Questions that result in both high quality and low quality results
Use to teach boolean operators. Search new and used cars, research vehicle models, and compare cars, all online at carmax.com.
STEM Saturday Secrets: Searching
So You Think You Can Search? How People Actually Search & Some Really Advanced Google Search Tips Daniel M. Russell Drussell@Google.com Google Search Quality & User Happiness 2014 * *
Exemplifies need for identifying keywords for someone doing a project on "concussions"
The world's most popular autocomplete game. Try to guess what Google will suggest. Webby Award Winner for Best Game. Created by Justin Hook.
Official Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Google Search and other answers to frequently asked questions.
Creating a Search Strategy
A nautically themed infographic with an accompanying video explains how to tailor the search process to the complexity of the question; then students put their new search strategies to work.
An infographic and explainer video break down some of the often-invisible ways that search engines —and people — make recommendations; then students hunt for these “search signals” to rank and evaluate real examples.
Would update search engines used.
Identifies individual search skills.
Search Learning Experiences
in your library instructional sessions can increase students’ information and digital literacy skills. Students’ familiarity with Google Scholar’s interface works to the instructor’s advantage and allows more time to address students’ information needs and teach foundational information literacy skills and less time teaching a new database with a less-intuitive database interface. Teaching Google Scholar: A Practical Guide for Librarians will illustrate instructional methods and incorporate step-by-step guides and examples for teaching Google Scholar. It begins with providing you with essential background:What Google Scholar isHow to set up Google Scholar using OpenURLHow to design Google Scholar instructional sessionsHow to incorporate active learning activities using Google ScholarAfter reading it, you will be ready to teach students critical skills including how to:Use specific Google Scholar search operatorsIncorporate search logicExtract citation data, generate citations, and save citations to Google's My Library and/or a citation management programUse Google Scholar tools- including “cited by,” “alerts,” “library links,” and “library search”Google Scholar is a powerful research tool and will only become more popular in the coming years. Learning how to properly teach students how to utilize this search engine in their research will greatly benefit them in their college career and help promote life-long learning. Google Scholar instruction is a must in today’s modern information literacy classroom.
