related searches

other terms you can use to search for you topics

Sponsored links are the same as

paid advertisements

Sponsored listings/ advertisements

paid-for search results

Which of the following consists of a simple word, phrase, or question?

plain language search

Which of the following is the most common way to search any website or search engine?

plain language search

Which of the following would you read to get an idea of a source's purpose and viewpoint?

preface or abstract

The Penn Foster Library is best searched by

program, course, assignment

What are databases and what are they used for?

provide organized info about related subjects NOT search engines Search only info contained within database and generally not the entire internet like a search engine does

NoodleTools is a website that

provides educational tools, software, and information for students

If Linda wants to use an academic search engine, which of the following should she select?

refseek

Which of the following provides organized information about related subjects?

research database

. Define NoodleTools and state what it's used for.

responsive, user-friendly research management platform Educational tools, software, and information for students Guidance on when to use what search engine

Google scholar is best used for

scholarly resources, including articles and theses that span countless disciplines

In Expanded Academic ASAP, choosing only peer-reviewed articles indicates that you'll

see only articles containing information that has been evaluated and verified by experts in a field

Most databases will not correct ___ for you

spelling

An Internet browser is

the connection "tool" you use to browse the Internet

In boolean logic, the term NOT will find...

the first term is searched, the any records containing the term AFTER the operator NOT are subtracted from results

Using a minus (-) sign before a keyword search indicates that

the word following the "-" is to be excluded from search

What is an internet browser?

tools you use to connect to the Internet from any device—they're how you connect to the Internet.

Why would plus (+) and minus (-) signs be used in an Internet search?

word following + is mandatory word following - is to be excluded from search

Truncation, in an Internet search, can be used to help with

words that are spelled differently, but mean the same thing


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