InfoLit_Notes2

Information Literacy Notes from Topical Research


 * Country Codes: http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/web_country_codes.html
 * Common Craft - Videos on blogs, podcasting, social networking - http://www.commoncraft.com/show
 * Begin a bookmarking/collaborative place for others to see
 * Delicious - http://del.icio.us/,
 * Google Custom Search Engine - http://www.google.com/coop/cse/,
 * Slide Share - http://www.slideshare.net/,
 * Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/ (tutorial place),
 * Use NoodleQuest in Noodletools to enter information to identify other search engines to use. (See blog for link)
 * Try using Google Scholar instead of just google. That searches academic sites.
 * Tekmom could be used for lower grades. Can link right to search engine. (See blog for link)
 * Online databases - elibrary, part of BigChalk, ProQwest. Also has OWH archives.
 * Use Nebrsaka Access for research -
 * Blogging for online journaling - consider using in a class with a "sister" school. See HPC/Fullerton Language Arts blog (outofthedust.edublogs.org)
 * Consider using an alias for username for teachers and students to share
 * Finding the owner of a domain - use easywhoisit (see Blog). Can help to validate a website.
 * Find extensions on blog
 * Who has linked to a website - use link command (go to altavista and enter command - link:www.esu7.org)
 * Personal Website - look for ~ (tilde) look for this to check validation of site
 * Searching for Country Codes (see blog) - to search for a country use host=Altavista; site=Google (example: Altavista: host:tr "Pope visit", host:uk "general gage" can also use an extension host:gov "cancer research", use ac for academic search in the host command) = be sure to not put a space after host
 * Create a username and password for web 2.0 tools that is different from your school email (gmail)
 * Finding the history of a website - can use waybackmachine (www.archive.org) Can find websites that are no longer active
 * How do students start a research = from database off website, use bookmarks on machines, use pulldown choice on firefox (can add or delete search engines here).
 * The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources [|http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.htmlj]

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