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MODULE 3 TOPIC 1: RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SEEKING Flashcards

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One of the ideal applications of the ICT and the WWW is for ______

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for research and education

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Main object of the internet sites

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to share and disseminate information

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Information 5 sources over that internet

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  1. Web search engines
  2. Research indexing sites
  3. Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) sites for tutorial sites
  4. Employment web sites
  5. Electronic commerce
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designed to search or mine the world wide web based in the keywords provided by the user

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web search engines

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they return search results such as web sites files, photos, or other media

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web search engines

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Examples of Web search engines

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Bing
Duckduckgo
Google
Yahoo

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dedicated to compile and index research

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Research indexing sites

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Examples of Research indexing sites:

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IEEE Xplore
Google Scholar
ResearchGate

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dedicated to teach and inform users focused in different areas

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MOOC sites / Tutorial sites

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The delivery set up of information is similar to a classroom lecture set up, wherein lectures and assignments are delivered and submitted, respectively online

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MOOC sites/ tutorial sites

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Various universities around the world offer this service

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MOOC sites/ Tutorial sites

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Examples of MOOC sites/ Tutorial sites:

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Coursera
edX
Udemy

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enables companies to post job vacancies and also accommodate job seekers by providing a resume submission facility

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Employment web sites

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one important feature of these websites is the ability ti match the qualification of the applicant and the required qualification in a certain job vacany

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Employment web sutes

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Examples of Employment Web sites

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JobStreet
JobsDs
Bestjobs

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uses electronic means to trade products and currencies

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Electronic commerce (e-commerce)

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introduces ease in business management and customer convenience

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Electronic commerce (e-commerce)

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Examples of electronic commerce

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airline booking
- Philippine Airlines
- Cebu Pacific

online enrollment

online shopping
- Lazada
- Zalora
- Shopee

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Types of Search Engines

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  1. Crawlers
  2. Directories
  3. Hybrids
  4. Metadata
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use a “spider” or a “crawler” to search the internet

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crawlers

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digs through individual web pages, pulls out keywords and then adds the pages to the search engine’s database

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crawlers

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examples of crawler search engines

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Google
Yahoo

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Advantages of crawlers

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  1. They contain a huge amount of pages
  2. Ease of use
  3. Familiarity
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Disadvantages of crawlers

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  1. Sometimes, it’s just too much information
  2. It is easy to trick the crawler
  3. Page rank can be manipulated
25
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are human powered search engines

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Directories

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a website is submitted to the directory and must be approved for inclusion by editorialstaff

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Directories

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Examples of Directories

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Open Directory Project
Internet Public Library

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Disadvantages of Directories

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  1. Unfamiliar deign and format
  2. Delay in creation of a website and its inclusion in the library
  3. Nay have trouble with more obscure searches
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Advantages of Directories

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  1. Each page is reviewed for relevance and content before being included
  2. Less result sometimes means finding what you need quicker
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mix of crawlers and directories

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hybrids

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sometimes, you have a choice when you search whether to search the web or a directory

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hybrids

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you may receive both human powered results and crawler results for the same search

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hybrids

33
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are the ones that search several other search engines at once and combines the results into one list

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metadata

34
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while you get more results, the relevancy and quality of the results sometimes may suffer

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metadata

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Examples of Metadata

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Dogpile
Yippy

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