Web Searching for Results

Below are some of the techniques discussed in class. Try them out on your own. Don't forget to write down or in some other way record really useful websites!

· Targeted searching: quotes, natural language
· Advanced searching: domain, file type
· General sites: www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.altavista.com
· Targeted sites: http://philly.devry.edu, www.firstgov.gov, www.septa.com, www.amazon.com,
http://palibrary.blogspot.com
· Index & Portal Sites: www.state.pa.us, www.lii.org; library.devry.edu


ABCDs of Website Evaluation

• Authority & auccuracy
• Bias
• Currency & Coverage
• Design