EFFECTIVE SEARCHING
by AMBER PRICE
1. EVALUATE
1.1. SCAN THE WEBPAGE
1.2. LOOK FOR RELEVANT KEYWORDS
1.3. LOOK TO SEE IF THE WEBPAGE ANSWERS YOUR SEARCH RESULTS
2. CHECK
2.1. FINDING AN APPROPRIATE WEBSITE
2.2. DONT PICK ADS
2.3. IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A WEBPAGE, AD, ETC
2.4. KEEP ALL WEBPAGES OPEN, START A NEW TAB SO YOU DONT LOSE GOOD INFORMATION
3. CITE
3.1. IF YOU TAKE INFORMATION FROM THE WEBPAGE MAKE SURE YOU REFERENCE
3.2. WRITE THE INFORMATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS
4. CLARIFY
4.1. STUDENTS NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT INFORMATION THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
4.2. BRAINSTORM KEYWORDS, SYNONYMS, DIFFERENT PHRASES ETC.
5. SEARCH
5.1. STUDENTS NEED TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE SEACH ENGINE
5.1.1. GOOGLE