MODULE 3 LESSON 2: CONTEXTUAL SEARCH AND ONLINE RESEARCH Flashcards
is an attempt to be more precise in providing the list of documents according to the keywords the user provided and search those that are truly useful and relevant to the user
Contextual search
Tips in conducting online research
- Have a question in mind
- Narrow it down
- Advanced Search
- Look for credible source
- Give credit tot he original author
True or False
Wikis are not credible, anyone can edit it
True
How to search the internet effectively, suggested by Lujero (2018)
- Use keywords
- Use phrases
- Capitalization
- Wildcards and truncation
most powerful keywords is a ____
phrase
combination of 2 or more words that must be found in documents being searched
phrase
involves substituting symbols for certain letters of a word so that the search engine will retrieve items with any letter in that spot in the word
wildcards and truncation
The syntax may allow a symbol in the middle of a word or only at the end of the word
Wildcards and truncation
According to him, the inherited property of Web 2.0 and its later versions give viewers the privilege to influence content or give anyone the freedom to publish his or her own web sites regardless of content
Bandala
He said that there are no standards governing content publishing on the World Wide Web to ensure the correctness of information
Bandala
function of +
finds web pages that contain all the terms that are preceded by this symbol; allows you to include terms that are usually ignored
function of ” “
finds the exact words in a phrase
function of ( )
finds/excludes web pages that contain a group of words
function of AND/&
Finds web pages that contain all the terms of phrases
function of NOT or -
Excludes web pages that contain a term or phrase
function of OR or l
Finds web pages that contain either of the terms or phrases
give viewers the privilege to influence content or give anyone the freedom to publish his/her own web sites regardless of content
inherited property of Web 2.0 and its later versions
Ways to verify if the information is trustworthy or legitimate (Bandala, 2016)
- Published author’s name
- Credible Websites
- Rating, number of viewers, and number of shares
- References and related articles
one sign that the information is valid, credible and legitimate
Published author’s name
enable users to further research and verify the author
published author’s name
are more likely published by credible web sites
Error-free articles
are web sites of big international or local companies involved in the field you are searching
credible web sites
Tools for verifying and assessing the validity of social media and user-generated content
- Fact-checking
- Fact-correcting
- Image authenticity tools