Teaching Web search skills : techniques and strategies of top trainers / Greg R. Notess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Notess, Greg R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet searching--Study and teaching.

Internet searching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., [2006]

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

About the Web Page

Preface

Chapter 1: Web Searching and the Teaching Paradox

Online Searching Background

Internet Information Growth

Origins of the Web

Instructional Background

The Teaching Connection

Teaching Simplicity

The State of Web Searching Today

Changing Patterns

Chapter 2: Understanding Our Audience

General Audience Characteristics

Novices

Know-It-Alls

Experienced Users

Pairing Strategies for Hands-OnWorkshops

Audience Assessment

Navigation Versus Search Confusion

Remembering What We Did Not Know

Box Confusion

Address Confusion

Button Confusion

Browser Differences and Problems

Operating System and Hardware Issues

Adaptability and Change

Chapter 3: Choosing an Instructional Session Type

Hands-On Sessions

Advantages

Disadvantages

Facilities

Planning

Exercises

Lecture and Demonstration Sessions

Semi-Online Tutorials

Capturing a Screen Shot Within PowerPoint

Course Coverage and DistanceEducation

Other Settings and Approaches

Chapter 4: Online Tutorials: Friend or Foe?

Issues with Online Tutorials for Web Searching

Search Engine Inconsistencies

Search Feature Changes

Database Changes

Online Tutorial Examples

Web Search Guide Tutorial: Research-Web Searching

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

Internet Tutorials

LearnAndGo-Searching the Web

Quick Tutorial on Searching the Internet

net.TUTOR: Using Web Search Tools

Interactive Tutorials: Internet Search Tips and Mouse Exercise

Tutorial: Site Clustering and Filtering

The Information Cycle

Information Literacy Online Tutorials

Finding Tutorials

Tutorials: Worth the Effort?.

Chapter 5: Organization: Focus, Length, and Goals

Primary Session Focus

Pure Web Searching

Basic Internet Training

Advanced Internet Training

Part of Multiple Sessions

Course-Integrated Bibliographic Instruction

Session Length

Variations in Length

Ideal Length

The Burnout Paradox

Goal Setting

A Collection of Goals

How Many Main Goals?

Specific Objectives

Bringing It All Together

Chapter 6: Terminology

Importance of Terminology

Definitions

Search Engine

Directory

Portal

Metasearch Engine

Ad Bidding Engine

Answer Engine

Metasite

News Search Engine

Opinion Engine

Site Search Engine

Invisible Web

Other Terminology Distinctions

Final Thoughts on Terminology

Chapter 7: Content: Web Search Features

Search Features

Phrase Searching

Boolean Searching

Truncation

Field Searching

Limits

Stop Words and Case Sensitivity

Sorting

The Teaching Choice

Chapter 8: Content: Primary Concepts

Research Process

Question Analysis

Using More Than One Search Tool

Search Engines Versus Directories

Evaluation

Which Primary Concepts to Teach

Recent Changes in Teaching Topics

Additional Concepts to Consider

Identifying Ads

Understanding Web Addresses (or URLs)

Understanding Databases

Teaching Change

Chapter 9: Additional Content: Image Searching, News, Usenet, and More

News

Usenet Newsgroups and Opinions

Pictures and Images

Multimedia

Phone Numbers

Bibliographic Databases

Subject-Specific Sites

The Lost Obvious

Chapter 10: The Search Engines

The Starting Point

Ask (www.ask.com)

Exalead (www.exalead.com)

Gigablast (www.gigablast.com)

Google (www.google.com)

MSN Search (search.msn.com)

Windows Live (www.live.com)

Yahoo! (search.yahoo.com)

Directories.

Chapter 11: Creating a Framed Workshop Web Page

Advantages and Disadvantagesof Frames

Frames Code and Explanation

Top Page with Frameset (index.html)

Left Frame Table of Contents (toc.html)

Content Pages

Exercise Pages Frame Set (exer1.html)

Exercise One Top Frame: JavaScript and a Form (topexer.html)

Other Exercise Pages

Solutions for Frame Breakers

Chapter 12: Presentation Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

General Windows Shortcuts

Browser Shortcut Keys

Shortcuts for Filling Out Forms

Other Shortcuts

Quick Links and the Personal Toolbar

Bookmarklets

Zapping Images, Animations, and More

Bookmarklets for Web Searching

The Pop-Up Presence

The Shortcut Advantage

Chapter 13: Tales from the Trenches: Anecdotes, Examples, and Exercises

Analogies, Sayings, and Terminology Tales

Boolean Examples

Unexpected Answers

Limitations of Search Engines

Failures

Facilities Failures

The Team Teaching Danger

Web Site Instruction and the Web Searching Paradox

Lost Interest

Formulas for Success

Afterword

Appendix A: The Trainers: Introduction to the Interviewees

Appendix B: Sample Handouts and Other Training Material

Appendix C: URL List

Bibliography

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

923179606