Beyond Simple Web Searching
-- Guerrilla Tactics to
Get The Information You Want &
Know What You're Getting


Introduction
Become a savvy "Web Literate" Internet user. Learn why searching often does not return the desired information. Learn "Guerrilla Tactics" to get information you really want and know what you are actually getting. Learn essential skills for efficient and reliable use of the World Wide Web as information resource.

Advanced techniques find the most appropriate information, and then critically evaluate quality of the information and sites found. Uncover the driving social, political, media and business forces behind sites and information you find.

Learn how to read, interpret and use web site addresses (URLs) to increase searching success rate, discover ownership of sites and avoid dangerous sites.
Objectives
Participants will
  • Use advanced features of search engines to focus results
  • Explorer the wide variety of search sites available, including specialized niche search engines
  • Discover the best search engines and tools to use to find specific types of information
  • Learn how to find information that is not available via search engines (i.e. National Archives original source materials)
  • Explorer digging deeper into the sites they find to discover the specific information they want
  • Research owners of sites they find and how that can influence the information presented
  • Discover how "Pay-to-click" and paid placement effect listing in search engine results
  • Evaluate quality, reliability and biases of information found
In addition to the information, exercises and links on this page, participants are encouraged to print a hard copy of the companion booklet:
 
Beyond Searching -- Guerrilla Tactics to
Get The Information You Want &
Know What You're Getting.
 
 The booklet is provided free of charge as a PDF file and users are permitted to print one copy for personal use. If you need to print more copies or use copies in a classroom or inservice, please contact the author via e-mail for permission (mo_luscre @ mogadore.net).

To print the booklet follow these instructions:
  1. Download & open the file: Workbook as PDF
  2. Print all the pages on legal sized paper (8½ x 14"). Depending on your printer's features, use either method a or b.
    • a. print two-sided pages using a printer with duplex tray capability
    • b. print single-sided pages then use a copier with duplex capability to create two sided copies.
  3. To assemble- arrange pages in order
  4. Fold all pages in half resulting in an 8½ x 7 booklet
  5. Saddle staple along the fold
Web Searching Booklet
Web Searching Booklet
Lists* & Links--
 
Links to Exercises in Workbook
 
Search Engines
Search Engines
Printer Friendly of Both List Above
Searching Information
Research & Writing Tools
Presentations & Books-
Presentation on Searching
Presentation Download PPT
* Requires MS Power Point ($) or one of the following
free programs to view.
Recommended Books
Google Hacks or Google Pocket Guide both
by Tara Calishain, Rael Dormfest & DJ Adams (O'Reilly)
Steal This Computer Book 3
by Wallace Wang (No Starch Press)
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