Lesson 3: Contextualized online search and research skill Flashcards
“Looking for something” online
Personal Research
The research done at school
Professional Research
A systematic inquiry that attempts to provide solutions to existing problems and questions using facts and data
Research
What are the three forms of research?
- Original research
- Humanities research
- Artistic research
- Scientific research
This form of research involves the primary source
Original source
This form of research involves providing explanations about the world
Scientific research
This form of research involves historical and sociological research
Humanities research
This form of research involves practice-based research
Artistic research
A skilled or optimized way of searching the internet based on the “context” provided, therefore narrowing down the results given back to you by the search engine
Contextualized Research according to Feldman in 2022
Research on ________ is especially important because without further research or verification, a claim may mislead people or even endanger lives.
healthcare
What are the research skills needed to be developed?
- Checking of sources
- Asking good questions
- Go beyond the surface
- Be patient
- Resepect ownership
(Special keys when searching) site:
Only searches the pages of that site
eg. site: youtube.com
(Special keys when searching) ~
Will search related words or synonyms
eg. ~college
(Special keys when searching) “ “
Searches for the exact phrase, not each of the words separately.
eg. “test scores”
(Special keys when searching) -
Excludes this term from the search
eg. -SATs
(Special keys when searching) ..
Shows all results from within the designated time range
eg. 2021..2023
(Special keys when searching) filetype:
Searches only results of the file type you designate
eg. filetype:pdf
(Special keys when searching) intitle:
Only shows results with that word in the title
eg. intitle:velocity
(Special keys when searching) *
Replaces itself with common terms in your search
eg. *swallow
One of the most popular search engines in the 21st century
Google Search
Search for research papers, articles, books, and court rulings in this search engine
Google scholar
A periodical publication that contains scholarly articles relating to a particular discipline or field of study
Online Journals
Is a non-profit electronic library that has a free-to-access collection of digitized materials ranging from websites, multimedia files, and academic materials
Internet Archive
A digital library that offers premium fee-based access to mainly academic materials that are normally not available for public use.
EBSCOhost
